SexUnderSocialism [she/her]

“Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them.” - Assata Shakur

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Cake day: June 14th, 2023

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  • Europe loves to pretend they’re sovereign actors who stand up against their master, but when push comes to shove, they fall right back in line like a good lapdog.

    It doesn’t help that the current crop of ghoulish EU leaders such as von der Leyen and Kallas are as pro-Amerikkkan as they can get. Whenever the US threatens them, they downplay it and somehow find a way to make it about Russia instead.

    They don’t really want to give up their cozy position within the imperialist superstructure, which they’ve greatly benefited from for a long time. Instead, they cling on to this desperate hope of weathering the storm until EU-US relations eventually normalize and they can take their rightful place again, possibly under new US leadership.

    At this stage, there’s a higher chance of European infighting (like the recent disagreements and growing rivalry between Germany and France) than any serious confrontation between Europe and the US.












  • I wonder how long it’ll take before things in the US get that bad again, and how will yankees complain about how “polluted” China is then?

    Me, during the early 2010s, explaining to the average yankee how the West heavily contributes to pollution in China by collectively moving all of their factories there and taking advantage of corrupt local officials regarding environmental rules:

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    Me, during the late 2010s, explaining to the average yankee why the West hates Xi’s anti-corruption campaign so much and slander him as “authoritarian”:

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