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by nopenopenopeno 4y ago
That and collective withholding of the labor power of the working class (strikes) are the only 2 ways any national ruling class has ever been meaningfully opposed. Take your pick and do everything you can to make it happen first.
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by nopenopenopeno 4y ago
>We like to point the finger here in the US about how corrupt Russia, Ukraine or any other country is but we’re no Saints. Our finger-pointing is not due to coincidence; it's due to conflict. Specifically, the conflict is between th
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by nopenopenopeno 4y ago
And we should criticize historical communist leaders accordingly, instead of criticizing socialism whole cloth.
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by nopenopenopeno 4y ago
The quote is, though.
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by nopenopenopeno 4y ago
It would be slightly easier to take you seriously if you could spell correctly.
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by nopenopenopeno 4y ago
What are you talking about? Opioids are already literally legal and regulated.
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by nopenopenopeno 4y ago
Did you even read the rest of their comment?
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by nopenopenopeno 4y ago
If you disagree, then make an actual argument for the content of your position. This subjective word policing is pathetic and unconvincing.
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by nopenopenopeno 4y ago
Examples of any practical reason to categorize Jacinda Ahern's government as left wing. https://jacobin.com/2021/05/new-zealand-labour-party-sociali...
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by nopenopenopeno 4y ago
At least a few explicit examples would be a good place to start. I look forward to it.
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by nopenopenopeno 4y ago
False binary. Under capitalism, the state is always beholden to the interests of capital, i.e. "private" capital.
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by nopenopenopeno 4y ago
NZ has never had a left wing government. NZ's government is neoliberal, which is not left wing in any way. Neoliberalism is in all actuality right wing.
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by nopenopenopeno 4y ago
Utter nonsense. If nurses didn't previously expect decent work conditions, what on Earth motivated them to unionize? Your comment is just total garbage all the way through.
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by nopenopenopeno 4y ago
It's straightforwardly a broad term and you have no basis for your nonsense gatekeeping.
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by nopenopenopeno 4y ago
Get a black and white Brother laser printer. It's super affordable, costs almost no money or time to maintain, and always works.
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by nopenopenopeno 4y ago
Good point, but at the end of the day it's still ultimately a political problem.
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by nopenopenopeno 4y ago
>Can you imagine the outcry when they have to eminent domain some poor peoples property? No, I can't, but I don't have to imagine the insurmountable resistance when the government merely suggests using eminent domain on a rich
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by nopenopenopeno 4y ago
You can make the freight train wait at the merge. It's not rocket science.
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by nopenopenopeno 4y ago
Sure, but there is no precedent for such regulation as long as the railroads are privately owned by the same corporations that control congress. This is yet another case of HN Utopianism.
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by nopenopenopeno 4y ago
That is not what de facto means, but regardless what is the point in even mentioning it if it were?
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by nopenopenopeno 4y ago
Good luck with that. The only thing we've been able to do in the last few decades is close railways altogether.
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by nopenopenopeno 4y ago
That is just plain wrong. In practice, of the 30+ interstate Amtrak trips I've taken in the past 10 years, the overwhelming majority of them are delayed by freight rail. It is standard operating procedure.
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by nopenopenopeno 4y ago
>the official policy is to prioritize passenger rail Define "official" >hopefully events such as these will begin to change that. What events? If you think this was a rare case, you obviously don't ride Amtrak long dist
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by nopenopenopeno 4y ago
The real problem here is that freight trains have so much priority in the US, unlike every other major country in the world. It doesn't matter how many or what kinds of trains we have. This sort of policy will always makes trains an un
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by nopenopenopeno 4y ago
>In a recession, the least useful people are probably HR. I think you mean recruiters, not HR. Big difference.
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by nopenopenopeno 4y ago
The fact that there was nothing about him that was in any way socialist makes him not a socialist.
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by nopenopenopeno 4y ago
>China Communists This is like calling Hitler a socialist because of his party's name.
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by nopenopenopeno 4y ago
In that case, good luck implementing it short of a wholesale political revolution.
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by nopenopenopeno 4y ago
Yeah. The problem is a political conflict, not lack of awareness or ideas.
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by nopenopenopeno 4y ago
Whose interests would that serve?

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