probably Europeans buying from the US and reselling https://aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org/use-of-lucas-drones-in-iran-puts-focus-on-affordable-fast-moving-acquisition/

There is a big reserve Russia hasn’t committed yet, and people have been wondering why for a long time. I’m also not really sure Ukraine can overwhelm anything with drones. While you get pictures and videos with lots of fire, there’s no systemic effect from this. The whole drone campaign is just meant to produce propaganda videos to keep the money flowing.

The fact that capitalism made life worse for the majority of people is why I think it will fail once again. And the war is absolutely the catalyst here. It’s what severed relations between Russia and Europe forcing Russia to look to Asia. There wouldn’t be free travel to DPRK right now if it wasn’t for the war, I can tell you that. A lot of people go there and they’re nostalgic because they see echos of USSR there. The war also hurts the domestic economy, so people are much more aware of the contradictions as a result. On top of that, the west has discredited itself, and shown it’s true face. I don’t think there’s any going back from that. So, eastern model of development is the one that will be the one that Russia will likely emulate.

it’s definitely a real thing you can do using docker, but don’t have the larger context of how it came to this :)

you could probably do a whole PhD thesis on the cultures developing around different instances in the fediverse :)

amusingly also using trucks as mobile platforms

And agree capitalism is built on extraction, and every crisis creates opportunities for somebody. Especially true when that somebody is causing the crisis and they have inside information. Russell actually had a great essay on the whole extraction mechanic https://harpers.org/archive/1932/10/in-praise-of-idleness/

And yeah religion is being pushed in a very obvious way, although I recall seeing a survey last yeah I think where it showed that number of religious people is about the same as ever.

hey now that’s not fair, sometimes it’s a piefed account

it is pretty snappy

oh yeah agreed

please DM me the drugs you are on

I expect there might be genuine panic that Russia will open up another front from Belarus and threaten Kiev again. And that video was interesting, it’s good to see how much of Russia still retains so much Soviet imagery. I think that as people continue becoming disillusioned with capitalism, there is a real possibility of changing course. While I know we disagree on China, I do think that China, Vietnam, and DPRK being major allies and trading partners will help nudge people in the right direction. Now people can travel there easily, see how things are for themselves, and they will ask natural questions after that.

Exactly, like this whole premise that two sovereign nations are not allowed to trade because it’s inconvenient for the US is a really wild premise when you think about it.

I would still argue that the fact that Russia is not destroying the bridges is a clear indication that they’re expecting to keep moving further west.

Trump has no choice, but I don’t see how he can make a deal on Iran’s terms. It would be an incredible humiliation and Israel is fighting tooth and nail to prevent that. Given massive Israeli influence in the US, I expect any actual deal will be stopped in the end.

And yeah, the problem Russia has is the fact that it’s a capitalist system which stands in the way of meaningful development. Since the masses need a shared narrative and world view that capitalism is unable to provide, religion is increasingly being slotted in to create national unity. This was unnecessary under the communist system which naturally united people.

the enemies of the ruling class are not my enemies

people treating memes like a treatise to be debated has to be my favorite trope

when you definitely read and understood the comment you’re replying to

cry ab it

people waking up to how a capitalist government actually functions and whose interest it serves is the one silver lining here

The fact that people in the west don’t understand there is propaganda in the west has always been astounding to me.