BurgerPunk

Imperialism's biggest and dumbest defender with more deeply important insights.

and the fact they were communists

Exactly. They look for existing movements and conflicts that they can use as a vehicle for their own aims. And then use propaganda to make Westoids believe its good for them too

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Yeah, US State/CIA don't create these kind of protests out of thin air. They usually insert themselves into legitimate protests movements of people with real issues with their government, but who don't want to overthrow it and become US puppets.

That's what happened at the Tianemen Square protests. The mass of people were socialists students with issues they cared about, but US State backed elements worked their way into coopting it. The Belarus protests from a few years ago is a more recent example.

Litmus test: Are they suddenly getting widespread positive coverage in western news?

Came here to post this same thing. More to it than that, and there's a lot of great answers here, but that is a shortcut to at least determine if its sus.

Yeah, from the story Corn Pop is a great guy. He let the arrogant 18 year old white kid who clown3d in him because he thought he could, get a pass since he apologized - even though he easily could have beaten the shit out if him.

Its honestly disgusting how Biden thinks its a story that makes himself look good. In his own old rascist mind, Biden is the "bigger man" because he "lowered himself" to apologize to Corn Pop. He presestes Corn Pop ("a bad dude, who ran with a gang of bad boys") as a savage who is bewildered at the concept of Joe apologizing to him. Biden does not present it as an act of mercy on Corn Pop's part, but like his "primitive" mind was shocked by the alleged magnanimity of a whites apology. Its pretty fucking gross.

Maybe that's it. They don't get why people aren't buying their bullshit anymore. Corporate media doesn't have full control over the narative anymore. Plus, admins and media are just worse at doing what they used to do because its all fail children who don't even understand how to do this anymore

Of course. Yeah i didn't think you meant it as a hard defense of anything. Your comment seemed totally well intentioned. And if capitalism was capable of good and not an inherently anti-social system then it ought to be like you're describing.

I think a lot of well intentioned people can get caught in that place of talking about how it ought to be instead of realizing why its not.

what makes buying stocks any more problematic than buying any other consumer or luxury good from a company?

I don't know that there is anything more problematic about it really. Especially since a lot of the people who do engage in it for retirement savings and stuff, and it seems like about the only viable way to do that for many people.

I just don't know anything about it, or have any ability to engage in it, so its really foreign to me. I'm not calling it problematic.

This is a great question to start with. If the US was a democracy that was "of the people by the people" and existed for the common good or any of that stuff it claims, then it would obviously do what the majority of people want and deal with the issues that matter most to the majority of people.

Since that doesn't happen, then clearly the US is not a democracy in the way it claims to be. Engaging in these bombings, proxy wars, maintaining a global network of military bases, as well as maintaining the current status quo on healthcare, wages, housing costs - all have a benefit, just not to you or the majority if people living in the US.

1. No clue
2. It probably isn't
3. I'm going to guess no with confidence
4. There aren't so it doesn't matter. If there were then probably not worth it.

I know this isn't helpful, just wanted to share in not knowing shit about index stonks. Saw a lot of posts about investments today and I'm just like ??? Y'all got stonks ??? I know nothing about that stuff