nico198X

i hear what you're saying.

what i'm saying is, for myself, and at least a few "Left-curious" neo/libs/progs, we don't want to trade one shit tyranny for another. and it's obvious, documented history of some pretty glaring failures in AES. if you like, think of ppl like us as trauma victims. it's probably true anyway.

it can go a long way to offer the olive branch and reassurance that, yes, you don't want to just "red-wash" that all away, or that you aren't just enamoured with Red aesthetic and lip-service while being YET ANOTHER group of mastubatory elitists who will trample the out-group-du-jour given the opportunity.

"Far from paradise" seems pretty generous for what i perceive as a dystopian nightmare state. they are cut off from outside information. there is retribution on families if ppl try to leave. also, you can't leave. this is insanity. outside forces don't make them behave that way.

Xi: whether that popularity is real or not is a question, though, when he can push for the suppression of dissent or critique in the social sphere. one CAN'T challenge him. that doesn't seem legitimately representative.

i'm looking over your reading list. we can add that to the list. but there's a reason i block hexbear and lemmygrad but not .ml. tankies fucking suck and i Socialism will never be taken seriously as long as it's important to ppl to defend fucking Stalin.

this is NOT dumb. i think the heart is in the right place. EU DOES need a Linux distro for the public sector. i'd still recommend not using RHEL/Fedora.

just never could get into D&D.

currently playing Apocalypse Keys. planning a FATE game, and Outgunned.

well, if you insist, we will grant it to the Dutch.

Yes.

same. MA, and to a lesser extent the rest of New England, is the only part of the US i would live in.

shame it's stuck attached to the rest of the US.

still, EU countries have far superior electoral systems than the US to help mitigate the rise and influence of Fascism.