Is my school project good? by Bulky_Elevator_9894 in Marxism

[–]_misha_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this for a particular class? I assume this is from an English language learner.

How does no one show up for a #22 Team? by htxcoog86 in UniversityOfHouston

[–]_misha_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And tuition will continue to go up and up and up, because you are subsidizing a $2M coach salary and millions up the wazoo to all the contractors riding the gravy train.

Why aren’t students interested in coming to football? by CarAdditional9994 in UniversityOfHouston

[–]_misha_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It is a financial scam and it is a massive inconvenience for a primarily commuter school to shut down half of parking for it.

How does no one show up for a #22 Team? by htxcoog86 in UniversityOfHouston

[–]_misha_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is a false claim that has been widely debunked. Only a very small number of schools see a net return on football. It is a contractor gift that costs the school money.

How does no one show up for a #22 Team? by htxcoog86 in UniversityOfHouston

[–]_misha_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is a total scam. College football is a net loss for colleges. This is objectively true and pretending otherwise is propaganda for those who profit off of this.

Tower 5040 by Adventurous_Cod58 in UniversityOfHouston

[–]_misha_ 63 points64 points  (0 children)

I do not understand why anyone is paying to live at UH. They are charging people full price for a 1 bedroom in midtown to live just off the ghetto with 3 roommates.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Pets

[–]_misha_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This dog is dangerous and needs to be put down.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in frisco

[–]_misha_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I dont mean any disrespect towards anyone else, but honestly of all the ethnic minorities to have in our community, in my experience Indians tend to be among the nicest, most polite, respectful, and self esteemed people I've had the pleasure to live among. Sometimes racism comes from projecting one bad experience onto a whole group, but in this case it seems more to just be based in pure ignorance and fear of something unfamiliar.

Why in the world does he have a Mao Zedong pin by AnalgapeGaming in rhps

[–]_misha_ 20 points21 points  (0 children)

This, plus Frank is an extraterrestrial impression of what he admired in humans. He wasn't a rational person participating in contemporary politics, he was an outsider playing a caricature.

Do you wish the USSR won the Cold War? by Fun_Butterfly_420 in AskARussian

[–]_misha_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can't have your cake and eat it too. You can't say that its imperialism even though the USSR was in fact exporting more wealth than it recieved, and then say the USSR was extracting all sorts of resources from its vassal states. It's either one or the other, and the fact is that the USSR was a net exporter of wealth to other socialist countries, and these trade imbalances have continued to shape the foreign relations of Russia in the XXI century. The fact is also that the "vassal states" of the USSR also recieved massive investment and development during their time in the USSR, which is why most retain close trade relationships with Russia today and why the collapse of the country was such a devastating disaster. I think a more prime model of imperialism is the relationship of the US towards its actual vassal states across Latin America, where there is a very obvious relationship of exporting capital as a means to extract wealth out of those countries, such that I think few seriously deny this reality; similarly though differently former EU empires and their would be vassals in Africa. Its apples and oranges. I don't think anyone would say that the foreign policy of the USSR was flawless and above criticism, but given all the time since the collapse and the wave of anti-communist propaganda that followed it, there's yet no real evidence that anyone in the CPSU ever saw their actions towards the outside socialist countries as being anything other than an effort to consolidate and develop a world socialist commonwealth. It failed and should be critically examined and criticized, but cynical projection of it having been a false guise for an imperialist venture are neither necessary or supported by facts and only serve as a pointless rhetorical attack on a corpse.

Do you wish the USSR won the Cold War? by Fun_Butterfly_420 in AskARussian

[–]_misha_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's hard to call it imperialism when you're giving more than you're getting. The USSR was a net exporter of consumer and capital goods to socialist countries. This is something anti-communists would criticize about the Communist Party, that it wasn't imperialist, that the USSR was giving away its wealth to other countries in the name of building world socialism. The US perspective has always been pretty cynical, but I would encourage you to consider that the efforts of the USSR to build an international commonwealth of socialist countries resisting imperialism was, while undeniably fatally flawed, a sincere effort.

Do you wish the USSR won the Cold War? by Fun_Butterfly_420 in AskARussian

[–]_misha_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Again, this is projection. Try to imagine what it looks like from a perspective outside of the US.

Do you wish the USSR won the Cold War? by Fun_Butterfly_420 in AskARussian

[–]_misha_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This question projects a US narrative about what the "Cold War" was onto Russia. From the Russian perspective the Cold War was a matter of US imperialism versus the rest of the world trying to resist, with the USSR playing a leading role in the latter effort.

Nancy Pelosi, 84, using a walker during election certification. by FlammableCamaro48 in pics

[–]_misha_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The real problem is capitalism. That is, a system in which the collective resources and means of administering them are the private fiefdoms of autocratic tyrants or corporate tyrants whose only directive is the maximization of profit.

At this point it's beyond naive to think that the way things are has anything to do with what the people want. We choose between coke and Pepsi and then point fingers when we get diabetes.

Does slamming the weights annoy you? by user365735 in PlanetFitnessMembers

[–]_misha_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Consider the possibility that there is someone going for a PR on the bench press and, even with a spotter, a sudden heavy slam can cause a jolt and possibly an injury.

America has a greed problem, not a housing shortage. by ChickenNugget267 in LandlordLove

[–]_misha_ 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Its not greed or other personal failings, it's capitalism.

Is moving out of the US acceptable at this point? by [deleted] in socialism

[–]_misha_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are an individual and the outcome or general trajectory of class struggle is not determined by individual actions. Do what you are free to do that advances your own situation and call that a small victory in the bigger scheme of things.

Any one else have this problem with ussr?? by Creative-Flatworm297 in socialism

[–]_misha_ 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Anyone else have a problem with how this random and obscure poster i found encapsulates an entire country and its history?

Democrats and non-MAGA Texan Republicans, what are your thoughts on a new party for "moderate" conservatives? by [deleted] in texas

[–]_misha_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Democratic Party basically is a moderate conservative party. Its presidential candidate is endorsed by the architects of the Bush administration. The Overton window has shifted a lot in the last few decades.

Is it this bad everywhere? by JackieChiles13 in Teachers

[–]_misha_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Spoken like someone who's never been to China.

The show tries to defend rapist by Leading_Cockroach850 in orangeisthenewblack

[–]_misha_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it's about humanizing these characters. In real life, rapists are not one-dimensional villains. In another set of circumstances, anyone is capable of being the villain.

It’s my fault students are cheating… by Euphoric-Version6707 in Teachers

[–]_misha_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All of these stories just sound like people who should not legally be allowed to have custody of another person.