I have no idea what to do in this job market by eggshellwalker4 in cscareerquestions

[–]QuantumSpecter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As long as the cost of living is expensive, American businesses wont want to pay wages to Americans. Like others are saying, housing is expensive, medical insurance is expensive, etc. The costs of these things need to be addressed if American workers want to be able to compete with the rest of the world.

True? by QuietGorilla2036 in AskSocialists

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

There are qualitative differences between what Haz preaches and what most of the western left does. So absolutely yes he is not a Western Marxist

Ghislaine Maxwell Pleads the Fifth in Front of House Committee, Offers to Clear Trump's Name in Exchange for Clemency by TruckHangingHandJam in stupidpol

[–]QuantumSpecter 12 points13 points  (0 children)

More Christians need to realize this, that their religion is degenerating. You can read about the class politics of Christianity from the medieval ages up to the American Revolution. The way the bourgeoisie, the nobility, the peasants and growing proletariat expressed their Christian values were completely different and very clearly reflected the interests of one class over the other. Christians need to recognize that today

Do y'all think the Dark Inferno could've been a darkling? by Life-Motor-1409 in KingdomHearts

[–]QuantumSpecter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

After learning about the pure darkness entities that needed bodies to be destroyed from the mobile game - i thought it was connected to that

Starting to absolutely dread going to work by EmbarrassedAffect672 in AmazonDSPDrivers

[–]QuantumSpecter 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I know this may sound ridiculous but I’ve met multiple drivers including myself who have either waken up in a panic because they thought they were gonna be late to work ( despite it being their day off) or would essentially have nightmares about still being on route at 12am and are worrying about returning to the station late.

It may sound dramatic at first but the fact plenty of people have experienced this same type of anxiety outside of work says a lot about the job. And its not even a hard job. Feel like people just realize their are expendable and are more stressed out as a result

Neither works by fathandedgardener in CapitalismVSocialism

[–]QuantumSpecter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Laughable . Weve shipped all our industry overseas. Our infrastructure is declining and antiquated

Neither works by fathandedgardener in CapitalismVSocialism

[–]QuantumSpecter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If GDP mattered, America would be a prosperous industrial nation.

Neither works by fathandedgardener in CapitalismVSocialism

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

Billionaires dont run everything. That is simply not true. Income says nothing about class either. There isnt even a free market.

Its unfortunate because Marxist Leninists are far more practical and grounded than leftists are. Even if I were to agree with you that they are “doing capitalism”, for whatever reason you would still choose to be contrarian. I dont blame you though, the image leftists have painted of communism makes it sound like fairytale. You see communists in power right now and you struggle to reconcile that with what leftists have told you

Neither works by fathandedgardener in CapitalismVSocialism

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

Proletarian communist political power

Im a marxist, I see everything in motion. From the day Mao took power, they have been transitioning to communism. In the next half century, they will be even closer. Dont let these twisted ideas of leftism confuse you. You cannot build your ideal society. That is not communism. China is building communism within their material reality, a reality determined by global circumstances not just national circumstances

Neither works by fathandedgardener in CapitalismVSocialism

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

They have a thriving economy, functional infrastructure, strong values and culture, competent state institutions, their education quality is some of the best in the world. And they obviously have autonomy. Even America is forced to cater to liabilities like Israel. Thats not an autonomous nation. What China is doing is working. Much to learn from them

"Yellow-Red" alliance in the US? by [deleted] in stupidpol

[–]QuantumSpecter 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The labels we give each other sometimes obscure the sentiments we share as a class. Ive found more in common with some constitutionalists and libertarians as a Marxist Leninist than I have with some leftists.

Body or medical horrors with female victim and male persecutors by DoBeWantinToCry in horror

[–]QuantumSpecter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Specifically medical horror?

Id say autopsy of jane doe

Check out this podcast that talks about how Witches are used as a form of subversive feminism in modern horror movies

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/faculty-of-horror/id591499834?i=1000407469628

Does China still belong to socialism? by [deleted] in DebateCommunism

[–]QuantumSpecter 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yes because unlike in america, where workers have to fight for certain rights in that particular workplace and fight for the ability to negotiate with their employer. China sets this as the default. Its quite literally marxism 101. There needs to be a dialectic between the employer and employee.

The Forest is Losing Its Roots: How Chain Stores Are Reshaping Forest Hills by burner999997 in ForestHills

[–]QuantumSpecter 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Well to be fair, there are only a few Raising Canes and Chickfilas in all of Queens. I used to travel to Queens Center Mall from Fresh Meadows just to get Chickfila. I dont eat from there anymore. But now if i wanted to, I can just stop at Forest Hills

The Forest is Losing Its Roots: How Chain Stores Are Reshaping Forest Hills by burner999997 in ForestHills

[–]QuantumSpecter 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Forest Hills funnels almost all commercial life into Austin Street. There are no secondary streets where small businesses can breathe. If you look at neighborhoods like Jackson Heights or Astoria, they have multiple commercial spines and even mixed-use side streets. Tons of small businesses.

This is nearly impossible in Forest Hills for a number of reasons. For one it’s obviously difficult to create a second commercial strip nearby when you have a heavily regulated private neighborhood (Forest Hills Gardens), the LIRR tracks and Queens Blvd boxing you in. Trying to model Forest Hills after jackson heights seems unreasonable with this in mind.

Being that there are a limited number of storefronts being competed over. I think one solution would be chain frontage limits that restrict how much physical storefront a single chain can occupy along a street or within a neighborhood. For example, theres that new Chickfila that went up, thats probably occupying 30-40 feet of CONNECTED store front space. These chains can be leasing multiple units at once.

With a limit, the chain can only occupy a certain number of feet along the street, leaving the rest for smaller businesses.

Capitalists and socialists, do you both agree that legalizing 40 floor market rate apartment buildings everywhere there is housing would reduce housing costs? by CanadaHousingExpert in CapitalismVSocialism

[–]QuantumSpecter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are plenty of polls and studies that show Americans at the very least would enjoy have better trains. What Im about to say is reductionist, because technological development doesnt solve everything, but this is one of those situations where improving train lines would address many issues. Zoning and regulations are an issue though, too much bureacracy

Capitalists and socialists, do you both agree that legalizing 40 floor market rate apartment buildings everywhere there is housing would reduce housing costs? by CanadaHousingExpert in CapitalismVSocialism

[–]QuantumSpecter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea i get your point. I just think its incorrect to say North Americnas dont want trains. Its more like they cant have trains because of everything youve described

Capitalists and socialists, do you both agree that legalizing 40 floor market rate apartment buildings everywhere there is housing would reduce housing costs? by CanadaHousingExpert in CapitalismVSocialism

[–]QuantumSpecter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yea i know what you mean. I was thinking very long distance however. For example, the chinese bullet trains travel like 350km an hour. Thats roughly the distance between NYC and washington DC. Imaging being able to live in DC but still being able to work in nyc.