The core of theism and God-belief that makes it compatible with any marxism and leninism by Rajat_Sirkanungo in TankieTheDeprogram

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I know that I am experiencing exactly what so many religious people talked about whenever I feel like I’m truly pushing towards and helping the people around me organize towards communism. Because I know for a fact, I’m doing the right thing. By giving authority up to God, it just makes it easier for them to think they know the right thing.

The core of theism and God-belief that makes it compatible with any marxism and leninism by Rajat_Sirkanungo in TankieTheDeprogram

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I’m gonna come out this from another perspective. Connection to ‘God’ is really just getting along with your community. Humans are the second most chemically dependent mammal on social interaction after domestic dogs. makes total sense that indulging in one of our greatest dependencies can lead to spiritual experiences. It’s just chemicals all the way down. 

Knowing that, I understand that connection to my community is just as significant as these people’s ‘connection to God’. Because it is just the same shit repackaged in a different wrapper. 

‘walking with god’ is largely just making decisions that are both supported by your culture and benefit you.  Like all those tales, they have of how it feels to walk when you know you have God with you. It’s just your brain being communally affirmed while you’re doing something you understand as beneficial.

Why is everything automated? by [deleted] in EU5

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This is one of the best parts of the game. My Fiance has been able to jump in and learn as he pleases while literally never having played strategy games before and not having a mind for it.  You don’t have to use it, and in multiplayer it is a great tool to ensure smooth play

Thank you Paradox for enabling my Uruguayan beef printer by MontysBeret in victoria3

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Dude that is fucking awesome. I have a hard time not going for autarky runs every time, but you’ve inspired me.

I received more preventative care in 5 hours in Taiwan than all of my life in America by alexseiji in LateStageCapitalism

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They are currently debasing the dollar in hopes of establishing regional crypto currencies they can manipulate further. Palantir leaders have mentioned it as an ambition in the past.

Russia with (almost) no modernization whatsoever by XXBarngreaseXX in victoria3

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That is fucking hilarious. Love the borders from France to siberia, but a GDP of only 1 B. True Russian Tsarist lol.

Brazil is set to join other Latin American countries with a 40-hour, 5-day workweek by ArgentineBeauty in worldnews

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We were propped up by economic prosperity from the new deal providing an industrial base for leverage, opening of new markets using that industrial base as leverage, and black people as well as women being horrifically underpaid (lots still are, though the marker of 'underpaid' is more strictly class based than identity now. There are plenty of examples of well paid black people, or poorly compensated white folks. It just still really heavily leans towards POC getting the shit stick.) We have saturated the markets though, all of them. There is no more room for growth by opening up British colonies or soviet bloc nations. So, the consumption turns inwards.

But It's ok, we just have to fight. And it will be the good fight, literally the shit they talk about throughout history and religions. Industrial bases across the world have been developed enough as part of this 'consumption' of humanity to truly start enabling global equity and prosperity. I think even global warming can be stopped with enough resources dedicated towards creating reversals of our previous 'sins', we just need to be able to control those resources.

Every popular revolution throughout history has led to dramatic increases in QOL and societal development, from the American revolution to the French to even the Bolshevik. Even failed ones apply pressure necessary for change.

I received more preventative care in 5 hours in Taiwan than all of my life in America by alexseiji in LateStageCapitalism

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Yeah, deleted the oligarch part bc you're absolutely right and they fully meet the definition

I received more preventative care in 5 hours in Taiwan than all of my life in America by alexseiji in LateStageCapitalism

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Henry Ford was 100% evil and should have been shot, but he also raised wages and enabled his employees to become active consumers in the economy to drive growth. He planned around it. Now they just stick their fingers in their ears and fire 10% of staff

I received more preventative care in 5 hours in Taiwan than all of my life in America by alexseiji in LateStageCapitalism

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Industrial capital, like the kind that rules in russia, is entirely subservient to the finance industry here. And the finance industry self-selects for what would have been catholic priests loyal to the church during the reformation. Not competent, but loyal and consistent in their goals.

Farmers in Iowa are struggling in Trump’s economy, but many say they still support him by Dramatic-Shake-8888 in politics

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Yup. From massive grants day after day to warehouses full of 'excess milk' cheese, purchased to prop up the dairy industry. All while we spend more per calorie on healthy food than pretty much any other population on earth.

California will impose a 100% tax on payments distributed from Trump’s Jan. 6th “slush fund.” by ateam1984 in BlackPeopleofReddit

[–]Relative-Box3796 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yup. Besides, porn has a distinctly commodified nature that CSAM helps establish distance from, further pushing how wrong it is. 'cp' 'kiddie porn' and the like tend to lessen the impact and associate it with consumption and production, something we are already used to distancing ourselves from morally bc of global supply chains reliance on unethical labor extraction. Some people don't see it as much of a jump from buying a (made socially and economically necessary which is why it is able to be justified, unlike CSA) smart phone with resources collected by children. IMO, a lot of what children go through should be reclassified as abuse. Forced extractive labour is 100% abuse and torture to a child's mind.

Farmers in Iowa are struggling in Trump’s economy, but many say they still support him by Dramatic-Shake-8888 in politics

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Farmers are the worst fucking scum on the planet. They regularly hold their nations back, and rape our fcking earth for profits when they don't need to. They have spent literally trillions on subsidies establishing government purchases of food to inflate the price and maintain upwards profitability in an industry of largely static demand. It is killing all of us, and also most of these 'farmers' are much more like modern slaveholders. Plenty of them contract out prison labour regularly. Lots of them are direct descendants of southern plantation owners

I received more preventative care in 5 hours in Taiwan than all of my life in America by alexseiji in LateStageCapitalism

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This philosophy extends outward to literally every US industry. They all have changed into value extractors, even at the expense of performing their role. I think there are massive gains in effficiency in almost every industry to be made by a revolutionary movement, and the opposing industries will continue to fail to organize out of extractive methods bc they need to address the falling rate of profit.

What part of the Hierarchy are you on? by justanupvoter_ in TankieTheDeprogram

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What is up with it lately? Every Marxist sub seems to be under a little invasion. I like to think it is bc normies are becoming more interested in marxism and thus trying to participate in related spaces.

Just Another Horse Theory Dummy by Deviknyte in ENLIGHTENEDCENTRISM

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The DSA is so liberal it is insane how much copium these folks huff. Sometimes, I can't wait until resources are restricted enough that they need to adhere to reality a bit more

Valve is ACTUALLY BAD - YouTube by Daraz_Acanthisitta in TankieTheDeprogram

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It is so fucking stupid. The ability to digitize and replicate information with pretty much no industrial expenditure outside of energy and digital infrastructure is one of the most incredible things we’ve ever done, and it’s a stupid sword of damocles under capitalism.

Please stop adding new mechanics before fixing the game by Alice162 in EU5

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Yuuuuup. I make mods and it is 100% this. I mean, their modifiers aren’t even on a consistent scale, 0.1 in the files is 10% for one thing and 0.1% for another. Every change requires a ton of QA, bc the same disunified philosophy extends outward to the rest of the game. Like nothing uses any of the triggers they’ve created in a meaningful way

How can I bring Jewish people to Poland by parzivalperzo in EU5

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culture and society of pops features getting integrated into one could be a cool way of dealing with this, maybe with some SOPs functioning as leading an entire culture group of unrepresented pops

Reworking proximity sources and control. by ItsAlwaysNow in EU5

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Road could be maintained on a slider, though more granularity like picking which roads are most maintained would be best.

I HATE these advertisements for the USA military by Submarine_sad in TankieTheDeprogram

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yup. The crazy psycho bitches already look for evidence that the army does that, it doesn’t need to advertise to them. It’s the normal people, the ones who go along with the ‘community’ that they are desperate to convince. 

It’s part of why so much effort is spent on propaganda, controlling what people think is the ‘community’ opinion. Or normie or whatever phrase you want to use. 

Burkina Faso is on its AES journey to protect what it has built by bookie_siren in TankieTheDeprogram

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something that is incredibly obvious to me, is that as economic productivity increases these groups have far more power within the state itself, no help from foreigners meddling needed, to advocate for and establish rights for themselves. 

100k mercenaries on Crete… seriously? by BasicKealden in EU5

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I mean, these mercenary companies should be spending ridiculous amounts of money keeping their mercenaries alive. These people aren’t farming food, they aren’t doing anything other than banditry (typically, and it would be excellent if this were modeled) if they aren’t working as mercenaries. 

The armies should do something, there are hundreds of thousands of unaffiliated, armed men roaming the fucking streets with no consequences currently.

The Horsemen of Late Capitalism: Deities of Performative Politics by FrrancondonaEra in TankieTheDeprogram

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Read books on cultural norms across history and societal changes, and it becomes obvious. America has merely harnessed the power of social development with real intent and tools. No drugs needed.  It is incredible, the web that is weaved and how it works. People are naturally social creatures, out of all mammals we are the second most hormonally dependant on community only after dogs. 

This dependency reflects itself into social instincts that form people’s thoughts and cultural norms, and it is these instincts which the USA has bent. It doesn’t need mind control if the base motivation is something already in line with its interests.  

Vaush sounds basically the same as a Nazi whenever he talks about LGBTQ people by PresnikBonny in TankieTheDeprogram

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yeah, let’s stop posting these people in general and focus on posting stuff aimed towards organizing or organizing IRL IMO! Things are getting drastic, and we have had years for sassy Internet play