The Federation is built on principles that run counter to Maoism in important respects like allowing differences of opinion and anti-authoritarianism.

Do you know what the "mass line" concept by Mao is?

Earth and the Federation was communism. Admittedly an idealist version of it, came about because it was voted in by enlightened voters. But even then the Bell Riots showed that it was capitalism that caused conditions to arise in which the oppressed rose up against the failures of capitalism, and finally end it.

Not sure if you specifically meant something about Mao, but at least be aware of this. It's the most basic theory of communism that capitalism fails, turns into barbarism, and the working class have no option but to revolt to resolve the crisis.

Any biography about some liberal political leader, like that Obama one. I think people buy them just because they trend on the top 10 books to read list. But everyone I've met who has it just keeps it on their coffee table to make it seem like they're into reading now. The only one I know who finishes those biographies is my grandpa who is a little senile and bored now.

$4 per post, but nothing if we get found out and someone comments with a response like this. Please stop, our livelihoods are on the line here

idgi what are you trying to say here?

China hunts down useful idiots? All their firing squad members have penises? The Great Wall is used for executions?

From what I read, it seems like they took over a year to investigate the cyber attack before making their conclusions public.

Also I thought the party line was communism, not anti-Americanism.

To be honest, this here doesn't seem that out-of-place in terms of how a sovereign nation would respond to a cyber attack by another sovereign nation.

This is a bizarre reply. What would be the adult response for China after discovering cyber attacks carried out by the US government?

No he wasn't asking it seriously obviously

If you have to ask...then you don't know

Why would you come into a thread and enthusiastically declare yourself a dickhead weirdo

Is there a base case or do the layers of irony go on to infinity?

Person: says something

Another person: this other person has no nuance

Yet another person: this other person has no nuance, ironically

Yet another person: this other person has no nuance, ironically

(ad infinitum)

Maybe this is just dialectics, although a little snarky

Is that a big bargaining chip or something? The presence of the Ukrainian Olympic team?