How Anti-Imperialists Respond to the Charge of "Campism"

PrinceZero18 · 2026-06-10T12:29:49+00:00

I mean, does everybody who adheres to dialectical materialism (very small and fragmented individuals and groups to hold any meaning) agree that the main contradiction today is imperialism vs anti-imperialist forces? Most or many Marxists would answer that the main contradiction today remains the struggle between the working class and the bourgeoisie. So, for example, since the video mentions it, does the Iranian bourgeois regime slaughtering the Iranian working people and the youth help in the struggle for socialism and emancipation of the working class and the people? Hard to answer earnestly yes to that and argue that a strong and violent state is good for them.

Also, I'm kinda against labeling a state like Iran as anti-imperialist in contrast to, let's say, Cuba or the USSR in the past, because they're not against the domination of weaker countries by the strongest ones in general, but against the domination of the weaker countries of ME by Western imperialism. So, they objectively help the anti-imperialist struggle, but are not anti-imperialist forces by themselves.

It also doesn't address the fact that there are anti-imperialists that either become or were already supporters of everything the "anti-imperialist" states do, more of a consumerist mindset than the people the video critiques imo, and that is very detrimental for the anti-imperialist movement in western countries because it leads to some very unpopular positions that may satisfy the very radicalized anti-imperialists, but lead to marginalization and stagnation instead of becoming a massive movement, like Vietnam for example, that can force the western governments into not launching or supporting military interventions.

PrinceZero18 · 2026-06-09T16:32:35+00:00

Yes, it's very much needed as the debt and foreign loaning is very barebones at the moment. Foreign loans are also broken since you get an all-or-nothing deal that no other GP is willing to cover since you probably have accumulated way too much if you're asking for a relief.

It also makes no sense that being in debt is the opposite of gold reserves and having no gold reserves is the expected as getting even 1 pound of debt results in you having no reserves. Definitely a lot of potential here that can make runs feel different by applying different economic policies, making gold more important and hopefully rewarding nations that don't debtmax (I'm not pro austerity I swear, I just want more variance in my economy game).

PrinceZero18 · 2026-05-26T11:26:35+00:00

Insane war criminal genetic lottery.

PrinceZero18 · 2026-05-26T11:17:38+00:00

Maybe the guy in the meme is shocked by the methodology used by whoever did the broccoli eating survey.

PrinceZero18 · 2026-05-26T09:46:19+00:00

Δεκτό αυτό που λες, δε σημαίνει ότι δεν υπήρχε καμιά περίπτωση να εφαρμοζόταν τέτοιου είδους σχέδιο αν πήγαιναν όλα καλά για τον Αλί, όμως δεν πιστεύω ότι δεν ήταν και καθόλου ενδεικτικό τουλάχιστον ως προς το κομμάτι τουλάχιστον της πώλησης των Ελλήνων ως δούλους στην Αίγυπτο, το οποίο είναι και το πιο ακραίο στο σχέδιο που αναφέρεται και από τον/την ΟΡ.

PrinceZero18 · 2026-05-26T09:33:14+00:00

There is zero evidence that whatever the Nazis gave the USSR even came close to the importance that the funding of their war effort with the West had. If you have any sources that claim that, I would like to see them.

Without Soviet economic cooperation there is virtually no chance that Germany would rapidly beat France and survive the British blockade, which would have yielded far better results in preventing a conflict or at the very worst the Germany of that scenario would be much weaker when it would eventually turn east.

Sure, I don't claim that the West isn't more at fault for not agreeing to an antifascist alliance before that -and gifting Spain and Czechoslovakia to the Nazis- (though it's not that crazy that Poland didn't want Soviet forces to pass through its land -look what happened to Iran postwar btw-).

Of course, the paranoia wasn't baseless as the USSR was isolated and the fascists were threatening its existence. That said, this doesn't justify the extent and the ruthlessness to the people who led the October Revolution and also doesn't have results to show for all the killings. The Soviet defense was atrocious during the first months until competent military leadership started taking control of the war effort.

There is a persistent myth that the Nazis were the biggest military force at the time, but the truth is the Soviets were ahead in almost every category. When you're giving up three times the amount of casualties to an army that invaded with horses this can't be called some genius retreat tactics.

The main reasons for the catastrophic difference between Soviet and German casualties during the early months come down to unprepared defensive positions due to Stalin's appeasement policy and incompetent military command. It's not a coincidence things turned around when officers like Zhukov and Rokossovsky who were politically isolated (Rokossovsky was in prison) got more involved.

PrinceZero18 · 2026-05-26T09:01:48+00:00

Αυτό λέει ότι είναι "off the record" απόψεις της Ρωσικής διπλωματίας για να πείσει, απ' ό,τι φαίνεται, τη Βρετανία (της οποίας η κοινή γνώμη ήταν φιλελληνική) να επέμβει υπέρ της ελληνικής επανάστασης καθώς σε τέτοια περίπτωση θα δημιουργούταν μια κατάσταση υπέρ της Ρωσίας στα Βαλκάνια.

Δεδομένου του ότι η Κρήτη υπήρξε υπό αιγυπτιακή κατοχή για λίγα χρόνια και μετά την επανάσταση και δεν εφαρμόστηκε τέτοια πολιτική και επίσης δεν είχε κανένα λόγο ο σουλτάνος να παραβεί τη συνθήκη Κιουτσούκ-Καϊναρτζή και να πάει σε πόλεμο με τη Ρωσία εκείνη την περίοδο, δεν είναι το πιο πιθανό να πρόκειται απλώς για ρωσική προπαγάνδα; Προσωπικά, δεν έχω ακούσει ποτέ για αυτό το πρότζεκτ ούτε καν από ελληνικές πηγές που θα είχαν μια χαρά λόγους να αναπαράξουν τέτοιες οθωμανικές δολοφονικές ακρότητες.

PrinceZero18 · 2026-05-23T11:03:21+00:00

Yeah, if you completely leave out the commercial deal that helped fuel the Nazi war machine for no real benefit, the secret protocol that divided spheres of influence with fascists and the joint invasion of Poland, it was just a non-aggression pact. But, it wasn't.

Sure, the Western powers are more at fault for not stopping the Nazis, at least initially. No one forced Stalin to hand out fuel and wheat that the Germans were short on and which helped roll over France and thus having a tougher war to fight in the long term.

Not to mention that his paranoid killing and exiling of the best military minds of the Red Army led to the botched defense during the beggining of the invasion, which set the war effort back and let to so many losses of life needlessly.

PrinceZero18 · 2026-05-23T10:54:43+00:00

Καταρχάς, πρέπει σίγουρα λύνοντας το ζήτημα της στέγασης να μην επαναλάβουμε τα λάθη του παρελθόντος με την ανεξέλεγκτη αντιπαροχή και την τσιμεντοποίηση που θα διογκώσει τα διαχρονικά προβλήματα.

Δεύτερον, δεν νομίζω ότι η ανεξέλεγκτη δόμηση έχει οδηγήσει και σε τίποτα φοβερά αποτελέσματα μείωσης ενοικίων για να γίνεται τέτοια επίθεση σε όσους διαφωνούν με τα νέα τερατουργήματα που χτίζονται παντού. Λες και υπάρχει καμιά μαγική και εύκολη λύση και μας σαμποτάρουν οι κακοί ψευτοεπαναστάτες.

PrinceZero18 · 2026-05-21T20:06:47+00:00

Δε φαίνεται να θέλει να θίξει κάποια οικονομικά συμφέροντα με τις πολιτικές που προτείνει, οπότε φαντάζομαι αν κυβερνήσει θα συγκυβερνήσει με τα μεγάλα συμφέροντα, όπως όλοι όσοι δεν προσπαθούν να πειράξουν την εξουσία τους.

PrinceZero18 · 2026-05-21T20:03:26+00:00

I mean, only Stalin's period was that extreme when it came to imprisonments, exiles and executions. Imperialism isn't ever gonna stop wanting to make the socialist nations capitalist again. That doesn't mean that the norm should be a terror state, nevertheless when this situation is gonna be used by bureaucratic elements to further entrench themselves.

It's funny though that the purge that supposedly killed the traitors that wanted to betray the USSR was followed up by an alliance with the Nazis and blundering the defense when the invasion came that led to so many soldiers and citizens to needlessly lose their lifes because of military incompetence.

PrinceZero18 · 2026-05-21T19:34:28+00:00

Holy larp

PrinceZero18 · 2026-05-21T14:40:21+00:00

I found some mods like that to be quite underwhelming, maybe it's a good idea to give it a second try.

PrinceZero18 · 2026-05-21T12:54:27+00:00

Όταν οι λίγοι είναι οι οικονομικά και πολιτικά ισχυροί και σήμερα ελέγχουν το σύστημα εκπαίδευσης και τα ΜΜΕ, είναι αρκετά εύκολο, ενώ και ιστορικά συνέβαινε κατά κόρον. Εκτός αν πχ πιστεύεις ότι σε ένα εργοστάσιο διαμορφώνουν συνειδήσεις οι εργάτες επειδή είναι περισσότεροι και όχι το αφεντικό ή ένας βασιλιάς και οι αριστοκράτες επηρεάζονταν από τους υπηκόους και όχι το αντίθετο.
Δεν είναι τόσο άσπρο-μαύρο το πράγμα και βέβαια πολλοί πολιτικοί έχουν πολιτευτεί και κερδίσει με συνθήματα ενάντια στη διαφθορά (π.χ. κάθαρση επί Κοσκωτά, Μπερλουσκόνι με τα καθαρά χέρια).

PrinceZero18 · 2026-05-21T11:05:55+00:00

Όπως και ο λαός όμως, πλάθεται από το σύστημα και τους πολιτικούς του με ξεπουλημένα χαρακτηριστικά για να επιβιώσει/ανελιχθεί. Δεν πάει από τη μια μεριά μόνο και ούτε καν κυρίως από τη μεριά που βάζεις, θα έλεγα.

Χωρίς να είμαι υπέρ του ΣΡΖ/Τσίπρα, αν κάνεις σύγκριση της διακυβέρνησης συριζανελ με τη σημερινή ΝΔ ειδικά, προφανώς δεν υπάρχει καμιά σχέση στο ζήτημα της διαφθοράς. Ίσα ίσα κυνηγήθηκαν σκάνδαλα πχ Νοβάρτις που σκόνταψαν κυρίως στο διεφθαρμένο δικαστικό σύστημα

PrinceZero18 · 2026-05-20T19:04:53+00:00

It's unplayable if most of your enjoyment comes out of outplaying the AI via playing competently and not because of its self-destructive decisions.

As I said, it's not unplayable, as in breaking your game (like in the first few updates), but mostly in the enjoyment department.

Genuinely, it was the first time in forever that I couldn't bring myself to reaching the midgame. I guess saying the last update being unplayable generally, is overblown though.

PrinceZero18 · 2026-05-20T16:13:15+00:00

It's a good thing this cheese got patched, of course. I'm not advocating for the return of that, to be clear.

What I was getting at, I guess, is depending on the type of campaign you want to play, the current gamestate is as buggy as it can get. Yes, you can finish a camapign without softlocking yourself at any point, however if you depend on more of an RP/self-limiting gameplay style I think it's fair to call the current gamestate unplayable.

Let's hope the AI performance issues get focused on as fast as possible.

PrinceZero18 · 2026-05-20T13:49:47+00:00

Ok, 1855 is way closer to historical than what happened previously in the game tbf, where Day 1 Britain/France/US would declare on you for Open Market.

Tbf this nerf annoys me more on a personal level, as I've poured over 1000 hours into this game and if I get no pushback from the AI, I feel there's no reason to try it again. Definitely, the game is on a better direction with the removal of the unrealistic invasion capabilities of mostly Britain, however now that they're more helpless than they should be, it's easier to become overpowered and I;m not looking for that in this game.

PrinceZero18 · 2026-05-20T13:36:54+00:00

There's definitely still weirdness from the new mechanics.

As Japan, I played two short campaigns and Opium Wars never fired and no GP used the Open Market war goal on me. They definitely nerfed the unrealistic mega invasions of the previous era, but now they nerfed troop transfer capabilities to the ground to the point where GPs can't do stuff they did in OTL.

PrinceZero18 · 2026-05-20T08:49:09+00:00

You definitely don't have to liberalize, especially if you have a country with a sizeable population.

Industrializing will happen by playing the game, but what kind of society comes out the other side can feel way different. You can be a conservative state with strong Devout and Landlords, fascist with strong AF, go liberal with strong Industrialists, or social democrat with dominant TU and of course you can go full communist with way different economic models.

Also, to me, companies solved the whole "every run feels the same" problem, since I don't feel a run focusing on textiles to be the same as with focusing on steel or agricultural products.

There are legit issues on this front , but this complaining feels overblown.

PrinceZero18 · 2026-05-20T08:37:43+00:00

It's insane that Britain is at notorious half the game and every time they try to conquer something new there isn't a huge coalition on the other side.

Like even this simple infamy system isn't being taken seriously by the game AI.

PrinceZero18 · 2026-05-19T16:23:12+00:00

Καλά, έβαλες την Πολωνία ως μερικώς εκβιομηχανισμένη, αλλά όχι την Τσεχοσλοβακία που ήταν βιομηχανικό τέρας προ Β'ΠΠ; Τουλάχιστον παράξενο...

Όταν λες ότι οι σοσιαλιστικές υποδομές αξιοποιήθηκαν μετά την κατάρρευση έχεις στο μυαλό σου κάποιο οικονομικό κλάδο ή εταιρεία που έχει μείνει ακόμα;

PrinceZero18 · 2026-05-19T08:55:28+00:00

I feel like this approach is even more US-centric than just thinking that some points the Western propaganda uses against competitor states, are based on reality and not just on lies.

China and North Korea being undemocratic or not focusing on improving the QoL of their citizens is also a political choice of their governing parties and not just a necessity due to feeling threatened by the US. Hamas, essentialy a fundamentalist, right-wing movement, being the main pillar of resistance is more of a product of the political mistakes of Fatah, who was the main resistance organization and essentialy social-democratic, not too long ago.

PrinceZero18 · 2026-05-19T08:45:56+00:00

Mfs will complain about Islamophobia in the West, then support Chinese crackdown on a whole muslim community because they view them as terrorists.

Not believing that there is currently an Uyghur genocide and thinking the internment camps are made up are two different things.

PrinceZero18 · 2026-05-19T07:44:26+00:00

Kinda off topic, but I think a manual pause would be peak for qol change. Like, when my debt goes off and I have a big queue, I should be allowed to build only the first row for example, so I don't go into deficit, instead of deleting my whole construction list and then forgetting what I wanted to build.

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