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EU is fuming about Belgium not willing to use frozen Russian asset money to further fund Ukraine. Basically the only good thing our government is doing now.
The best part it that Belgium isn’t refusing outright. They are just demanding that the EU agree to pay the damages in any law suits and the EU is saying “we can’t take on that risk.” So the EU knows it is illegal and would get them sued but they want the Belgians to take the fall.
I swear when NATO breaks up Europe is going to be a slaughter house as all these petty grievances will have nothing holding them back.
How, how are liberals able to square freezing capital and then spending someone elses capital? This feels like it would destroy the illusion the state respects property
It would. It is also illegal and I believe Russia would be in their right to demand payments once war would stop. So it’s only natural for Belgium to not want to face a 165 billion repayment to Russia at one point.
Going from Twitter to Rednote is so jarring. They’re so nice I get scared
There’s this football club in town I visited today and parts of their stadium were packed with left wing stickers despite them not being known for left wing supporters so I kinda wonder what’s brewing there. Would be cool to have a left wing club here. Our party is the biggest in the club’s district of the city so who knows. Maybe the people there found their way into the club.
Finished Immovable Object: North Korea’s 70 Years at War with American Power by A. B. Abrams [2020] a couple of days ago, which ends it’s analysis half-way through 2020, and immediately started his 2025 book Surviving the Unipolar Era: North Korea’s 35 Year Standoff With the United States. A lot of rehashing in the beginning, but obviously understandable considering it’s a different book.
I would highly recommend Immovable Object to anyone interested in the DPRK, especially since it’s analysis is much more detailed and in-date than the (still good) 2017 Gowans’ book.
So how many mass shootings happened in the US this past black friday?
two apparently
I found a cool poster of John Brown to share
I like the halo, kind of like an orthodox icon
John Brown Did Nothing Wrong!!
Except getting caught. He should have freed more people and killed more slavers first.
Migrating has sometimes been a struggle with autism, even though I went to a country that has to some extent similar cultural values.
I hope you all have a nice week :D
You too Oppo!
You too Oppo!
Finally took a kickboxing class. Any communist should learn how to defend themselves
I’ve debated whether or not I should post this, but I’ve been feeling quite disappointed with the quality of comments on Hexbear threads recently.
Since many threads are crossposted between here and there, I would often read the comments on both threads for different perspectives (and to be honest, for more content in general).
In the last few weeks, however, I’ve been finding myself again and again in situations where I read the Lemmygrad thread and it’s completely fine, and then when I check the Hexbear crosspost I would find the comments to be, for lack of a better phrase, an absolute dumpster fire.Not sure if it’s just me, maybe unlucky coincidences, or something of a pattern that I’ve just missed.
I don’t mean to be negative, it’s just been bothering me lately.hexbear is a “big tent” thing mostly made up of am*ricans, a lot of them aren’t marxists, as shown by their stance on llms among other things
i wouldn’t take most of them too seriously
Hey everyone, have a great week! Keep up with your goals, stay dilligent, and be sure to find some time to relax as well, if you can.
As always, communism will win.
You too! Have a great week!
Btw Have a good week Oppo
You too
You too comrade!
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
Nice website you got here… it would be a shame if someone posted on it 👿👿👿
The point is for people to post on it?
I’ll do my best
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