I don't hate being called it, I just think you're a lazy anti-intellectual. Also funny you think we're "grifting". Do you honestly think we get paid for this? Someone believes something different from you and the only explanation is we're getting xibucks deposited into our bank account? Get your head out of your ass man.
Lol you guys say "tankie" like it's a fucking reflex. Go read some books, jesus christ.
just rewatch futurama for the 30th time like a normal person (i.e. me, the normalest of all)
You can thank all these dumbfuck democrats. they'll get whatever scapegoat they need to NOT do something good, and then try to guilt you into voting for them again next time around. and the children will still go hungry. jesus fucking christ
Being part of NATO is not an aggressive pact. It is only enacted if another member is attacked.
Yugoslavia and Libya would probably beg to differ.
Please watch this documentary co-produced by literally PBS on the poverty alleviation campaign. I'm sure you'll just dismiss it as all a charade and propaganda, but I hope you approach it with an open mind. What the Chinese have been able to accomplish (through sheer hard work and determination) is nothing short of incredible and it honestly pisses me off you would compare that to the literal genocide of Native Americans.
To apologize for gigachad acts of poverty alleviation. This is a twelfth type.
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if supporting a project that lifts 800M out of extreme poverty is wrong, I don't wanna be right 
I know a 25 year old who had a stroke last month because of covid complications. Sure, not deadly but... I don't want to have a stroke either
This person just outing themself as craving the sending of Ukrainians into the fucking meatgrinder. The sheer disregard for human life is disgusting
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tripartitegraph
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yooooo I love this book! So much so I scanned it as a PDF and uploaded it to libgen hahaha. Having an EPUB is sick too!
But yeah, this book made me feel so many different emotions, I had to put it down nearly every chapter. So much joy, awe, and inspiration, contrasted with so much anger and sadness that we (the west) destroyed this beautiful project. Strong is such an approachable writer and I appreciate her perspective a lot. This book really opened my eyes.
One of her other books (although it's not that long) The Stalin Era is also really good, and interesting as a historical perspective. She wrote it in the aftermath of the Secret ~~Report~~ Speech, and while most of that is debunked now, it's interesting to see how pro-Soviet and pro-Stalin people dealt with the "revelations" at the time. Hahahah I could go on and on and on, but again, thank you for doing this and spreading the word of this book. It's absolutely one of my favorites!