The DPRK doesn’t have a massive international propaganda network, though. Support for the DPRK outside the DPRK comes from analysis of the DPRK, not from propaganda.

Is the DPRK an empire?

Sure, and I acknowledged that I misspoke, but it’s hardly an important part of my point.

Don’t see what the problem is, then.

Sure, it’s a tested metric, I misspoke. That doesn’t change that IQ is bullshit.

If you mean the Statesian, pro-capitalist kind, it’s mostly a silly ideology pushed by small business owners and other highly individualist classes that are nonetheless pushed towards the working classes by competing against ever-growing monopolies.

The left wing version, I disagree with as you can’t dismantle the state without removing the basis of the state, class, and you can’t remove class without collectivizing production and distribution. Small, local cells loosely organized in a decentralist fashion would still result in class struggle and thus a form of state to hold one class over the others. That said, the leftists are valuable allies at times despite disagreements.

I happened to connect with an amazing person, and I love being married to them. I would have been fine had I been single, or dated casually for the rest of my life, but nevertheless the person I met has changed both me and my life completely.

IQ is generally bullshit. It tests how well people can take specific tests, it doesn’t correspond to actual intelligence, and people are far closer in that regard than they like to imagine.

The world doesn’t fear Russia, though, the world fears the west. It’s the west that fears Russia, and is harvesting Ukraine for resources and racking them up with debt for hand-me-down surplus to support the far-right Banderites in Kiev ethnic cleansing the Donbass region. The Ukrainian people increasingly want peace over war, not to fight to the last Ukrainian, it’s the Banderites that want to sacrifice Ukrainain people while they hide from the frontlines.

Yea, no. EA is bad, but isn’t nearly as bad as companies like Palantir.

IQ is pretty much a bullshit measure that largely correllates to education and economic standing than anything else. There isn’t some grand variance in intelligence, actually, what’s at play is competing class interests and socioeconomic factors determining diet and access to education.

Leftists are always anti-DNC and focus on organizing over electoralism, so I don’t see why you think this is related to any election coming up.

Try shopping around for different instances, the one you’re on can actually see a huge number of communities that accounts on Lemmy.world can’t see, as an example. One of the better ways to use Lemmy is to either scroll an instance you vibe with locally, or by using a broad account and browsing by subscribed communities.

Have a great day to you too!

Haha, I just scroll by new comments.

Lemmy.world is the big one, sh.itjust.works is more of a mixed bag but has a stronger cryptofash presence. Really, outside of Lemmy.ml, Lemmygrad.ml, Hexbear.net, and usually dbzer0, there’s a much larger chance of being liberals rather than actual anarchists or Marxists.

Bingo. Class dynamics take priority over voting mechanisms.

Thank you so much! I hope you enjoy!

Yes, anarchists have had some degree of localized success, but the scale and longevity of Marxist projects speaks more to its own successes over anarchism, not simply the popularity of ideas.

It’s not about being common, it’s about being tested in reality and affirmed by it.

In general, Marxism-Leninism has been the most successful in establisbing socialist states and uplifting the lives of the people. On top of that, its theoretical groundings have been most consistently affirmed by testing in reality.