I mean how the USSR inherited the imperialist practices of exploiting and oppressing the provinces to strengthen the centre.

Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Siberia, Belarus. All suffered greatly so the Rus could have power.

Its the same story as in the USA. Native Americans and imported slaves suffered so the elite can make their money.

You are not supporting Marxism only, you are throwing some authoritarian Stalinist/Putin propaganda in there.

You can support one and not the other you know.

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As with many things, its a mixed bag. Socialism was certainly better for many than the feudalism, but to say it was a free society is a stretch.

Stalinism was a real thing. Its what you get from centralization of power in the political upper class. Same effect as under Mao.

Its not those people that brought about that system, its that system that brings about those people. The same thing happens in capitalism, where capital concentrates power and appoints their puppets in government.

Anything that concentrates power is a problem and ends up with things like the Ukrainian genocide and Gaza.

First 3 on the left and all the things on the right are correct, because the USSR as not communist, but Stalinist.

We dont ask much of the wealthy.

Leave the world better than you found it. Dont be a dick.

The only way they will get the message is if there is a concerted white hat campaign targeting EU lawmakers to show them the error of their ways. If they refuse to see, then some black hats need to make them feel it.

Its also about more than just payment. Treat people like humans.

Those liberals don’t exist. They hate Russia, America and Israel for its imperialism.

Much like the scene this meme is from, it ends with China getting another “cultural revolution” in the form of a mind wipe.

It’s call a shaping operation. Something Russian propaganda is very good at.

Nebula does not bring an audience like YouTube can, so its not a solution yet.

I think YouTube should have a free tier with limited watch minutes of low quality, not an advertising tier.

Its much better to pay YouTube so the YouTubers get money based on what the audience wants, and not what the Advertisers want from Youtube.

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Victims can always be bad guys. A burglar that gets shot by police is a victim, but still a criminal. That does not make him a good guy. Just that he did not deserve to get shot, only arrested.

Saying otherwise is just tribalism and human nature forcing an us vs them narrative.

The US and Israel uses that to their advantage, as does Iran, the Saudi, the UAE, Quatar, British Empire. They count on it in fact to get support for the bad things they do.

Regarding legal targets for the war, its worth nothing that none of the participants have ratified the Rome Statute that would allow for them to be prosecuted for war crimes in the ICC.

Citiation required that there are good guys in this conflict.

Copyright killed the internet star.

Understand. Never mind then. There is little distinction.

For the same reason as we require proof of Israeli claims of Hospital being used to house military personel.

Is there anything more on the source from the New York Times? like which military officials are saying so, and if its official policy from Israel or some more than usual level of extremism in the Israeli military leadership?