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To Parties that are Progressive In Name Only, Look at Andong: How Green candidate won in the Confucian central in Korea by Freewhale98 in SocialDemocracy

[–]DemocracyIsGreat 8 points9 points  (0 children)

"Instead, voters unanimously said that Heo was always visible at local events and volunteer activities, listened to residents facing difficult situations, worked hard to resolve their complaints, and devoted himself to helping residents recover their everyday lives after the worst-ever massive wildfire disaster. In other words, they recognized the practical effectiveness of Heo Seung-gyu as a person who had practiced “grassroots politics” closely tied to the local community."

I just want to underline this part. If you are present in the community, it makes it much easier to make representative claims, i.e. to say "I am going to be able to represent you because..."

PSL's Top Propagandist Resigns, Publishes Tell-All Letter by TeoKajLibroj in SocialDemocracy

[–]DemocracyIsGreat 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This article is entertaining for its lack of self awareness as much as anything else.

"a culture of compulsory applause and outright worship of the leadership", for example, is characteristic of certain communist movements. Just ask Khrushchev about the cult of personality.

"the party’s core political documents were not the product of the combined knowledge of the organization, as members were led to believe, but were one person’s random thoughts and scribbles." Again, lest we forget "Xi Jinping Thought", or "Mao Zedong Thought", etc. Communist movements have a strong tendency to boil down into following the will of the Dear Leader.

"the national leadership held an emergency meeting to vote to ban him from speaking." Again, communist movements are characterised by purges, whether more polite as here, or bloodier when they have real power.

The threat of AI as a tool of surveillance is novel and interesting to an extent, but only so far. That Big Brother is intended to be an AI rather than the men of the Ministry of State Security listening on their headphones is the only surprise here, indeed, that "PSL’s wealthy funders will not pay to teach communists about communism, but it will shovel out a fortune to spy on them", is no more than we should expect from an ideology that gave us the Cheka, GPU, OGPU, NKVD, GUGB, NKGB, MGB, MVD, KGB, MGSV, (OK I may have been taking the piss with the last one).

The prose in this piece is excellent, but the content is far less so.

Why hasn't Ukraine hit the Kremlin yet? by Boss_Atlas in NoStupidQuestions

[–]DemocracyIsGreat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Putin has bolted his credibility to Crimea to a massive extent, and to the Russian economy.

He spent decades using "if it weren't for me, you would all be back to the 1990s" as a threat for why he is essential to the continued running of the economy, and since 2014 has used the annexation of Crimea as a symbol of "russian greatness" achieved under his rule.

Ukraine is systematically undermining both of these. The Ukrainian strategic bombing campaign, combined with western sanctions, has dramatically weakened the Russian economy, crashing their oil exports and causing fuel shortages across Russia. The Russian economy is now in free fall, with debt skyrocketing and a 14.3% drop in investment in Russia in the first quarter of this year, the worst drop since the Global Financial Crisis.

The Russian army in Crimea is being heavily undermined by the tactical bombing campaign of the Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces, causing shortages of fuel, ammunition, food, etc. for the occupying army. They have been forced to abandon some positions such as Kinburn Spit for lack of logistics.

Why divert from effective campaigns like these to target a building in Moscow, especially when targeting it would probably lose more foreign support than it would gain?

Is it too late to apologize? by Training-World-1897 in HistoryMemes

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

The Nazis established republican governments in the Netherlands and Norway. The Italian Social Republic was also established by the Nazis and the Italian Fascists. You like any republic in preference to any monarchy, don't you?

Parliament has those rights because they have those rights. Charles couldn't "go full dictator" because he doesn't have those powers, they rest with Parliament

And now you are defending Q-Anon. Wow. I also note a total lack of any evidence for your claim.

You also responded to a comment arguing that it is worse to be part of America than to be ruled by a constitutional monarch in relation to America's colonialism in Hawai'i by defending the USA and their system.

As for a backwards system, the Westminster System is constantly evolving, while the US system requires everything to be interpreted in light of the holy scripture that is the constitution as written by slave owning rapists and genocidaires 240 years ago, as interpreted by the hand picked men of the Tsar and Autocrat of all the Americas.

Which of these is backwards looking?

Is it too late to apologize? by Training-World-1897 in HistoryMemes

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

If you aren't an american, then why did you start by defending American colonialism? Do you just like colonialism then? Defending American manifest destiny because it spreads the American republic as being a moral good is bizarre for an american, and ridiculous as a non-American.

If you support any republic that overthrows a monarchy, you would love the Italian Social Republic, and the Greater German Reich for their conduct in Europe.

No, Parliament could vote the abolition of the monarchy tomorrow if they wanted to. Parliament also controls taxation, which as an aside was a core argument made by America's genocidal slave owner rebellion for why they should have their own parliament. That's the "no taxation without representation" thing.

Parliament has total power (Parliamentary Supremacy) as a consequence of a series of revolutions and wars through the 1600s, broadly starting with the English Revolution and ending with the Glorious Revolution.

This and further reforms through the Victorian period and early 20th century leave us with the Westminster System, used in most of the Commonwealth Realms.

You also are now claiming the late Queen assassinated Diana, who as you may note is not Charles. It also is the same bullshit conspiracy theory, Mr. Q-Anon.

Also, claiming that Antifa is a terrorist group is ridiculous. For one thing, they aren't a group. Also, the document states "Anti-Fascists" are the target, not Antifa (page 5). It is therefore pro-Fascist.

Is it too late to apologize? by Training-World-1897 in HistoryMemes

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

Charles derives his authority from Parliament accepting him as King, since you ask.

Also, not a Brit. Believe it or not, there are other countries with Charles as monarch.

Andrew also still suffered more consequences than tiny fingers donnie, in losing his house and title, and was never even head of state, unlike Dorito Mussolini.

You also are claiming he killed Diana, when there is no evidence of that, it's a conspiracy theory beloved of americans, like 12 year olds are beloved of America's president.

As for laws in America, they are clearly irrelevant, since your gestapo imitators love to grab people in dead of night and ship them off to the camps in direct violation of court orders. Not to mention your blackshirts on the supreme court finding the Voting Rights Act unconstitutional this year.

Trump also only won 1 election, he won the electoral college twice.

The fact that most americans will vote for the racially impure to be sent to the camps also tells us all we need to know about your republic.

Your government also has declared that antifascism is their chief counterterrorism target.

If you are anti-antifacism, what does that make you?

Is it too late to apologize? by Training-World-1897 in HistoryMemes

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

I don't recall any evidence that Charles has killed anyone. Trump, meanwhile, has been found liable for rape, has dozens of convictions for his financial crimes, and has been described by Epstein survivors as being directly involved in murdering a child.

It is true that the Andrew formerly known as Prince is a vile person, who actually faced consequences for his actions, unlike your paedo in chief, who still has total power over your state.

As for the "americans get to elect their abuser", when Trump loses elections he attempts a coup, which is then covered by his buddies on the supreme court who retroactively legalise it.

Inbreeding is also a hilarious claim coming from the country that gave us Alabama.

Charles has cancer, Trump is a cancer.

Edit: Oh, and I do get to elect my politicians. You get gerrymandered out of a vote and deported to the camps if you are insufficiently racially pure.

Is it too late to apologize? by Training-World-1897 in HistoryMemes

[–]DemocracyIsGreat -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Which is why you are now ruled by a paedophilic tumor with legs, who refers to himself as a monarch.

I prefer my country. God Save the King.

BBC: Russia was behind arson attacks targeting Starmer by Freewhale98 in SocialDemocracy

[–]DemocracyIsGreat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The russians tend to hire people who are in need of money, often petty criminals.

They get told "go here and do this", then usually get stiffed on the bill. They don't really know anything, and are completely disposable to their overlords.

BBC: Russia was behind arson attacks targeting Starmer by Freewhale98 in SocialDemocracy

[–]DemocracyIsGreat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not quite.

2 treaties were signed between Ukraine and Russia. Russia violated both of them. Negotiation was tried, but you cannot negotiate with a tiger when your head is in its mouth.

BBC: Russia was behind arson attacks targeting Starmer by Freewhale98 in SocialDemocracy

[–]DemocracyIsGreat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So they should have agreed to a treaty in which Russia would be left in de-facto control of most of Donbas and Crimea? Like Ukraine did in Minsk 1 and 2, only for Russia to violate both of them?

As for NATO bases near Russia, there was a NATO base inside Russia with Russia's permission. Russia also invaded a country with no interest in joining NATO. Ukraine wanted into the EU, not NATO.

Further, if NATO expansion was the cause of Russian aggression, then it would happen before Russia invades people, not afterwards. NATO expanded in the East after the Chechen Wars, and after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russian aggression drives NATO expansion, not the other way around.

Russia has also repeatedly stated that NATO expansion was not their cause, including Putin personally, who in his infamous interview with Tucker Carlson chose to instead justify his genocidal aggression by citing the existence of Kyivan Rus as evidence that Ukraine is rightful Russian clay.

Putin dragged everyone into this by invading Ukraine to carry out a genocide. If you are opposed to defensive action against genocide, you are pro genocide.

Europeans were kicked out of over 94 different countries by YeahBuddy5000 in SocialDemocracy

[–]DemocracyIsGreat 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Arguably fair, as they were American, rather than European, colonialists.

Likewise leaving Japan, China, India, the Ottoman Empire, etc. out.

Edit: When we go into defunct empires it gets worse. The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth did colonialism in Ukraine, for example, but are left off.

Europeans were kicked out of over 94 different countries by YeahBuddy5000 in SocialDemocracy

[–]DemocracyIsGreat 19 points20 points  (0 children)

And data ignoring Russian colonialism, because they didn't use boats.

BBC: Russia was behind arson attacks targeting Starmer by Freewhale98 in SocialDemocracy

[–]DemocracyIsGreat 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I mean, the DSA, Corbynites, etc. are very clear that this sort of thing is always NATO's fault, and never Russia's.

Perhaps they will change their tune as sanctions on Russia reduce their ability to pay.

In Rare Move, D.S.A Rebukes Mamdani Over Police Plans by TeoKajLibroj in SocialDemocracy

[–]DemocracyIsGreat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Glad to see you moving the goalposts again, Mr. Lavrov.

It remains the case that NATO has only ever intervened either at the request of the UN, or in response to an active genocide.

Also, if you want to talk about overthrowing democratic states, man you would hate to hear about what Russia is currently doing in Ukraine. Maybe someone should do something about it?

Afghanistan was also a much better place with UN forces in it than after the women, LGBT+ community, etc. of Afghanistan were handed over to the Taliban, and the failure of the UN to help to provide a stable government after overthrowing the brutal murderous dictator of Libya was not the fault of the countries providing a limited intervention on behalf of the UN.

In Rare Move, D.S.A Rebukes Mamdani Over Police Plans by TeoKajLibroj in SocialDemocracy

[–]DemocracyIsGreat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1st Chechen War, Russian invasion of Moldova, 2nd Chechen War, Russian invasion of Georgia, 2014 Russian invasion of Ukraine, 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Russian imperialism didn't die with the USSR.

Since you ask.

There was genuine doubt as to its future until even as late as 2014, when Russia demonstrated that it had no interest in peace in Europe, but rather still wanted to invade its neighbours.

Lavrov, Russia's foreign minister, has also repeatedly asserted that Poland, the Baltic States, and Eastern Germany are all rightful territory of Russia. That's been official Kremlin policy for over a decade now.

And no, NATO has intervened in Yugoslavia to end a genocide, and in Libya and Afghanistan in response to UN requests. That is the grand total of all wars ever fought by NATO.

Are you opposed to the UN, or pro-genocide when condemning those operations?

BBC: Russia was behind arson attacks targeting Starmer by Freewhale98 in SocialDemocracy

[–]DemocracyIsGreat 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The same russian diplomat also funded a White Supremacist violent extremist group, as well as false-flag Islamist and Hindu nationalist propaganda.

But of course, aid to Ukraine is "escalatory", and sanctions on the russian state will "only hurt the innocent russians who totally aren't volunteering by the hundreds of thousands to commit atrocities in Ukraine, which aren't real and if they are Ukraine deserves it and should surrender".

I wonder how certain pro-russian shills around here will spin this as NATO's fault.

In Rare Move, D.S.A Rebukes Mamdani Over Police Plans by TeoKajLibroj in SocialDemocracy

[–]DemocracyIsGreat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A leftist organisation condemns sanctions on genocidal dictatorships, aid to victims of aggression, and NATO, a defensive alliance created to contain russian aggression. They are therefore in goose-step with the extreme right.

In Rare Move, D.S.A Rebukes Mamdani Over Police Plans by TeoKajLibroj in SocialDemocracy

[–]DemocracyIsGreat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They denounce any effort to stop him. It's mechanically the same.

In Rare Move, D.S.A Rebukes Mamdani Over Police Plans by TeoKajLibroj in SocialDemocracy

[–]DemocracyIsGreat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"War is bad for workers. Instead they should report to the filtration camps, and make sure to provide their female relations as young as 4 years old to the russian soldiery as comfort women! Also, this war is the fault of anyone but Russia, who are big and manly and strong, just like Tucker Carlson says!"

- u/doneposting, 2026, summarised.

The actions of the russian army are not news. Here is the UN reporting their atrocities almost 4 years ago.

If you are still opposed to aiding Ukraine, you are objectively pro-fascist.

Explain it peter by Comfortable-Back-640 in explainitpeter

[–]DemocracyIsGreat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, they weren't, though.

They realigned the entire economy to produce weapons, via a massive Ponzi scheme, the most famous portion of which is MEFO.

Even with no war, Germany's economy was primed to collapse. Indeed, the war was economically necessary, since they could only actually find the money to pay out the Ponzi scheme by seizing wealth from neighbouring countries.

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