Americans seem awfully uncomfortable when you point out they were an Apartheid state within living memory lol. I guess it's a less flattering (and more honest and therefore damning) term than "segregation" or Jim Crow.

it's so pathetic how transparent the MAGAcommunism thing is lol

They've spent generations alienating and atomizing us to extract more profit, more rent, more income, neglecting our basic needs, but now suddenly we're supposed to believe we're all in this together? I'm going to laugh my ass off when this place crumbles lol I've been waiting for it my whole life.

I think this quote is a mealy-mouthed way of saying that basically every Canadian is up to their asses in debt and struggling to get the bare minimum they need out of life so no, they really don't care what NATO wants. We're not "divided", we're broke af and have bigger concerns. CBC journos really are something else. Do THEY know the "strategic realities"? If they did maybe they wouldn't write pro-war puff pieces like this.

So many people I know here are either sick or chronically ill because they have no family doctor. Hell, most people I know my age want to LEAVE Canada altogether because we loathe it here despite being born here. There are certainly old geezers here and spoiled bougies flying Ukraine flags who would be fine with war and death because they already got what they needed out of life and watch propaganda 24/7.

For the rest of us who have already sacrificed and settled for so little (even having my own place to myself while working full time is a fairy tale now), we aren't going to just happily sacrifice more so that Trudeau and parliament can sit around some more and eat bonbons and play war games. We're going to be pissed and resist in any way possible. I think it would politically push a lot of people over the edge, possibly into communism, but I think we all know it's more likely to be fascism. It's not like the NDP are going to put up any kind of actual fight lol, they're a worthless lib party now. Canada can go fuck itself in other words.

now I want to write a story about communist dragonriders

There are people I interact with daily who think politicians like Jill Stein are "Russian Assets" (the fabled Putin dinner is talked about so much it practically needs it's own nickname). I really need to find a good text on the whole thing so I can provide sources and get them to stop blaming America's lame politicians on other countries.

I see your point and will try and exercise a bit more patience in the future, but I do think that part of what helped me develop from a radlib into a leftist was the occasional cold reminder when I stepped out of line without doing any investigation.

If one enters a conversation about a conflict in a leftist space where the stakes are as high as they are (WW3, really) and tries to disprove facts by doing ad hominem stuff, you deserve a bit of ridicule because that's not a real analysis. Acting haughty and doubling down on it and pouting when others besides myself directly ask for some proof is also not really a good look. Nor is tattling to the mods when you're losing the room.

Please just have some facts if you're going to walk directly into a thread and confidently say that it's all bullshit and don't take it personally when people lose patience when you do not. It's not asking much.

Is it brusque? Sure. But what exactly is factually wrong with what I'm saying? I AM criticizing what they're saying because it's just moralism. They make an emotionally charged statement where the gist is simply that they think the source has had other bad takes (thanks, we'll take that into consideration) and then takes it personally when others point out that the factual essence of what the source is saying is correct so their supposed character is irrelevant.

It really is not my responsibility to spare the feelings of those who charge in with emotionally and morally charged "arguments" and then martyr themselves when there is pushback from people who honestly just want to know what they're getting at. They still have not made a single factual claim here!

lmao right?? I feel like I've been hearing this one every week since 2021. I sometimes wonder how aware he actually is

gotta love how all the electoralist champions who wouldn't stfu about this election 2 months ago suddenly aren't interested in talking about this situation anymore

I suppose it's one of those paradoxes that makes you cross your eyes thinking about it; if they didn't buy the bs about The West being superior, they wouldn't have made it to a position of power at all. They live in glamour and splendor and are surrounded by people whose job it is to use scientific-sounding terms to assure them that their empire is secure. Of course you'd think Everything Is Fine in that environment.

Yeah 10 years ago (when I was a lib) it was maybe debatable that western leaders could sober up and turn things around but the past 4 years alone have informed me that they are in fact high on their own supply and truly think they're enlightened individuals who deserve the power they wield, rather than mere puppets (or collaborators) who will stick to the script no matter what.

wtf does my "disgust" have to do with the facts presented? You're just another shrill lib moralist who demands moral purity instead of, y'know, facts. Other people here have already politely pointed out how the facts here line up... how is it not naive to demand that everyone you're getting info from pass your own personal idpol litmus test before accepting the facts? Just debunk the claims with facts or move on.

this isn't a struggle session btw lol none of us are terribly interested in your "struggles" after showing your ass like this.

When their stupid ass plans don't work out domestically they can just shrug and blame it on an external factor and move on, or shuffle the deck electorally. They're not accustomed to being in a situation where they physically, materially cannot get what they want and no amount of reality warping and coddling by their institutions can change that. It does not compute.

this is ancient history since I haven't been into them since like 2018 but iirc he met Hila while on Birthright. So yeah, I can imagine he's pretty stressed out by the contradictions rn.

I'm glad others also noticed this strange bit of projection lol. Ethan thinks everyone he doesn't like eats like a pig and spends all day on the internet, curious

The American government may be powerful enough right now to carry out atrocities like we've seen this week, but it simply seems far too divided and feeble domestically to actually carry out such a project which would require so much public investment, especially since it would mean an end to the many gravy trains enjoyed by the donors who decide what does and doesn't happen. If they're struggling just to get a few chip foundries built I really don't think they'll be able to wrap their heads around making a whole-ass new domestic industrial complex and undo 40 years of de-industrialization in, what, 5 years? China will be visiting other dimensions by the time they're done lol