No? Trump is doing the most Statesian things possible, he isn’t a Russian plant.

The global south. NATO is the millitary alliance of the world’s imperialist powers, a destruction of millitary unity among imperialists would severely weaken imperialism. NATO is “defensive” in the same way the Iron Dome is, it gives imperialist countries free reign to treat the world like something to be looted and plundered without fear of genuine blowback.

Would be one of the most internationally positive outcomes of 2026 if NATO dissolves.

Kinda? If it’s an article or something I do it on my phone, if it’s a book I port the epub. I’m no longer a student (haven’t been for many years) but I still take notes on what I read.

How surprising /s

I use my smartphone for notes, and an eReader for text.

I do think mutual aid in the context of filling in the gaps of capitalism works well, and both anarchist groups and Marxist parties tend to do that well. About the vanguard, though, all it is is the most politically advanced of the revolutionary class, it exists whether formalized into a party or left disorganized and informal. The Marxist argument isn’t about whether to have one or not, but to formalize and democratize it. It also isn’t really top-down so much as it is driven from the bottom-up, steered by the top. There are also several socialist countries where we can see this in action, and the tremendous results it has achieved for the working classes.

I suppose I understand, but I don’t see why refusing to formalize and democratize whatever vanguard arises naturally is a better strategy, nor do I see any benefits of communalization over collectivization of production and distribution, especially because large scale industry already prepared the groundwork for this at great scale.

One thing I want to point out is that Marxism itself aconowledges the state as a transition between capitalism and communism, that’s not something Marxist-Leninists invented. Further, Marxism also acknowledges the importance of gender, queer liberation, racism, and more. I think you may just have taken a peak into Marxism without going much beyond that, which isn’t really your fault but instead is an opportunity. I made an intro ML reading list you can check out if you want!

The specter of COMMUNISM!

Where do you depart from Marx?

IQ itself is largely bullshit.

You’re on Lemmy.ml.

Either way, both Australia and the US recognize One China, and that the PRC is the legitimate government of China. The ROC, despite claiming to be the legitimate government of China, isn’t recognized as such by either the US or Australia.

Do you think China doesn’t have drones? They produce a huge amount of them, and have defenses against drones.

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Reddit is bigger, more established, and Lemmy is smaller and more unknown. As reddit gets worse Lemmy will get bigger.

China has a problem, sure, but it’s not a “horrifyingly destructive demographics crisis.” This is largely a cope narrative pushed by “China watchers.” Further, purchasing Power in 2022 was 25 times higher than 1978. China has decent wages now, and they are only improving. The latest five year plan is also focusing on improving domestic consumption, ie improvements in living standards, and as such has better prospects than either the ROK or Japan when it comes to demographic issues, as both are struggling economically.

The US Empire is dying, socialist countries like the PRC are rising, and partially thanks to the latter a lot of countries in the global south are escaping imperialism and are finally developing forward. Automation and AI are used in socialist countries already for the purposes of increasing production, not to destroy livelihoods. As the empire dies there will be chaos and death from its desparation (see Venezuela), but the long, queer, messy transition between global capitalism and socialism is well under way. We will win.

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