yogthos

The Matrix? :)

LMAO anybody remember NFTs, that was probably one of the shortest lived fads in recent history.

Yes, because most sites are completely unreadable without it. I also don't want to be loading megabytes of garbage with all the ads, trackers, and whatever other shit people stick on commercial websites nowadays.

I think that's precisely what's happening, the amazing part is how many Europeans refuse to acknowledge it because they painted themselves into a situation where they're entirely reliant on US for protection now.

To be fair, it's not exactly an unexpected scenario.

Buddy, entire books have been written on how western oligarch owned media works with western regimes to manipulate public opinion. Here are a couple you should read:

• https://archive.org/details/inventingrealit000pare
• https://archive.org/details/pdfy-NekqfnoWIEuYgdZl

Thing is that no amount of propaganda can counter the actual lived experience of the people in a country. This is why there is growing social unrest despite the west having the most sophisticated and best funded propaganda in the world. People can see that their lives are constantly getting worse and they've lost trust in the system and the media.

If people's material conditions in China were declining the same way they are in the west, then people in China would lose faith in their system too. Yet, the opposite is happening because people are seeing their live improve drastically with each an every decade.

Good to know you agree with being exploited. Boots aren't gonna lick themselves I guess.

Wait till you find out how jobs work under capitalism. Your labour produces a certain amount of value, then your boss appropriates that and pays you back a tiny portion of it in form of wages.

lol wut?

why would you expose yourself like that

If we take just one country, China, out of the global poverty equation, then even under the $1.90 poverty standard we find that the extreme poverty headcount is the exact same as it was in 1981.

The $1.90/day (2011 PPP) line is not an adequate or in any way satisfactory level of consumption; it is explicitly an extreme measure. Some analysts suggest that around $7.40/day is the minimum necessary to achieve good nutrition and normal life expectancy, while others propose we use the US poverty line, which is $15.

Weird, the actual data doesn't support your assertions. Chinese Investment In Africa Has Had ‘Significant And Persistently Positive’ Long-Term Effects Despite Controversy.

No prob, and welcome. Glad to have you here!