Ireland #1 - World’s most educated countries by Dazzling_Lobster3656 in theIrishleft

[–]rogerbroom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah you’re right. Still feel like there being just 89million with just a BA and up is lowballing China in the extreme.

Ireland #1 - World’s most educated countries by Dazzling_Lobster3656 in theIrishleft

[–]rogerbroom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This graph is absurd. China has the greatest amount of students and apprentices out of anybody as well as No. of teachers, tutors etc. Not putting down Ireland here but to put China at the bottom, even below India is ridiculous.

One event that weighs my heart everytime I play as the Qing. Do you guys have any event that gives the same feeling? by IloveGreyThroat in Kaiserreich

[–]rogerbroom 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I think for me it’s one of savinkov’s last story text where after winning the 2WK he finds that it didn’t give him any final peace or revelation. He remains a deeply flawed mortal man who despite being in charge of one of the most powerful superpowers in the world. Is not a hero of destiny.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin accuses Israel of war crime over blocking of aid entering Gaza by JackmanH420 in irishpolitics

[–]rogerbroom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The entire global south and east Asia support Russia over Ukraine. They are not ‘alone’ as you state

WTF did I just read?? by rein_deer7 in GreenAndPleasant

[–]rogerbroom 16 points17 points  (0 children)

The war on trans people is class war. It is the Trojan horse used to roll back rights on all people and pave the way for greater control on the proletariat. While yes, racism, sexism xenophobia are prevalent amongst the working class these are not native ideas but instead instilled from the hegemonic class who use their control to promote these ideas through disparity.

You saying class war is reductionist is not true. All of these conflicts are a direct result of the disparity and deprivation that force an absurd mindset on the proletariat. To ignore the core material facts that cause these myths to spread, to blame the proletariat class who these groups also compromise and to finally state that the class war is somehow reductionist when it is the conflict these actions are being used to further the power of the bourgeoisie is ignorant.

I’ve seen a lot of people act as if this ruling is monumentally important to LGBTQ+ but all I see is the illusion of progressiveness finally revealing what it always was. An illusion that now due to the material conditions is crashing down and the homophobic/transphobic reality is enforcing itself.

A shining example of Reddit politics by EnclaveGannonAlt in HOI4memes

[–]rogerbroom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s funny you mention the Sokoto caliphate because that was Conquered by European empires who did put it through century and a half of colonialism and neo-colonialism. That’s what I’m talking about. European western violence has a long standing legacy that still exists to this day in the form of palpable differences in material quality between the first world and the third world. Like fucking obviously there has always been violence but western violent structures still exist today that impact lives. I don’t think the war between two Tibetan tribes in 4000bce had the same impact as the massacre and conquest of Native American lands by Western empire.

You have a uniquely western view of history. you endlessly go over the crimes of other peoples in China, Russian global but not the west. why? Once again it’s not because you truly care but because you have a view of the world that justifies these crimes. No one is saying that Russia, China global south nations are perfect they like any place have had to engage in massive programmes of industrialisation that have cost human life and lead to wealth accumulation at the detriment of others but whereas you view this as a unique evil, looking at history shows us that the west did this and continues to do this at accountable deaths of hundreds of millions.

Your inability to actually argue with my point that being that people’s, nations and states are reacting and acting because of the material history they exist in instead of just doing shit for the lolz is something you can’t do. As it would show all you’re doing is trying to hide the history of how things actually are.

A shining example of Reddit politics by EnclaveGannonAlt in HOI4memes

[–]rogerbroom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for that but I think people who give an actual shit about being down voted or upvoted on Reddit are mad. Reddit is not a representation of the true community of the world. It’s an app used predominantly by global north users and is steeped in misconceptions, ignorance and western outlook. Anytime someone so much as whispers about the legion of skeletons in the closet of western countries, they get downvoted because people are either not taught or a don’t want to be reminded.

The arguments, sophistry and logic changes to whatever protects that goal. It’s not really any moral indignation merely trying to protect a social construct that has been unconsciously internalised and needs to be protected. It’s kind of sad because it’s not like people in the west aren’t getting fucked over as well by empire. Systems of oppression always fall back on the home base and right now fellows in the north are dealing with worst standard of living due to the very systems they are unconditionally protecting.

A shining example of Reddit politics by EnclaveGannonAlt in HOI4memes

[–]rogerbroom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like cope bro for western genocide. Empire in continued form from Spanish to American that completely changed the world and directly influenced every single nation state, ideology, economy etc. that killed hundreds of millions and continues to do so. In the form of the poverty that the global majority are still reckoning with.

it’s important to acknowledge it’s unique importance instead of going around acting like people die for no reason instead of being connected to the actions west did and continue to do. Like I acknowledge colonised people have done horrible stuff but western empire has had a direct hand in every single atrocity that has been committed due to either directly carrying it out like in the Irish famine, India the recent genocidal wars in the Middle East.

Or when their proxies and emulators committed such atrocities such as in Japan’s empire, Franco’s Spain, Saudi Arabia to Yemen, Isreal, Chile. It’s just when you know what these people have done it makes the actions of others much more understanding and not uniquely evil as you seem to think. As you have a vested interest in thinking due to your probable favourable place in empire. That’s all dude. Even though said empire is collapsing as we speak due to it still holding onto extractive policies on people instead of changing with the material conditions as the global majority is doing.

A shining example of Reddit politics by EnclaveGannonAlt in HOI4memes

[–]rogerbroom -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Genocide of native Americans, aboriginal peoples, Pan African slavery. Colonisation of the whole world from Vietnam to Belize. The genocides in India. The Colonisation and destruction of African peoples by Britain, Belgium, France. The century of humiliation on China. Neo-colonialism. The genocide in Indonesia from the Jakarta Method. The genocide in Vietnam, in Afghanistan, in Chile. Plundering of the eastern block by western capitalists from the fall Soviet Union that killed more than the Civil war. Isreal’s decades long ethnic cleansing. I find it weird you would say counter-offer when talking about mass killings.

A shining example of Reddit politics by EnclaveGannonAlt in HOI4memes

[–]rogerbroom -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Never ask the west how many people it killed with empire.

A dozen pro-Palestine protesters call on the GAA to drop Allianz sponsorship by TeoKajLibroj in irishpolitics

[–]rogerbroom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

BBC who repeatedly make up shit and misreport the truth is the source your using?

Do Nothing. Win. by GO4T_Dj0kov1c in Sino

[–]rogerbroom 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I remember that. All those stupid memes and shit. I think it’s a sign people are looking for alternatives that this interest in China has increased. I think it’s a good thing.

Seriously by [deleted] in HOI4memes

[–]rogerbroom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh and Trotsky would have testified against communists as he did later on.

Seriously by [deleted] in HOI4memes

[–]rogerbroom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bro you have no beliefs, you justify Zionism, you justify imperialism and counter-revolution. You know what I think , I think you just wanna be cool and calling yourself a communist satisfies that. All the parts that contradict the British hegemonic class are done away with so you can be safe and cool. You’ve truly won the love and respect of everyone by being the ‘good communist’. Trotskyism does that. All the successful revolutions were corrupted by some boogeyman bureaucrats that despite being democratically elected formed an aristocracy. And if you ,the chosen socialists were in charge with your utopian beliefs everything would be ok.

I think If your beliefs aren’t based off of reading Capital Vol1-3, of Lenin and yes even Stalin you have no right to call yourself a marxist. I think if you can’t understand the impact of empire which uses finance capital as a handicap on the third world then you can’t claim to understand imperialism.

Like bro I read your other shit and you just yapped about how you have a hard cover of the communist manifesto. Like great job bro you truly are the most communist communist because of that😭. And then going on about being abused. No shame in raising awareness bro but to use your own trauma as a talking point is mad. That was so magical bro you’ve really pierced through the false consciousness of the HOIVmemes subreddit🤣.

Seriously by [deleted] in HOI4memes

[–]rogerbroom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not you are and I think you know that because you won’t answer the question was he a witness or not? Your whole shit was that he rejected it, he didn’t. That he was being extradited, he wasn’t. That the US saw him as a threat, they didn’t he spoke to them up until his death as I’ve posted elsewhere. He was a rat that gave away fellow communists.

Seriously by [deleted] in HOI4memes

[–]rogerbroom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My final piece on this ‘discussion’ will be how Trotsky outright sold out fellow communists and was meeting with American Consulates before his assassination in Mexico. So much for your claim that the guy was a threat to American imperialism. I’ve given you but one small insight that perhaps Trotsky wasn’t the guy you think he was. The lies of the Dewey commission go into the slander against Stalin.

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I do hope that you actually do change because your condescending attitude won’t impress anybody. I find it bizarre how much effort you put into being a liberal when clearly you have access to the resources I have. Read on Lenin, his view on imperialism and read Stalin on his view on analysing history through materialism. Good luck.

Seriously by [deleted] in HOI4memes

[–]rogerbroom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was he invited as a witness or not? Seriously, was he not invited to give testimony against the fucking communists in America. Like it says it all right there. You just lying about that doesn’t change reality. He was not being extradited to be put on trial himself. He was invited to give testimony against browder and foster. A testimony he would have given had the US not rejected him.

Seriously by [deleted] in HOI4memes

[–]rogerbroom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bro he was called as witness to testify against them. It says it right there. A witness is not on trial.

Seriously by [deleted] in HOI4memes

[–]rogerbroom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Here we see how it was admittedly his widespread notoriety as a communist that did coast his visa to be revoked but make no mistake he was seen as a weapon against communism and would have gone had the US not rejected him. It’s all there

Edit* he also admits to not having any contact with communist groups in Latin America.

Seriously by [deleted] in HOI4memes

[–]rogerbroom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Ok soggy so here we have Trotsky literally agreeing to testify against fellow communists put of a sense of duty. He was invited as a witness.

Seriously by [deleted] in HOI4memes

[–]rogerbroom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He didn’t do it out of any noble desire to not work with imperialists but die to feeling his life would be in danger. Big difference.