DamarcusArt

While it is true that the yanks wouldn't give a shit if eastern europe were nuked beyond empty performative gestures, they would be concerned about Russia nuking them. And in turn, if they were dealing with a Russia that is willing to use nukes in combat, they would prefer a pre-emptive strike of their own nukes in order to eliminate the threat before a war between the two. The US has been straining at the leash for an excuse to use nukes since Korea. The last thing any country should do is give them that excuse.

Is this the most profound thing ever uttered by a Frenchman? Only time will tell.

"Ha! I have cleverly pointed out that people in an English speaking internet community have a significant number of members from the English speaking parts of the world! I am very intelligent."

"Probabilities"

Ah yes, because recessions are like a slot machine, you never know when they'll pay out, but you just need to keep cranking that lever until you hit the jackpot.

Uhh no. Let's not have anyone use nuclear weapons, "tactical" or otherwise. If Russia used nukes, the west would retaliate in kind, with greater force, which would result in further retaliation. The only way that is ending is with complete and utter destruction. There is no way it would "shock the west into backing off." Pretty much the entire northern hemisphere would become an irradiated wasteland.

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And, like they do with sportsball games, the harder they cheer on "their team" the more likely they are to win.

The ruling class still act like it is the Victorian era, if that helps.

You can find a group of people willing to sign anything for money or attention. 1600 "scientists" worldwide doesn't really mean much. Especially since the question becomes: how many of them are climate scientists? A physicist might have a good grasp of an atom, but that doesn't mean they automatically understand every other scientific discipline. It's like saying a plumber can easily do a mechanic's job because they both use wrenches.

A lot of bad faith groups use tactics like this, finding an impressive sounding number of people to support whatever thing they claim, but when you look closer, you find that none of the people (or very few) actually have the credentials necessary to make an informed decision on the matter, sometimes they'll even just lie and add fake names or fake doctorates to try and pad the numbers.

Acktually sweaty, they are revolutionary taxes that are vital for the PPW? The local peasants owning things is bourgeoisie decadence (so we must take them off their hands so they can avoid the temptation. Thankfully we are Pure enough that we are immune to temptation and can use these goods as we see fit. You'd understand if you would just read chapters 34-178 of our group's manifesto.)

Yeah, that's a good analogy. They're people who emphasise idealism and perfectionism rather than messy, imperfect real world results. They tend to decry existing or past socialist projects for not being "pure" enough and for having issues and problems, like any nation would.

It's quite common in western leftist spaces as it is a way to be "socialist" without actually needing to unlearn a bunch of lies about socialist nations taught to people from a young age.

We mock them because they ultimately spend all their time "planning" a "perfect" revolution that will never come to pass, as if they actually tried to put their ideas into practice, they would meet messy reality and no longer have everything be perfect. So they claim to be against the capitalist status quo while doing nothing to actually try and change it. They're as old as communism itself. A core idea of communist thought is "materialism" as opposed to "idealism." When our ideas conflict with reality, our ideas need to change to match reality. Ultras refuse to do this in order to keep their ideals "pure."

Sorry for the semi-lecture, especially if some of it is stuff you already know.

Ukrainian generals hard at work formulating their brilliant strategy. (Youtube link)