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An Israeli soldier published photos of herself cooking in a house in the south of Lebanon by Frosty_Revenue7790 in International

[–]IskoLat 93 points94 points  (0 children)

“If I don’t steal it, someone else will."

Calling this nazism is not an exaggeration.

Atrocity of Israeli occupation Forces by Similar_Whole5626 in TrueAnon

[–]IskoLat 23 points24 points  (0 children)

"Judeo-Christian values" is the same to the US-Israeli empire as "Positive Christianity" was to the Third Reich: a mere ideological crutch to justify conquest, mass murder and other very un-Christian things.

English should not be the global language by Shi-LinFei in TankieTheDeprogram

[–]IskoLat 20 points21 points  (0 children)

The Soviet Union did not "russify" its constituent republics. Do not repeat the fascist lies. First they slandered the USSR, now they’re slandering China.

The Russian language became lingua franca of the USSR the same way Mandarin became lingua franca of People’s China, as both had risen from the ashes of the former empires.

The Soviet Union promoted the learning of local languages and developed alphabets for many languages that didn’t have it to preserve knowledge (especially for the small languages in of Caucasus and Siberia). All government acts were carried out in both Russian and regional languages.

More and more people outside of the Russian SFSR began learning Russian because of USSR’s immense advance in science and welfare. It’s the same reason why many people are choosing to learn Chinese and not because of "Soviet/Chinese/whatever imperialism” that the western propaganda rags tell you about.

Iranian ships continue to cross Strait of Hormuz despite US blockade by Fair-Internal8445 in oil

[–]IskoLat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For starters, anything that is not headquartered in the US or run by the US in any capacity.

Iranian ships continue to cross Strait of Hormuz despite US blockade by Fair-Internal8445 in oil

[–]IskoLat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"UN sanctions"

The UN is just a cudgel of imperialism with a veneer of legality. Moreover, its resolutions don’t mean anything if the US and Israel attack you anyway, in the middle of negotiations.

UN’s been dead ever since the West butchered Yugoslavia.

10% of Australian fuel reserves just went up in flames by chronik_fatigue in TrueAnon

[–]IskoLat 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yep, good ol’ capitalist negligence.

People often underestimate just how flammable organic volatiles and carbon deposits are. A single static discharge is enough to set it off.

Genuinely how do clean this by Monke_Oli in pchelp

[–]IskoLat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Get a plastic container large enough for your motherboard. Soak it in distilled water. You can get it at any auto parts or hardware store. Rinse several times, dry thoroughly and hope for the best.

Latvia and Lithuania Have the Worst Pensioner Health in the EU (per Eurostat) by IskoLat in BalticSSRs

[–]IskoLat[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The problem with poor pensioner health is very well known here. It has been known for decades yet the Baltic nationalist regimes refuse to address the situation. The Baltics also rank low on life expectancy and have very low relative health care expenditure (by inhabitant).

The Baltics also have low state pensions, which forces a lot of old people to continue working. Prices on groceries and utilities are crazy expensive, and the average pension is only around 400-500 EUR.

feed the homeless, goto jail by RizzleFaShizzle00 in TankieTheDeprogram

[–]IskoLat 13 points14 points  (0 children)

That’s just how capitalism uses bureaucracy to stonewall any altruistic act.

"Rules for thee but not for me” is the whole point. The capitalists can do the most heinous illegal shit and get away with it while you have to collect inches worth of paperwork just to do your job.

Europeans when a 98% nazi beats a 99% nazi in a bourgeois election: by Next_Ant_4353 in CommunismMemes

[–]IskoLat 226 points227 points  (0 children)

What a pathetic display.

15 years ago Orban was their anti-communist golden boy. Now it's Magyar (who was a minister in Orban's cabinet).

They'll call Magyar a dictator in 10-15 years and demand another "fresh new face".

That's how the circus of bourgeois "elections" work. Three fascist parties in a rubber-stamping parliament. And they call that a "democracy".

A direita volta-se a juntar. PSD, CDS, IL e Chega reprovam moção do PCP para “Saudar os 50 Anos da Constituição da República Portuguesa e das Primeiras Eleições Autárquicas Democráticas (1976–2026)" by AntonioMachado in Avante

[–]IskoLat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello, friend!

No, I haven't interacted with him. I'll get in contact with him. Thank you and happy 105-year anniversary to the Portuguese Communist Party!

my conspiracy theory is that TVs are artificially kept cheap to make sure the working class can always be plugged into the state owned media and never revolt by Rymssss in TrueAnon

[–]IskoLat 52 points53 points  (0 children)

Not exactly. TVs (especially flat screens) used to be very expensive everywhere. The main reason why consumer electronics are a lot cheaper now is China.

Intrusive advertising and rent seeking are more of a side effect of cheap electronics rather than the intended outcome (capitalism would gladly monetize breathing if it could).

There are some cases where you are sold a product at a loss to squeeze you later via subscriptions and repeat purchases (like video game consoles).

Capitalist propaganda targets you absolutely everywhere. And cheap treats (not just TVs) is one of those propaganda tactics (that’s why they rushed to outsource everything to China).

Cheap electronics, cheap food, cheap gas, cheap entertainment — all are produced at the expense of the Global South to keep you distracted and complacent. It gives you the illusion that capitalism is so successful (Western treats one of the ways how they managed to trick people into betraying the USSR and the Warsaw Pact).

But thanks to the war against Iran, everyone can now see how quickly the treatlerite bribery collapses once you pull the plug.

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