[-] Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 22 hours ago

The coup in syria had nothing to do with israel. Stop giving them credit for things they didn't do. They didnt have "drone manufacturing plants in Iran" they weaponized a few drones. They didn't disable Iran's air defense they interfered with parts of it for a few hours. Even then isisrael was firing stand off weapons from outside Iran's airspace.

[-] Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 1 day ago

One guy says he got "unusual" orders and they jump to "false flag"? That's really bad journalism. Its just as likely the resistance had informants and collaborators within the IDF (I recall a statement from the resistance saying as much but cant track it down.) or used a cyberattack to spoof the orders.

The whole narrative undermines the successes of resistance and inflates the zionist entity. israel has never needed a reason to start a war before. They have only really had a plan for the last 8 months and they needed a ceasefire before they could come up with it. Why would they set up a false flag and then not have a plan to take advantage of it?

[-] Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 day ago

The abuse and trafficking were going on for years before he bought the island.

[-] Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 3 days ago

Ok there Kautsky.

[-] Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 3 days ago

the first time the working class is taking a step towards its independence from the capitalist party system in the UK in a long time

This is exactly what people said about labor a hundred and 25 years ago.

Looking for a hero in the Bourgeois political system so you can vote your way to socialism is not just delusional its lazy.

[-] Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 4 days ago

Luigi is a patsy. The real ceo killer has been hiding in an underground tunnel network in Central park organizing a guerilla force to fight capitalism one billionaire at a time.

[-] Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 4 days ago

We aren't talking about american companies. We are talking about European Capital. The owners of which can surely see that being friends with usa is hurting their profits. Only a fool would doubt that there are some of european capitalists who can see what is right in front of their face and are working to change the situation in their benefit.

[-] Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 5 days ago

Capitalists are not a monolith. Some of them like the donald and crypto bros don't have materialist perspectives on wealth but they are not industrial capitalists. They are finance capitalists and they only deal in theoretical economics never in the physical reality. That is why every move made under this administration has made their situation worse.

There are a good number of capitalists who deal in real things like agriculture and manufacturing and they have no choice but to have a materialist understanding of wealth because they deal with materialist conditions every day. Just because you don't see these people pushing back against financialization doesn't mean they aren't aware of the repercussions and aren't preparing to use the inevitable collapse to their advantage.

[-] Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 5 days ago

If capitalists divest themselves of european based Capital they will become poorer because money alone does not generate commodities. They might get more dollars but those dollars are becoming worthless.

The value of us dollars is based only on confidence. Trumps trade wars have forced people to see the difference between industrial power and financial power and it is destroying confidence in the dollar. We are getting near the point where you cant buy rare earth minerals with dollars and you will have to pay for them with other currency and kind words to the CPC.

The capitalists in europe will not get richer unless they make a break with american imperial policy. This "trade agreement" is making that obvious to everyone. It is a direct attack on european capital and while many will turn the other cheek, some are surely plotting their resistance.

[-] Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 6 days ago

Again money, stocks, and bonds are not capital. Capital is name for things that capitalists have invested in in order to make and sell commodities for profit.

Financial Capital is not capital. It is not even paper. Its speculation and rent.

Saudi Arabia sells oil to america but the Saudis can't buy whatever they want. Their money has to stay in america. They only get to buy enough american military equipment to keep their neighbors from invading and their people from revolting. The rest they have to spend on stocks (but never controlling interest.) They aren't even allowed to buy gold bullion. Their finance "capital" is only able to produce more "capital" and nothing else. If they can't use it for anything else it is worthless.

You can't "just sell" stocks, there has to be someone to buy them (and they'll get them cheap). Regardless of who owns the stocks or what they are valued at there is capital in europe and that capital has productive capacity. The owners will want that capital, whether it is factories or farmland or data centers, to work at capacity to generate maximum profit. Being subject to the whims of empire is the primary impediment to profits.

Sucking stock value from europe and injecting it into america will not make america produce more. The factories will stay in europe. All the process will accomplish is putting the economic leverage in the hands of european capitalists who are willing to stand up to the american empire.

[-] Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 6 days ago

Factories take years to relocate. You think VW can just pack up and move out of germany? Sure they can transfer money to another country but money is not capital.

[-] Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 6 days ago

They've been doing this quietly for decades already. I get the feeling the vassals are already plotting and this new brazen open extortion is just going to accelerate the opposisiton. It will be a rough decade for sure but then it might end sooner than that.

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Putin is a master troll.

Declaring a short unilateral ceasefire with the pretext of being a goodwill gesture is a good move. It shows Trump that Russia is serious about negotiations to bring the war to an end and to show that Russia isn't opposed to ceasefires in general. And it helps make the point that long term ceasefires with no agreements or monitoring aren't really ceasefires.

But.....

Declaring a unilateral ceasefire in celebration of the defeat of the nazi 3rd reich and he's asking the banderite neo-nazis to observe it? That is just a muah chef kiss. Fucking hilarious.

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