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[–] oscardejarjayes@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago

I'm not so sure he really "counts" as a leftist. He was talking about incorporating fascism into his "policy and programme" years before he met Mussolini. He called those that sided with communism only "fundamentally wrong". Some more quotes from him that really illustrate his beliefs:

"Both Communism and Fascism believe in the supremacy of the State over the individual...Both believe in the dictatorship of the party"

"And we have come to the conclusion that with a democratic system we cannot solve the problems of Free India"

"Now I would like to compare some good points of National Socialism and Communism. You will find some things common to both. Both are called anti-democratic or totalitarian. Both are anti-capitalistic."

He occasionally publicly distanced himself from fascism (but that first quote is from the beginning of his career, and that last months before his death). He was not a particularly huge fan of the racial component (but really only towards Indians), but Bose never openly discussed Germany’s antisemitism (but did himself oppose Jews because of their connections with Britain). Not one of his Berlin wartime associates or colleagues ever quotes him expressing any indignation. He only brought up the discrimination against Indians when it personally affected him (he was called slurs by children while in Germany and objected to that, and requested they allow interracial marriages with Indians right before his marriage to an Austrian). He denounced German racial policy in 1938, but then in 1942 wrote that Indians were "true Aryans and the 'brethren' of the Germans" and in that article in Angriff made out his support for these policies.

Quite a few groups were to the left of him, and I feel like the CPI, HRA, or even Nehru would be better examples of the Indian anti-colonial left wing. Sorry for the rant, I've kinda been wanting to say something like this for a while. I have an Indian great-grandfather (still alive, my family's longevity is epic), but I can't really claim the heritage because I don't look it, speak it, or really have any connections with India at all. I have much more familial connection with Germany (a bit ironic, considering the topic of discussion). Again, sorry for the big block of text.

[–] oscardejarjayes@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

unless there is some other Benghazi attack I don't know about, 4 people died. US Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, USFS officer Sean Smith, CIA contractors Tyrone S. Woods and Glen Doherty.

[–] oscardejarjayes@hexbear.net 50 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] oscardejarjayes@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

I would generally assume they would have JDAM or similar kits attached, but they don't seem to mention anything like that anywhere, so you're probably right.

[–] oscardejarjayes@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago

Only took them 6 years of malware

[–] oscardejarjayes@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

camera drivers. the patch was submitted, but hadn't been merged yet, and I didn't want to wait.

[–] oscardejarjayes@hexbear.net 20 points 1 year ago

But wasn't it Forza Italia, Lega Nord, and Five Star Movement withdrawing support that led to Drahgi resigning? Forza Italia and Lega Nord are right wing parties. M5S is the closest to a left wing party, and they explicitly reject being on the left-right spectrum.

[–] oscardejarjayes@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

interesting. anecdotally I know a lot of communists in engineering.

also, though democrats aren't really an amazing proxy for "left wing", it seems engineers are slightly more than 50/50 in favor of democrats, basically 50/50 if the software engineers are removed from that category. Lots of other categories are much worse, like fossil fuels workers or business owners.

[–] oscardejarjayes@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

critical support. pls collapse israel from the inside

[–] oscardejarjayes@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago

That's fair, talk is cheap

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