This is the full quote, according to Parenti:

Left anticommunists remained studiously unimpressed by the dramatic gains won by masses of previously impoverished people under communism. Some were even scornful of such accomplishments. I recall how in Burlington Vermont, in 1971, the noted anticommunist anarchist, Murray Bookchin, derisively referred to my concern for “the poor little children who got fed under communism” (his words).

It’s literally a personal anecdote claimed by Parenti, so I don’t see that being corroborated.

There’s a lot of truly bizarre opinion on nationalism and ethnicity when it comes to “tankie” and “red fash” discourse. Some streaming had a whole filled diaper moment talking about how anti-imperialist movements in Africa are ethno-nationalists for wanting to kick out their white ruling classes.

Better yet, he also says that, unlike the first game, we won't have to help the cops spy on citizens to un-fog the map.

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Spider-Man 2 will be available exclusively on PlayStation 5

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imo one of :jordan-eboy-peterson:’s stopped clock moments is how the flood myth can be seen as a cultural analogy for civil dysfunction. We build up giant systems collectively over generations and by the time they start falling apart due to corruption, the effects of their failure can really feel supernatural.

So 8kun.top

The Left got a little too PC so I changed all of my opinions about the economy, social issues, systemic racism, health care, and history.

Oh for sure

Okay but their intentions weren’t being translated in a State Department press release and published on NPR so how was I supposed to know about it?

Didn’t someone here yesterday say they wanted to move from India and refused to consider the US because it was “a war torn nation”?

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I’m traveling soon and am very glad it’ll be by train. Oh wait.

Yup. Damaging trust in public education is a major point of campaigns spearheaded by pro-privatization think tanks. The forums that school shooters tend to frequent also have a tremendous fucking cash flow in their crypto wallets. It’s not direct coordination, but you can see the superstructure forming a bed for these economic interests to lay in.

This is actually a common question raised in political science: why do countries go to war with each other when it will weaken both of them to do so?

I’ve always thought it was obvious that rulers are using stolen wealth to send the peasants’ children to war rather than their own, but maybe that’s more of a truism than a legit theoretical construct lol