the non-payment by key contributors such as the United States and Russia…

but why isn’t russia paying? Could it have to do with the fact that they were cut off from the global banking system by illegal unilateral sanctions?

usa isn’t paying because they are dead beats and they are stopping russia from paying.

You know what fuck the UN. I’ll be glad when they go bankrupt and the humanitarian orgs attached to it go talk to China for funding instead of throwing a legitimizing cloak of humanitarian aid over a barbarian institution that upholds colonialism and imperialism.

Its longer than a circle but not as big as a rectangle.

Should have had Blair in there too

It’s not an “internal critique” if you are going to misrepresent what Jesus said. He said he came to complete the law of Moses and that people shouldn’t follow the law blindly. His whole deal “love of god and love other people as yourself” and the rest of the law should be applied after that consideration.

If you want to do an internal critique start with what Jesus said was the most important thing “love god and love your neighbor as yourself.” From there you can say “If the rich loved the poor as they loved themselves they would give the poor everything they need. If the bourgeoisie loved their neighbors as themselves they would gladly give up control of the means of production to their neighbors of the working class. So to follow the teachings of Christ is to be a communist.”

Don’t get me wrong I’m not a christian. I think 80% of the bible is fabrication and exaggeration. I’m not eve convinced that Jesus even existed. But if you take the book at its word the teachings of Jesus aren’t anything bad.

Churches twist the message into hate and division and that sucks but it doesn’t mean the message “love each other” is bad or that it should be ignored. The working classes that are subject to that system are not the problem just like factory workers aren’t responsible for the factory owner’s wealth and power.

The goal of communists is to break the bourgeoisie control by reminding Christians of the primary commandment of Jesus not condemn them for being exploited by the bourgeoisie. Just as we don’t condemn workers for increasing the wealth of the Bourgeoisie we educate them so they know who really makes the wealth so they can unite against the exploiters.

There are lots of good Christians who could be good communists if atheist communists weren’t so dogmatic spiteful and dismissive.

I like to use the “sheep and goats” bit to fuck with chuds. “Charlie Kirk is in hell because he didn’t welcome the stranger.” “Whatever you do unto the least of these you do unto me. You want to deport the Son of God.”

Why is it ok for communists to engage in capitalism in a capitalist world but its not ok for Jesus to discuss slavery in a world of slavery?

Communists are allowed to transition to a better world slowly but Christians have to have completely abolished slavery in 33BCE to be taken seriously?

I’m not even a christian but this is just idealist nonsense.

you should give Mexican leadership a chance Unless you are yourself living in Mexico

These are the words you used. If that isn’t what you meant I’m sorry for taking you at your word but I cant read your mind.

In a different setting I think it is fine to give critical support to Sheinbaum because she is much better than the alternatives. But this is Lemmygrad we don’t need to indulge in false hope that a bourgeoisie party will do anything other than capitulate to international capitalist interests.

Sheinbaum and her party are demsoc. Giving them a chance is giving demsocs a chance. She has been attempting to appease trump and expecting that to change is wishful thinking.

Next time you could just say “unless you have better information.” As historical materialists we need to not fall into the rhetorical trap of using “lived experience.” Its subjective, individualist and anecdotal. A maze is easier to solve from a above than from inside. It’s a bad line when they use it and it is just as bad for us.

Are you really saying “give the dem-soc a chance”?

Unless you are yourself living in [country]

haven’t we seen this line enough from coup supporters to know it is cringe? We use Historical materialism not “lived experience.” Time will tell but Sheinbaum’s track record is spotty at best.

Mexico introduced 50% tariffs in December.

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Just more narrative flailing. They are throwing all these lies hoping that some of them stick to justify their actions but none of them will.

That isn’t a change. They’ve been selling the usa oil for decades.

Funny… there’s no mention of drugs.

I’m sure he would get a cushy job that gets him a cut of the oil money if they managed to topple Chavismo. But they didn’t and won’t so he’s probably just glad that nobody is blaming him.

I knew it. the moment I heard him say she wouldn’t be president I knew it was because of the noble prize.

I’m sure they paid off some collaborators on the ground but probably not anyone of consequence.

They aren’t stupid they are just ideologues. They are the richest and most powerful people on earth and they got there because of their adherence to their nihilistic anti-morality. In their mind it is the only way anyone gains power.

They thought they could topple Putin because they believed their own bullshit about him being a ruthless assassin. They never considered that he actually cared about Russians. trump thought he could bribe Kim Jong Un into giving up his nukes because they believed their own lies that he was a sadistic monarch who tortures and starves people for fun (like they do).

They do have a lot of ways the can flex and most of them kill lots of people and their ability to throw money around is waning. They don’t have a third move because diplomacy requires looking at the other party as equal.

“This is your brain on Great Man theory.” Trump and co are all ayn rand style fascists. They have convinced themselves they are uber men who make the “hard decisions,” and that rules and law are made for untermench.

They think that Maduro is one of the uber men who thinks just like they do and if they bully him he’ll crack like they all would. They see a strong man and think if they take him out everything around him will devolve into a feeding frenzy because that is what they would do.

What they don’t understand is that they aren’t special. Maduro is strong because he helps his people be strong. trump and co are weak because they are all only looking out for themselves. Maduro has only one enemy, imperialism. trump and his kind have billions of enemies because in their mind everyone is waiting to stab them in the back and use their corpse to stand a few inches higher.

“I put the biggest armada ever in the Caribbean and all I got was a man in a blue sweatshirt”

This is such a pathetic and weak post. The us navy is so scared they have to shackle and blindfold him. What do they think, Maduro is gonna turn into Harrison Ford and “Airforce One” their fucking boat? They better keep him shackled if they know what is good for them.