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I trust The Economist magazine for thoughtful analysis and [...]

i-cant "Lmao okay I guess not then."

Or they'll be discussing politics and history with an (otherwise) interesting guest when the subject broaches Marxism, and you hear the same old, first-grader, thought-terminating misconceptions about "human nature" or "works in theory". agony-acid

bruh-moment

Edit: One guy remarked that the Nazis were a result of the October Revolution, which may be technically accurate because some White Russians worked with the Nazis, but he was definitely framing it in a "communism did WWII" way.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 32 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I mean, I trust The Economist to have thoughtful analysis from the perspective of the international capitalist class with uncrossable ideological boundaries providing the framing.

I don't often need a reminder of "how these people think" but sometimes I do, like when the administrative state of the US is undergoing a proscribed burn that seems to be getting out of hand. The Economist is probably one of the more salient examples of capitalist logic... the steady hand and voice on the wheel of slave ship that is compartmentalizing leaks by insisting more and more of the workers keeping it afloat must be confined to quarters below and silently drown with honor, dignity and civility.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Isn't it written by 19-year-olds?

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

i think of them, the "writers", more like monkeys banging on keyboards while Baron Paul Deighton and others on their group boards playing the Mr. Burns role when the monkeys' narratives are too incomprehensibly out of pocket.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago (2 children)

so are my posts but i could probably give a pretty good summary of the war in sudan if i felt like it smh

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Fair enough. I guess that's not a reason to dislike them.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

I wouldn't mind hearing that summary