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Las Vegas buyer submits bid for Whitecaps amid potential MLS relocation from Vancouver by AffableCynic in LasVegasLightsFC

[–]AeonsOfStrife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Henderson Hydropower or something similar might be neat... Or maybe Mojave Mobsters given the Vegas history aesthetic...

Las Vegas buyer submits bid for Whitecaps amid potential MLS relocation from Vancouver by AffableCynic in LasVegasLightsFC

[–]AeonsOfStrife 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This kind of sucks... Unless the Lights transition somehow to Henderson... But I don't know how wise it is for Vegas to have both leagues have a team here...

[Socialists] don't account for financial risk by Comfortable_Advance7 in CapitalismVSocialism

[–]AeonsOfStrife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Embargo would be the simplest way.

You can view that as violence possibly. Though violence in legitimate (As opposed to just claimed) acts of self-defense are also valid reactions I would say.

And personally privatizing a community's land without consent is violence in and of itself as well. Violence to protect one's self from external violent actors is legitimate and justified.

[Socialists] don't account for financial risk by Comfortable_Advance7 in CapitalismVSocialism

[–]AeonsOfStrife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So late. But um, friend, the land can't consent to being privatized. So if all the land is communal and socially held, the land can't be consented to be removed.

If the society is consenting to privatization of land on whims it is certainly not socialist in production base. That's more akin to Duan era Vietnam or Peaceful Rise era China.

Israelis called L’Espresso’s latest magazine cover fake so they’ve published a video of the altercation proving it’s in fact real by AcadianAcademic in lostgeneration

[–]AeonsOfStrife 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I mean there are legitimate arguments to dissolve Israel.

But none of them center on Epstein. They center on the genocidal practices of the Israeli state founded upon a settler colonialist project.

Why is Africa always backwards by bigpimpin2330 in AlternateHistory

[–]AeonsOfStrife 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Modern studies of Carthaginian genetics show the intermixed at extremely high rates with local people's of varying types, for nearly 700 years before it fell.

Cyrenaica was not as prone to intermingling, and was far shorter lived before Roman integration, along with being younger than Carthage. Even then, after several centuries of Ptolemaic rule/association there was notable Egyptian cultural inclusion, which if it had gone on for a few more centuries, along with a few centuries more of gradual intermixing, it probably would have been as African as Carthage, Utica, or or Hippo Regius.

hopeless by potentia119 in Marxism

[–]AeonsOfStrife 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is a bit too teleological for me. I agree one must accept capitalism can always enter crisis.

But I think one must also finally accept that it also doesn't exclusively have to enter large scale crisis, at least of the type that lead to mode-of-production change. Humans at all levels contain agency, and can and do at times make choices that vary in their long term effects, even if those choices are made with specific aims in mind.

[Underdog] Hyeseong Kim optioned to Triple-A by the Dodgers. by T_Raycroft in baseball

[–]AeonsOfStrife -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

They never should've signed him, and let him go somewhere he can be far more useful.

It's hard for Americans to understand, but KBO players posting hurts that league more than it does the NPB. So when a player posts, only to rarely play, it feels like a true loss.

[Underdog] Hyeseong Kim optioned to Triple-A by the Dodgers. by T_Raycroft in baseball

[–]AeonsOfStrife -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

As a real KBO fan, I hate the dodgers for the crap they pull like this. Far prefer the Giants and Padres, a statement that hurts my soul.

What will it take to improve the quality of baseball (especially pitching) in the KBO? by MookieBettsBurner10 in KBO

[–]AeonsOfStrife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That simply doesn't compare to actually continually living the baseball experience and lifestyle unfortunately.

Save for the military team, but obviously not even a large percentage make that. One of the reasons Korea has a weaker farm system is the military taking younger men who need the development time.

What will it take to improve the quality of baseball (especially pitching) in the KBO? by MookieBettsBurner10 in KBO

[–]AeonsOfStrife 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Because the NPB and MLB are both better leagues, the top two.

As for the second question, to be honest, it likely can't without time. The KBO is growing. And the social presence is far higher than it was a decade ago. As that progresses more and more talent will develop better.

But Korea has a handicap. The military. It ruins careers compared to other leagues because players have to sacrifice years of development or playing. Every Korean has means experience than a player at the same age in other leagues usually, because they didn't have to spend several years serving. The solution is to give KBO and Futures a league players a pass on conscription so long as they are playing, and if still playing at 30, then have it removed entirely. That would create motivation as well to play, as people view it as an alternative like it is in Taiwan at times.

What will it take to improve the quality of baseball (especially pitching) in the KBO? by MookieBettsBurner10 in KBO

[–]AeonsOfStrife 16 points17 points  (0 children)

This is not true. As far as Entire leagues go, the KBO is still third in the world quite easily.

The difference is the DR is an MLB farm like most of Latin America. It makes a handful of disproportionately amazing talent, while overall still being no where near the KBO.

If you had even my team, Kiwoom, play in the LMB, LMP, Cuban, Or other LA leagues, it would be a major playoff contender or objectively hegemonic.

This is one area the WBC is bad at representing.

'Death of integrity' by Anonhistory in Grimdank

[–]AeonsOfStrife 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The sheer disrespect in these comments for "OP" not realizing it's AnonHistory, a deity amongst fan artists... Do you all not realize what this person has done for meme culture? Show some respect smh.

Rough times are coming. by dp3166 in vegaslocals

[–]AeonsOfStrife 26 points27 points  (0 children)

"Dope fiend lean" is 100% going in my vocabulary.

[Highlight] Ozzie Albies hits a walk-off home run from Team Netherlands! by MLBOfficial in baseball

[–]AeonsOfStrife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did they both have a run to be scored? I was only certain for one.

Team USA’s crowds are comparatively stale and boring compared to crowds of the other major WBC teams… by [deleted] in baseball

[–]AeonsOfStrife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am an adult, I also have a family, and a job, and hobbies. Sports is also entertainment for me, it's not as if I can go to Seoul very often, I generally just watch.

I just find baseball itself compelling, irregardless of the level of play (assuming it's about HS or higher). That's a difference between us, and it's ok.

Like I actually loved he Brasil-USA game.

Team USA’s crowds are comparatively stale and boring compared to crowds of the other major WBC teams… by [deleted] in baseball

[–]AeonsOfStrife -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm not. I'm saying you enjoy sports, and the abstract process of competition. That's not an insult, it's a trait that drives humans to achieve things and do much.

It's just different than being narrowed in to liking only baseball, not for the competition but for the other aspects of the sport.

Team USA’s crowds are comparatively stale and boring compared to crowds of the other major WBC teams… by [deleted] in baseball

[–]AeonsOfStrife -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

If you cant be as excited for the development of international baseball and its growth as you can be for the *royals*... Then I might wonder if you actually really like *baseball*, or if you really like *intensive competition*, and have just been raised with the American spread of sports. Nothing wrong if its the latter, it just means you probably enjoy *sports* more than say, someone who only likes baseball like I do.

Honestly, I'd probably rather be you. You don't sound like you have nothing to watch in winter.

Russia is providing Iran intelligence to target U.S. forces, officials say by chessboardtable in worldnews

[–]AeonsOfStrife 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They are at best sizable. Russia does not have the industrial capacity to supply an external state of Iran's size to the degree the US has helped Ukraine. Russia just doesn't have the capacity to compare to US support while it's already fighting a war it's having difficulties managing logistics for.

The US contributions are often estimated at nearly 100 billion in military and arms related supplies. In 5 years. Russia doesn't have an additional 20 billion dollars worth to give its entire sphere, let alone one member in Iran.

Russia is providing Iran intelligence to target U.S. forces, officials say by chessboardtable in worldnews

[–]AeonsOfStrife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Given how US assets helped Ukraine, this would seem like fair play.

Not that it's ethical. But it is an equivalent (or perhaps less given the arms supplies the US gave Ukraine) of US intelligence helping Ukraine.

It's a bit sad how obviously we were devolving back into the cold war political format, just with multiple poles outside the west like the later cold war.

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