God this country fuckin blows

Most people in Taiwan want the status quo continuation, which does not require American involvement. That status quo is also beneficial to both Taiwan and China, so there is no need for China to do anything like invade.

You believe in a fantasy where you think China is acting in a manner without consideration for American aggression. In other words you don't know what you're talking about.

Don't want to get ahead of myself but Japan is one of the three/four major strategic pieces of US Pacific control, so it's good to see cracks forming.

And of those, it's such a huge piece that if the US could no longer control it (Japan), then the entire US strategy is basically undone and holding other places is kind of pointless.

Even though sometimes it's best to unplug from all social media (even lemmygrad) this place is an oasis. A place of healing and learning.

I'm not a big YouTube watcher or smash bros expert but I do know this guy does a lot of work hosting for the Smash Bros melee scene out of his pocket. Notably in 2022 when Nintendo shut down the Smash melee world championship tournament which was basically fully organized and ready to go until Nintendo stabbed them in the back. This guy Ludwig pulled through and got a legitimate tournament up and running to fill the void Nintendo made.

Huge

As much of a steaming heap of crap that movie was, there are worse movies.

Ivysaur is a great pokemon!

I actually just got done with some western leftists on the western pacific/China situation. I thought we had mutual respect between us but then they tried to call me white when they knew I'm not and they knew I was from one of those areas. And called me unhinged/deranged. So being deprived of my humanity was cool. I should have just done what you did and ask for sources.

fuckin hell mate I don't think I've ever been mad about an online confrontation like this. sorry I needed the vent. the steam is coming out my ears, nose, and cuticles. It's just actually physically tiring.

The classic model of petty bourgeoisie being the progenitor of fascism works well in America.

Petty bourgeoisie make up a large portion of the Republican base. Petty bgz themselves are the direct inheritors of the settler ideology and elevated position in society (thus it also includes many poor whites already "demoted" in social status). They feel the contradictions intensify from both sides, workers asking for more, and big bgz taking over. This puts them in a precarious position of becoming workers, so the petty bgz naturally act according to their (privileged) interests and become very reactionary.

An analysis of Trump's attempted coup on Jan 6th reveals the petty bourgeois make up of his supporters. He is a useful tool of the big bourgeoisie to resolve this contradiction.

So I think before attempting to analyze big bourgeois intraclass conflict, it's very important to consider the basic big bgz-petty bgz situation.

Sovereignty is when you are couped by the US and Nazis. The more you are a pawn of the US and the more Nazis you have the more sovereign you are.

It's wonderful to see that western intelligence services are no smarter than redditors though