Reading out loud while listening to slow droning music helps me, still a particularly slow reader myself, but at least keeps me here and now to follow through. Best of luck

"The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum."- Chomsky

This is close to a Luxemburg take I think. She states that reforms are necessary to move forward towards Socialism, but that there is *also* a revolution to be had. Couple that with Ture, Revolution starts in your mind, and Liebknecht, no compromises, and you have a full blown movement.

Like a MBID...

And to head this off now, Socialism dies in stagnation. To quote my second most favorite socialist, Wilhelm Liebknecht, "Democracy without socialism is a psuedo-Democracy, just as Socialism without Democracy is a pseudo-Socialism." Paraphrased.

This is rich, completely bypass the history of Cuba, nay, the complete Caribbean history of brutal colonialism. Doubly so if you actually spend any time looking at any of the propaganda with nuanced understanding. Its okay when white men genocide, its bad when anyone else does it, ✅

There have been pleanty of socialist movements, successful even like Algeria and South Africa fighting back against colonial rule. But the fact that people lack the basic understanding of politics is reprehensible.

Okay, so Com 101. Communism is a stateless classless society. This isn't moving the goalpoast, that is the definition. Their has been social movements, led by Fidel Castro, Ho Chi Min, and Salvador Allende (Democratically elected and then assn.) you are referring to Authoritarian regimes.

Socialism is the transitionary period betwixt the two. One cannot stagnate on the process less we see modern problem. Communism is not a thing that has been achieved, but there have been socialist movements that people have been propagandized against. Again Philippines, korea, VN etc.

Everything you mentioned here are going on and have been going on here in the capital of capitalism. 1898 Philippines, 1893, Hawaii, central and south america, any of the imperial wars. Famin due to ecological distruction, 'cash crops' and 'suitcase farmers', COINTELPRO,...

You say everything you hate for one the other has done. Such as?

You can read the full history at Wikipedia, I posted the link on my wall if you're interested in finding out the full story

1959*

No an American base in one of their colonies was attacked. It wasn't US soil until 53'

Bring the couch covers, hide the doilies

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I just started the furst ine last night and want to play through all of them, not a completionist, but still want the story

Mint has been a blast,

Hmm, I thought not. Now, onto Africa, well start with *checks notes* Gadaffi. It says here in the clip board that he made slave trading punishable by death. Can't have the slave traders blotted out now can we, so hard to find good help these days. *Sarcasm* but surely thats justifiable, surely.