MarxMadness [comrade/them]

The thing that really blasts a hole in the neck of any conspiracy theory is that he was maybe a third-tier rodeo clown who had very little mainstream visibility

The white “working class” in the US have no revolutionary potential

I’ve read Settlers and don’t find it convincing. If you found it convincing, why quote someone from another imperial core proletarian movement?

Boiling it down to “Bernie killed Rosa” is not a good response to someone digging into the details of what she wrote.

And while there’s stuff worth considering here, we’re in a radically different situation than she was.

For being a very common, human failing, a lot of people at least talk about it as something more serious than many actual crimes. Platner is case in point: there are voters out there who will excuse a Nazi tattoo and working as a mercenary, but draw the line at cheating on your wife.

Those who can harm others to get ahead, and have that opportunity, do.

This isn’t true on an individual level, and individuals make decisions for countries. Why would it be true on a state level?

Not taking advantage of others (either other individuals or other states) isn’t even some idealistic pursuit, either. There are costs and risks to doing so, and there are benefits (e.g., peace and cooperation) to dealing with others honestly.