Just reading the Wikipedia article it seems like the idea is for Europe to unite to colonize Africa and this massive engineering project is just a part of that goal, so I don't like it.
RedDawn
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Even if they did, it would be foolish to trust it. The US signaled to Sadam that they would look the other way if he invaded Kuwait, then when he did destroyed Iraq's military and initiated a sanctions regime that killed hundreds of thousands, and later invaded to finish the job. If I were Venezuela I'd avoid giving the US the causus belli that they could be looking for. Of course, maybe they're too tied up supporting Ukraine and Israel to be looking for a fight with Venezuela but on the other hand the US is run by a bunch of maniacs so ๐คทโโ๏ธ
Oh and sometimes when I'm doing the extra loud sneezes when I'm alone it still ends up being more than one which surprises and annoys myself, and I follow it up with something like "son of a bitch"
Definitely a communist, as a freedom loving AMERICAN I aim directly at people's faces when I sneeze. First they get you covering you mouth, then it's masks, and next thing you know they're corraling you into 15 minute cities.
If I'm alone or with people I'm really comfortable with I'll basically shout when I sneeze, let it all out, very satisfying. If I'm at work or something I stifle it which is the worst actually because then I just end up sneezing at least three times which means people say bless you or gesundheit once and then get progressively surprised or annoyed at the subsequent sneezes.
Mao believed the national bourgeoisie could collaborate with the other classes of China because of the particular historical conditions of China as a country that had been exploited by western imperialism. In other words the primary contradiction was (is still, I'd say, until US led capitalist bloc is no longer a global menace to the third world and socialism) imperialism, and the national bourgeois has a part to play in combating it. Once that contradiction is resolved, the primary contradiction in is likely to be the bourgeois v proletariat class struggle, but the good news on that front is that the proletariat via the Communist Party already controls the state and all the power that comes with that. The bourgeoisie are not the ones with their hands on the levers of power.
None of this is applicable to the United States. The US is the imperial superpower, the national bourgeoisie of the US has no progressive historical role to play and is in fact reactionary as you say.
I really do wonder what Mao would have done with these jetski dealership owners, or these Texan oil shit heads
Undoubtedly something very cool.
What did their comment say?
I've also heard: conservatism isn't an ideology.
Regarding the first point, what does this person think the purpose of the bourgeois state is? Yes capitalists each have their own individual interests and compete with each other, but the state arbitrates those conflicts and maintains bourgeois dominance over society by enforcing the private property relations which benefit capitalists collectively to the detriment of everybody else.
They definitely do! Rent went up? Oh, that means the GDP increased lol
Yeah I think I'll just start with coins that interest me for one reason or another regardless of rarity or value. I have just a couple so far, it could be an interesting hobby to pursue.