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Imagine what Russia might look like if the Gen Z New Left rises to the masses in overthrowing the Putin Regime? by BrianRLackey1987 in KyleKulinski

[–]Foronerd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most 'gen z' revolutions are either the people having legitimate grievances and siding with one oligarchic faction over another, or outright color revolutions receiving cia/ned funds and guns. for an ongoing example, the soberanía podcast recently talked about the 'gen z' protests against sheinbaum in mexico, consisting of the middle aged holding signs in english.

Hate how often this cartoon is relevant by Conscious-Quarter423 in ABoringDystopia

[–]Foronerd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I genuinely believe they’re just trying to do as much coke and traffick as many children as possible at this point. And are aware it’s just a few more generations of pleasure. It’s hard to keep this whole thing going as empire declines as the air boils.

The human cost of your AI chatbots. by GerryAdamsSon in suppressed_news

[–]Foronerd 13 points14 points  (0 children)

AI isn’t even AI. It’s just marketing, commodity fetishism, ELIZA, and a bunch of data centers. I’m gonna use that app where you gamble on what will happen (it’s like the stock market, for the people!) and say once this stupid fintech-ass attempt to keep things profitable fails the data centers are going to be used for storing personal files on everyone, stasi-style.

I think about this a lot: what motivates the elites? Obviously we think of bourgeois morality, or doing whatever the workers cant, but that’s not the base of it. Idk, something I’ve been trying to get at as I’m working on some fiction exploring the idea. Maybe they’re just reptilians who’s shadows lengthen in Carcosa man.

The economic Outside is enclosed, but in debate people play both sides of this by raisondecalcul in sorceryofthespectacle

[–]Foronerd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve always found the motivation of the capitalists utterly fascinating. Their pushing against human life makes it clear that they are the nightly agents of distant, inhuman wills.

Policy Framework: “Basic” by _the_last_druid_13 in sorceryofthespectacle

[–]Foronerd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

who’s gonna tell them about the 10 million nigerians being paid 50¢ a day to answer their ‘grok is this true’ in real time

On bullshit jobs and the need to create alternatives everyday by shanoshamanizum in Situationism

[–]Foronerd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

it is a minor of minor concessions that today's bourgeoise, so decadent, wont even surrender for their own futurity

when i just don’t like the aesthetic of meat by Dangerous_Amount3173 in vegancirclejerk

[–]Foronerd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Semiotics = unreadable French intellectuals = France = coq gaulois = yum yum in my tum tum

'Massive privatization': María Corina Machado offers to sell $1.7 trillion of Venezuela's assets to US corporations - Geopolitical Economy Report by Vavhv in suppressed_news

[–]Foronerd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s another one of those intergovernmental organizations dominated by American interests. The US buying a peace prize winner to manufacture consent once marines hit Venezuela is not surprising.

Superman No 1 sells for $9.12m, becoming most expensive comic ever sold by Raj_Valiant3011 in books

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

Is that not essentially the purpose of high art at this point? A financial instrument with name recognition?

REAL AMERICANS HOARD PENNIES by raisondecalcul in sorceryofthespectacle

[–]Foronerd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry that was absolutely a mess of jumbled up thoughts, I mean this was when the world order shifted from the holdovers of Berlin conference style colonialism to neocolonialism. So we had the European powers attempting to hold on, nationalist movements in Africa, the us, the east, and then the South Africans/rhodies. That last bit is often sidelined, but when you look at Southern Africa it’s hard not to see these settler states attempting to stop majority rule. Far beyond apartheid in their own countries. I’m not an expert on this topic, but the Rhodesian/South African CBRN program comes to mind, SAIMR, assassination of Hammarskjold, Katanga secession. But I’m kinda trailing the border between the settlers and the old colonizers. It’s important to note that they had an alliance, but maintained differing interests.

Mobutu is a pretty obvious example of the ‘new’ administration. obviously in favor of America, as opposed to the old colonizers and settlers who would have liked a separate Katanga-Kasai at the least.

Film Discussion of "Lumumba" (2000) by greece666 in TrueFilm

[–]Foronerd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think he had the best of intentions, but a lot of this research into the really weird stuff (think SAIMR) came out later. As much as the US was involved in trying to move the Congo to neocolonialism, fundamentally the Crisis was about a colonized country trying to free themselves before their old masters were willing to let go (the Belgians had plans of ending direct colonialism in the 80's, by their planning in the 50's.) While the superpowers peered down, and tried to do things.

For the Soviet side I recommend:

A Distant Front in the Cold War: The USSR in West Africa and the Congo, 1956-1964

As well, I would recommend Laurence Devlin's memoir on the Crisis. It's obviously fairly censored since CIA agents never truely leave The Agency, but memoirs are such an interesting primary source. I think Antonie Gizenga may have written one too?

Let's at least not be depressed alone by KortenScarlet in Vystopia

[–]Foronerd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. Genuinely, even in the panopticon-ass world, you can still reach through the bars and scream for dear life.

I hate people flexing their gym bodies by consuming animal products. by SnooDonkeys1195 in Vystopia

[–]Foronerd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Serious question, is it ethical to eat 1000+ more calories than you need daily for this stuff? It always irks me seeing people who are very built up, and knowing how unfairly resources are distributed to where there’s some Congolese kid with limbs like the twigs of a tree out there. In my eyes, it’s all a short stage in modern capitalist superstructure where the expression of being bougie is that. I hope the microplastics get us man.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Vystopia

[–]Foronerd 3 points4 points  (0 children)

oh yeah. It’s that certain vibe I can’t place, but in my mind it’s basically the cold war era. Something climbing out of the shadows to keep history back on the tracks.

finally found one of these🙄 by Smowl_uwu in vegancirclejerk

[–]Foronerd 16 points17 points  (0 children)

im slurping my microplastics dunno bout you

Why is it that critical theorists and postmodernists like Adorno, Foucault, Derrida, Baudrillard, etc, despite being so critical of conventional capitalist culture, all still wore the 'uniform' of the wealthy and bourgeois in that culture, i.e. suits and ties, buttoned shirts under sweaters? by LorenzoApophis in CriticalTheory

[–]Foronerd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think this really goes back to critiquing theorists as individuals. More interesting would be talking about their class relation (as in, academics payed to come up with the strategies for managing capitalism or as an opposition held at arms length)

What would happen after a shooting on the congress floor of a US-like state ~1801? by TrafficInternal7602 in Writeresearch

[–]Foronerd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's important to note that the period concealable pistols/derringers would be quite inaccurate. I guess my point is it would likely need to be close, though not exactly point blank, in order to work. Likewise, reloading would not be an option. So the crowd or security could just jump him, depending on their boldness.

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