#Dictatorship

Since no one is responding, communism is supposedly an evolved form of capitalism, a society where everyone is so rich and all their needs are fulfilled. It says nothing about
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From 1965 to 1966 the Indonesian army led by right wing general Suharto killed 500K-1M suspected "communists" with names US intelligence supplied. They even helped the Army suppress media reports
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1) Liz Cheney is doing all of this to set up her 2024 presidential run. The GOP is only pushing back against her out of fear that Trump will lash
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#Barca120 While we celebrate, let's not forget the founder of the best club in the Joan Gamper when he was like 22 years old. The dictatorship of Primo de Rivera
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Pro-tip: As public safety sets up command posts, National Guard deploys, cities board up, Walmart hides ammunition (!), language like this from Trump is what intel folks will be looking
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Today the UN Human Rights Council had a chance to hear a witness on actual slavery happening in 2020. Its members banged on tables and talked over the guy until
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"Viruses come from China like shortstops come from the DR.This isn't about vilifying a culture, it's about facts.If they sell nuclear suitcases at these wet markets, would we be so
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Alright, so, it's tomorrow, I've been awake an hour or two so I'm coherent enough to write this thread. Let's go. https://twitter.com/shoukamechadork/status/1308935466419400707 Sooooooooooooo. Drakkon New Dawn. I made fun of
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Something uncomfortable I'd like to posit without demeaning the current struggles in US but:for every HK protest rioting tips post shared around here in support of the George Floyd protesters,
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"Democracies can die with a coup d'etat - or they can die slowly. This happens most deceptively when in piecemeal fashion, with the election of an authoritarian leader, the abuse
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a Palestinian car protest went by my house saying fuck the jews a friendly reminder that this Israeli-American does not like Hamas and does not like Israeli policy. I'm
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normie friends decided to stream new borat movie and it’s honestly a transcendent piece of art for the age. entire thing is unintentional self-parody of prog worldview. just endless paranoia,
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Once again, Tankies being genocidal denialists so here is a mini-thread of Xinjiang http://chuangcn.org/journal/two/spirit-breaking/ https://twitter.com/p_chardo/status/1276319385767096320 https://daikon.co.uk/blog/we-have-not-heard-from-my
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Let's talk about "Asian American culture" as it stands apart from "Asian culture." I'll stick with the topics I know well: Koreans, and booze. So - let's talk about the
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Very quick commentary on this. MBS had two paths ahead of him - either institute actual reform that would convince the world, *or* guarantee his own secret police complete impunity.
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1. Interesting intervention from @jahprayzahI asked @TukuOfficial why he had sang before Mugabe.“You go there to send a message,” he said.“Look at the track selection, I played songs like Mukuru,
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