Xiisadaddy

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[–] Xiisadaddy@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 3 hours ago

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[–] Xiisadaddy@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

So heres the thing. If someone is in prison for it, it means they commited a crime. Thoughts are not crimes. Feelings are not crimes. Those people did an action that got them in prison. Just like you can want to murder somebody, but not do it because you know murder is bad.

Would it be nice if we had a society where the people silently suffering could go get the help they need, and get their mind right? Yeah. But those people in prison deserve to be there. Never forget that. Even if those people were to be somehow magically made to not be pedophiles anymore they would STILL be a danger to society. The crimes they commited reflect their own wants, but their willingness to commit the crime is another matter entirely. IMO the punishment for the crimes those people committed should be execution. Chemical castration is way too merciful.

So you are right that the underlying chemical imbalance, or whatever causes it isn't something that should doom someone. It's not their fault they're attracted to what they are. BUT it is their fault if they act on it, and they don't deserve your sympathy.

[–] Xiisadaddy@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 5 hours ago

my Dell laptop on debian can suspend and wake flawlessly, and uses basically no energy while suspended. Like 12 hours later it'll maybe lose 1-2%.

[–] Xiisadaddy@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 16 hours ago

Then you know more about it then i do. So I'd trust your judgement on it over my own. I only know about the larger regions in general not specific areas like that.

[–] Xiisadaddy@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 16 hours ago

Oh i don't contest that. It's why i think China has a big role to play in their shift in thinking. The USSR had its flaws, and the people of Russia fear falling victim to them again. What needs to happen is a mental decoupling between the flaws of the USSR, and Socialism as a whole. China can be an example of how it is possible to prosper under socialism, and inspire people to think that maybe Russia can too. That perhaps the USSR had the right idea, but it just needed refining. I think the big tipping point will be when most of the world starts to see China as superior to the United States in its living standards. Which is close to happening. Russia may be one of the first currently capitalist countries to shift to socialism under a Chinese inspired model because of its own socialist history.

I also think that the current Ukraine war and war with the west in general will play a role. The USSR fought the Nazis and won. They made it all the way to Berlin. If modern Russia can not make but a fraction of that same progress people may start to wonder why. Why is it that the USSR was able to stand on equal footing with the USA for so long despite the USA having the backing of most european powers, and a geographical, and industrial advantage? If people start asking those questions, and then they see China doing the same thing also under a socialist government the answer should become obvious to them. Perhaps people will get curious and start to read Lenins words again. See the vision for a Russia he had, and then decide they too would like to see that Russia.

[–] Xiisadaddy@lemmygrad.ml 27 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (2 children)

I think a better question is how do modern Russians en masse feel about the USSR? Since if the goal is to have Russia once again become communist, as it should be, the main thing we will need is for the bulk of Russia to feel they would be better off as such. So if they feel that the current system in Russia is failing them, and that the system of the USSR may have been more effective perhaps they can manage to reverse course.

I think this will be exactly what happens. We already know that the people who are still alive from the time of the USSR say life was better then. Their children and grandchildren will have heard these stories. Even if for now they don't put much stock in them. But as China becomes more successful, and influencial within Russia itself, and the conditions there for people become more starkly in contrast to the conditions in China itself the people of Russia may start to think back on the words of their elders. Perhaps it will be what allows them to return to communism.

For now Putin has an iron grip on Russia, and they are preoccupied with other things though. I do think once Putin is gone it would be a prime time for Russia to have a political shift. If someone there is able to organize a proper vanguard during that time then they may manage to rebuild what was lost. In part anyway. Having the proper conditions isn't the only thing needed. It will be a lot of work, and people will push back against it, but I do think it can be done. Especially as the American Empire wanes, and exposes the failures of capitalism to the world. Many of the post-soviet nations may look to their past for a path forward during that time.

[–] Xiisadaddy@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Honestly i would have to look a research for the specific area in detail. Every area has so many different factors that come into play it becomes very hard to predict without a ton of research. China has probably done the research, but i wouldn't be sure where to look for it.

[–] Xiisadaddy@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What even is a minimal standard of living? I'm poor af and i can't afford a lot of stuff, but i also feel like when these types of media outlets talk about stuff like this they're talking about consumerism not survival.

[–] Xiisadaddy@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 1 day ago (8 children)

Would be nice if it was structured as a list so we could easily check our devices for them. Idk why they didn't add a list at the end of the article.

[–] Xiisadaddy@lemmygrad.ml 45 points 1 day ago (3 children)

There is no way Trump would do something this cool.

[–] Xiisadaddy@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 day ago (4 children)

China is not immune to climate change. They have Typhoons along their southern coast to worry about, and will have to deal with food shortages like anyone else. I do think they have a path forward, but it wouldnt be easy. In an extreme climate change scenario China would basically have to use their High Speed Rail network to move all the fertile soil from southern China up into Manchuria, and Siberia. There is water in Sibera they could use, and if they work with Russia, and Mongolia they could turn a lot of that land into farmland once temps increase there. It would be a massive undertaking though. Like the biggest terraforming project in human history. And it would take years.

Southern China will still get too hot, many cities will have flooding issues, storms will get worse, current farmland will become less productive, the Gobi desert will expand, etc. How China does will come down to planning, and infrastucture. Not luck of the draw. That's the case everywhere. While yes there are regions where climate change will be worse overall EVERYWHERE will face severe challenges. Even the most stable regions.

China like most large countries will have regions that do decently well, and regions that suffer more. The US is no different. It's southwest is doomed, but the great lakes are in a pretty good position. China's big issue is food. They have a lot of mouths to feed, and as farmland becomes less productive food will be scarce. They're gonna have to put a lot of resources towards creating new farmland.

[–] Xiisadaddy@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What??? The only part of this that makes sense is they should have gotten a nuke finished way earlier. Saying the Iranians put themself in this position is ridiculous though. The US narrative about Iran being close to a nuke is just that a narrative. They'd have bombed Iran and claimed they were making nukes even if Iran didnt have a spec of Uranium. See Iraq for an example.

 

So admittedly i am not the most well read on Islam, but i am aware that generally the entire muslim world has a majority of the population despising the US/Isntreal at this point right?

So with everything going on i can't help but think there is a non-zero chance this could trigger a 2nd arab sping. If US Vassals in the region sit idly by while Iran, and its allies are in full blown war with the US/isntreal i can see it really fucking pissing off a lot of the population in the muslim world.

Am i reading this wrong, and there isn't really any proper organization in most of these countries to pull something off, or could we actually see some real popular pressure start to form against US-backed states/monarchies?

 

Source: Aljazeera

The US president is denying reports he left the G7 summit early to work on a truce between Israel and Iran.

Attributing the claim to his French counterpart, Trump wrote: “Publicity seeking President Emmanuel Macron, of France, mistakenly said that I left the G7 Summit, in Canada, to go back to D.C. to work on a ‘ceasefire’ between Israel and Iran. Wrong! He has no idea why I am now on my way to Washington, but it certainly has nothing to do with a Cease Fire.”

He said his return was about something “much bigger than that” and added, “Stay Tuned!”

As we’ve been reporting, the US leader earlier issued an ominous warning on his Truth Social platform, saying: “Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!”

 

Trump requests a phone call with Xi during this whole mess with Elon? Good chance Trump is gonna capitulate atleast partially. Don't think he can afford to continue this trade war when his governing coalition is fracturing. Meanwhile China remains strong. This will be overshadowed in western media by nonsense, but is probably the most important news of the day.

 

recently ive got some cheap furniture thats really nice antique stuff from an estate auction. Like a solid wood, beautiful desk for 50$ that normally would be hundreds if not over 1000. Something i could never afford otherwise that will probably last me decades. Some of the other stuff up for auction was like confederate merch so its definitely a chud lol. Thanks for subsidizing my new desk for school you dead piece of shit. If i still have it when i die ill be sure to will it to a trans youth center or something in their honor.

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Xiisadaddy@lemmygrad.ml to c/comradeship@lemmygrad.ml
 

You never know when cell service and the internet could be unavailable or unsafe to use.

Downloading Organic Maps on your phone is free and allows you to have locally stored maps and navigation that works with GPS only.

Even downloading an entire country is usually under a GB depending on size and how many roads there are. You can even see some stores and stuff just like google maps.

Its easy to forget how much we rely on navigation when its always available. Bonus points it you pick up a cheap solar charger to keep your phone charged.

This isnt just useful for if things go bad. You can be on airplane mode and still use those maps so if your going to a protest or something and dont wanna be tracked its a great option. I use it for all my navigation personally.

 

Lol USA LAB LEAK!

 

So i have been thinking more and more about how stupid it was for the west to willingly deindustrialize. And ive had a realization about why they did it.

If you go back to when capitalism began to really take off a lot of the time different companies and capitalists acted very violently towards eachother. We can see how things like stocks and financial markets were used as a way to reduce inter-ruling class violence by providing an outlet for them to compete inside a legal framework they controlled. The gamification of it.

This seems to have worked for them for awhile. Allowing them to accumulate wealth at an insane rate without much risk of just being assassinated by some rival industrialist.

I think though this has ultimately poisoned their world views and will be what destroys them. In the current era rather than capitalists wealth being based on actual capital, factories, industrial output of their companies, etc. Its more and more based on market speculation. Even the ones who do own factories their wealth comes from stocks whose value is highly speculative.

They have forgotten that it is a game. They have lost touch with the material reality of power. So they willingly hand the means of production over to a communist nation in pursuit of more speculative value without realizing theyve handed the keys to the castle over to the people.

China basically joined their game, and let them feel like they were winning. Allowing them to become rich in the market while China accumulated actual wealth and power via industrial capacity. China seized the means of production without firing a single shot. Or technically, China tricked the west into handing over the means of production willingly.

I think there is now a small faction of them that realize theyre screwed. And its why your seeing so much insane behavior from empire. Its flailing about in a panic.

Because China has already won. The fight between capitalism and communism is already in its final stages, and the communists control most of global production while capitalists are incapable of catching back up.

China played them for fools. The hubris of western capitalists made them think they could simply use financial markets to control the world. They can't.

So whats going to happen now? Well the camp in the west who realize that they lost sight of reality will try to force reindustrialization. As they are now. But the majority of western liberals still dont get it. So theyll fight back to keep doing their financialized games. Sabotaging their own efforts to reindustrialize in the process. You can see this in how Trump and his goons are using tariffs to play the market or how the CHIPs act failed since the companies used the money on stock buy backs.

They are like addicts. They cant stop sabotaging their own system.

China knows this. Its why you saw Xi courting international investors recently. He was basically saying hey keep up the financial games we will make you rich. Like waving a beer in an alcoholics face when theyre trying to quit.

All this is to say, rejoice comrades, for our causes victory is all but assured. China has the west in checkmate. No matter what move they make, they will still lose. They may do lots of damage before their defeat comes, but i think that defeat itself is now a certainty.

Do not allow your own circumstances to blind you if you are in the west, or a nation controlled by it. For even if circumstances seem dire right now i think everything is going exactly to the Communist Party of Chinas plan, and their plans do not stop at Chinas borders. They will not be finished until every human being is free from capitalist oppression.

~ In 1922 a bear discovered fire. A flaming torch the bear carried for a generation. From the skies an eagle attacked, and when the bear died to its claws the world thought that flame lost. But a young dragon ate it and fled to the heavens. Today that flame is a raging inferno. Held within the mouth of that dragon. The eagle thinks it owns the skies, and all the earth below them. Soon though the dragon will descend from the heavens and the eagle will burn. ~

万岁中国!

 

So i am moving soon, and will be setting up a new LAN. A bit of an unorthodox one. Internet in the city im going to school in is pretty expensive so I've got an old thinkpad running OPNsense and will use that as my router and just tether my phone to it to provide cellular WAN. Both my PC and Laptop use Linux, Mint on PC, Debian on Laptop. I'm wondering what steps i should be taking security-wise on a setup like this? All my traffic will be going over the open air, and i know highjacking cellular connections is something thats done. Other than just using a VPN all the time which im doing are there any other steps i should take, maybe in my computer, or router firewall, that could help prevent MITM attacks? I'm not super familiar with how router level firewall especially works. Is much tweaking even required?

technically OPNsense is FreeBSD based not Linux but hopefully people still know a bit about it

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