Carlo
@carlo.social
Contracting services (posting, liking, replying, dunking, etc)
You have been downgraded to Dan Bronzeman
June 28, 2025 at 5:32 PM
You have been downgraded to Dan Bronzeman
Absolutely.
But, if I'm a US adversary looking to sow chaos here... I personally wouldn't bother and would just choose to sit back. 🤣
But, if I'm a US adversary looking to sow chaos here... I personally wouldn't bother and would just choose to sit back. 🤣
April 12, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Absolutely.
But, if I'm a US adversary looking to sow chaos here... I personally wouldn't bother and would just choose to sit back. 🤣
But, if I'm a US adversary looking to sow chaos here... I personally wouldn't bother and would just choose to sit back. 🤣
Yeah, that's true.
I'm not fully convinced either which way. Typically there are a few giveaways in the email - typos, links to third party sites, etc. It doesn't smell like an attack to me. But I could be wrong.
It certainly looks very large scale.
I'm not fully convinced either which way. Typically there are a few giveaways in the email - typos, links to third party sites, etc. It doesn't smell like an attack to me. But I could be wrong.
It certainly looks very large scale.
April 12, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Yeah, that's true.
I'm not fully convinced either which way. Typically there are a few giveaways in the email - typos, links to third party sites, etc. It doesn't smell like an attack to me. But I could be wrong.
It certainly looks very large scale.
I'm not fully convinced either which way. Typically there are a few giveaways in the email - typos, links to third party sites, etc. It doesn't smell like an attack to me. But I could be wrong.
It certainly looks very large scale.
It's easy for me to believe they migrated from Twitter to here (they seem to have a formerly active account there) but haven't had any reason to post until now
April 12, 2025 at 3:19 AM
It's easy for me to believe they migrated from Twitter to here (they seem to have a formerly active account there) but haven't had any reason to post until now
I saw that but I'm not fully convinced. I would just as easily believe a DOGEified DHS just hasn't cleaned up their email settings.
That said, I'm sure reporting will clear it up.
That said, I'm sure reporting will clear it up.
April 12, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I saw that but I'm not fully convinced. I would just as easily believe a DOGEified DHS just hasn't cleaned up their email settings.
That said, I'm sure reporting will clear it up.
That said, I'm sure reporting will clear it up.
Check out r/USCIS. A lot of people including citizens got the email. Unlikely to be a hacker since the email address is legit. Someone messed up.
They probably messed up a filter in DHS's database.
They probably messed up a filter in DHS's database.
April 12, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Check out r/USCIS. A lot of people including citizens got the email. Unlikely to be a hacker since the email address is legit. Someone messed up.
They probably messed up a filter in DHS's database.
They probably messed up a filter in DHS's database.
The larger, overarching point I'm making is that when a country has had its revolution, and they're still in a lower stage of development, we should assess these decisions differently.
China pursuing austerity is different than the West doing so. the former is pragmatic, the latter, class warfare.
China pursuing austerity is different than the West doing so. the former is pragmatic, the latter, class warfare.
April 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The larger, overarching point I'm making is that when a country has had its revolution, and they're still in a lower stage of development, we should assess these decisions differently.
China pursuing austerity is different than the West doing so. the former is pragmatic, the latter, class warfare.
China pursuing austerity is different than the West doing so. the former is pragmatic, the latter, class warfare.
Re: worker control. Chinese communists indeed made the decision to empower its bourgeoisie to pursue economic growth. This is no different than what the USSR did under the NEP, just on a wider scale. You'll note that the capitalists are still locked out of POLITICAL power.
April 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Re: worker control. Chinese communists indeed made the decision to empower its bourgeoisie to pursue economic growth. This is no different than what the USSR did under the NEP, just on a wider scale. You'll note that the capitalists are still locked out of POLITICAL power.
Re: China. Arguably just a regional power, sure. It's still in a much more enviable position than any Latam country. All because they pursued a growth model that's different than those countries.
They're still not as wealthy as the US or a European country. But the trajectory is undeniable.
They're still not as wealthy as the US or a European country. But the trajectory is undeniable.
April 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Re: China. Arguably just a regional power, sure. It's still in a much more enviable position than any Latam country. All because they pursued a growth model that's different than those countries.
They're still not as wealthy as the US or a European country. But the trajectory is undeniable.
They're still not as wealthy as the US or a European country. But the trajectory is undeniable.
China's experience shows that the latter delivers more wealth to even the lowest rungs of society over the long term. It can also turn you into a superpower, as a bonus. So that's likely what this hypothetical Philippine workers state would do.
Social spending can of course come later.
Social spending can of course come later.
April 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
China's experience shows that the latter delivers more wealth to even the lowest rungs of society over the long term. It can also turn you into a superpower, as a bonus. So that's likely what this hypothetical Philippine workers state would do.
Social spending can of course come later.
Social spending can of course come later.
It's more about understanding stages of development, and what policy is appropriate for each stage.
Let's say my home country (Philippines) had its workers revolution. With our meager resources, what's the better policy? Increase social spending (latam) or invest in the productive forces (China)?
Let's say my home country (Philippines) had its workers revolution. With our meager resources, what's the better policy? Increase social spending (latam) or invest in the productive forces (China)?
April 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
It's more about understanding stages of development, and what policy is appropriate for each stage.
Let's say my home country (Philippines) had its workers revolution. With our meager resources, what's the better policy? Increase social spending (latam) or invest in the productive forces (China)?
Let's say my home country (Philippines) had its workers revolution. With our meager resources, what's the better policy? Increase social spending (latam) or invest in the productive forces (China)?
Apparently, a block prevents the whole interaction I described from ever being seen?
I don't know how this site can replace Twitter for anyone who values calm and reasoned debate if this is possible 🤷
I don't know how this site can replace Twitter for anyone who values calm and reasoned debate if this is possible 🤷
April 8, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Apparently, a block prevents the whole interaction I described from ever being seen?
I don't know how this site can replace Twitter for anyone who values calm and reasoned debate if this is possible 🤷
I don't know how this site can replace Twitter for anyone who values calm and reasoned debate if this is possible 🤷
Fair and well taken. I just want to push back against being associated with the manosphere or other reactionary stuff.
I hope I don't come off as someone who thinks people who are unable to work should be forced to. That's not the idea!
I hope I don't come off as someone who thinks people who are unable to work should be forced to. That's not the idea!
April 8, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Fair and well taken. I just want to push back against being associated with the manosphere or other reactionary stuff.
I hope I don't come off as someone who thinks people who are unable to work should be forced to. That's not the idea!
I hope I don't come off as someone who thinks people who are unable to work should be forced to. That's not the idea!
Thank you for the compliment but I'm in my mid 30s. Many of us communists are just regular adults who happen to have study groups! Anyone can do it! bsky.app/profile/alsl...
I'm sure the fact that these communists are almost exclusively very young men has nothing at all to do with this
April 8, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Thank you for the compliment but I'm in my mid 30s. Many of us communists are just regular adults who happen to have study groups! Anyone can do it! bsky.app/profile/alsl...
Marxist Leninist doesn't mean "all the problems are fixed." It's an approach to develop a country, build its productive forces (i.e. capital and markets), then transition it into socialism over many years. China is still quite early in that arc.
April 8, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Marxist Leninist doesn't mean "all the problems are fixed." It's an approach to develop a country, build its productive forces (i.e. capital and markets), then transition it into socialism over many years. China is still quite early in that arc.
Contradictions and injustices can and have existed in ML states. The question is how you approach fixing them.
The USSR under war communism, the USSR under NEP, China under Mao, and China under Deng were all Marxist Leninist, even though they had different contradictions and configurations.
The USSR under war communism, the USSR under NEP, China under Mao, and China under Deng were all Marxist Leninist, even though they had different contradictions and configurations.
April 8, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Contradictions and injustices can and have existed in ML states. The question is how you approach fixing them.
The USSR under war communism, the USSR under NEP, China under Mao, and China under Deng were all Marxist Leninist, even though they had different contradictions and configurations.
The USSR under war communism, the USSR under NEP, China under Mao, and China under Deng were all Marxist Leninist, even though they had different contradictions and configurations.
Well first of all, hukou reform and government stimulating the value of rural hukous are both happening (slowly) so your premise that there's zero chance of improvement is false.
Second, Marxism-Leninism doesn't prescribe a system. It's an approach to governance.
Second, Marxism-Leninism doesn't prescribe a system. It's an approach to governance.
April 8, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Well first of all, hukou reform and government stimulating the value of rural hukous are both happening (slowly) so your premise that there's zero chance of improvement is false.
Second, Marxism-Leninism doesn't prescribe a system. It's an approach to governance.
Second, Marxism-Leninism doesn't prescribe a system. It's an approach to governance.
Like all of China's problems, there isn't a big button Xi could push to improve it instantly. Abolishing it wouldn't work because you'd instantly see that slum formation happen.
China approaches every problem slowly and methodically.
China approaches every problem slowly and methodically.
April 8, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Like all of China's problems, there isn't a big button Xi could push to improve it instantly. Abolishing it wouldn't work because you'd instantly see that slum formation happen.
China approaches every problem slowly and methodically.
China approaches every problem slowly and methodically.
This feels a bit condescending, but sure. The household registration system. The biggest complaint is e.g. if you have a rural hukou you can't get nice benefits in the city.
No one defends it as a 100% perfect system, but it has positive tradeoffs as well-Chinese cities don't have slums like Rio.
No one defends it as a 100% perfect system, but it has positive tradeoffs as well-Chinese cities don't have slums like Rio.
April 8, 2025 at 3:42 AM
This feels a bit condescending, but sure. The household registration system. The biggest complaint is e.g. if you have a rural hukou you can't get nice benefits in the city.
No one defends it as a 100% perfect system, but it has positive tradeoffs as well-Chinese cities don't have slums like Rio.
No one defends it as a 100% perfect system, but it has positive tradeoffs as well-Chinese cities don't have slums like Rio.
Again, please stick to the topic at hand. I can't engage in this if all you can muster is ad hominem attacks.
For the record I almost never read Chinese sources - my study has been with other MLs all around the global north and south.
For the record I almost never read Chinese sources - my study has been with other MLs all around the global north and south.
April 8, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Again, please stick to the topic at hand. I can't engage in this if all you can muster is ad hominem attacks.
For the record I almost never read Chinese sources - my study has been with other MLs all around the global north and south.
For the record I almost never read Chinese sources - my study has been with other MLs all around the global north and south.
Books, essays, study groups, internationalist organizing.
I'm not interested in talking about myself. I'm interested in having a debate about China, since this is the topic you brought up.
You can pick any point I made and we can dive into that. Let's be cordial about this.
I'm not interested in talking about myself. I'm interested in having a debate about China, since this is the topic you brought up.
You can pick any point I made and we can dive into that. Let's be cordial about this.
April 8, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Books, essays, study groups, internationalist organizing.
I'm not interested in talking about myself. I'm interested in having a debate about China, since this is the topic you brought up.
You can pick any point I made and we can dive into that. Let's be cordial about this.
I'm not interested in talking about myself. I'm interested in having a debate about China, since this is the topic you brought up.
You can pick any point I made and we can dive into that. Let's be cordial about this.
Yep. Parents lived there for a few years and I'd visit often. So I was able to see a few years of rapid development firsthand.
But I don't think visiting a place is a substitute for studying it deeply - one person's subjective viewpoint cannot possibly give you the whole story of a whole country.
But I don't think visiting a place is a substitute for studying it deeply - one person's subjective viewpoint cannot possibly give you the whole story of a whole country.
April 8, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Yep. Parents lived there for a few years and I'd visit often. So I was able to see a few years of rapid development firsthand.
But I don't think visiting a place is a substitute for studying it deeply - one person's subjective viewpoint cannot possibly give you the whole story of a whole country.
But I don't think visiting a place is a substitute for studying it deeply - one person's subjective viewpoint cannot possibly give you the whole story of a whole country.