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I wanna get some everyday waste-resistant shoes that look somewhat nice. Like... better than basic white sneakers. I also don't want to spend very much and I ideally would get them from somewhere like AliExpress where the middlemen are just some random resellers in China rather than a US-based monopoly.

Oh, and vegan so no leather :/

Any recommendations?

Mr. Putin, give Iran a nuke

1. Five spice

2. Garam masala

3. Chaat masala

4. Oregano

5. Curry powder

We're trying ha ha but I think it will be some time!

Thank you for the information and your participation here

The Dems literally didn't change on their one demand lol

What do you believe is the most effective way for Westerners to be in solidarity the people of Lebanon and the resistance? Examples: educating their peers to support Lebanon and against Zionists, contributing money to specific organizations or fundraisers, making direct ties with front groups, engaging in direct action against equipment intended for Zionists, BDS, etc.

Please stay safe and as healthy as you can.

It can be challenging to get someone to act directly against their material interests, sure, but there have already been unionized Anerican longshoremen that refused to transport military goods intended for Israel. It is possible to build at least that much consciousness among the rank-and-file and it is facilitated by strong contracts and education.

Working directly against the empire requires targeting other industries with different tactics IMO. The questions there should be like, "how do we make it so Boeing can only produce 5 JDAMs per month and 3 of them fail QA?". Some of the ways to help that happen are too cool for me to elaborate on too much but let's just call it direct action.

I do validate that the labor aristocracy logic is overall valid and that this is why capitalist propaganda is so effective on them. But that does not mean there are no cracks in the armor. We should also do our best to anticipate where productive social relations are going, and in my opinion, they are moving in the direction of proletarianization in the impeeial core. That should make our targets more fertile for organizing but also more dangerous.

Every regional subreddit is full of:

• white American suburbanites pretending to be something they're not
• highly privileged university students that have aligned their politics with social climbing
• PMC immigrants who "got theirs" and look down on everyone elsr
• (especially) second or third generation gusanos trying to pretend they represent their entire populations

I have yet to find a single socialist party in the US that has any idea whatsoever of what to do about labor imperialism. It feels like their labor theory is arrested at, "unions are good let's have more of them". Many are "in solidarity " with literal weapons manufacturers unions for the weapons used on Palestinians right now.

I am not sure whether this is due to naivete or if they just don't feel up to the task of entering these spaces and educating, as it will require years and years of coordinated and principled agitation to succeed at that and socialist orgs are small.

Simply project JOY

The world building and core writing happened over many years. I'm sure they could produce a new IP but it would take a lot more than having their own company. Plus some of the magic is production quality and that was the rest of the team that now doesn't want to work with them. My read is that management created a toxic environment and pitted groups against each other.

The finance bros own the IP through their shady dealings and the core writers left.