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Who could have seen this coming except for people warning about it for decades in c/memes@lemmy.ml

[–] Arelin@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

Fucking dumbass didn't even do 2 seconds of googling lmfao

Why are socialist and communist countries usually considered more authoritarian than capitalist countries? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] Arelin@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Just as capitalist states are "authoritarian" against working class interests, socialist states are "authoritarian" against capitalist interests.

The state is a tool for one class to oppress another. The goal of (most) communists is to transition from capitalism — where the capitalist class is in power — to a stateless, classless communist society via socialism — where the working class is in power.

Public perception of which is more "authoritarian" therefore depends on which class is currently in power and is able to manufacture consent, and that is the capitalist class in the vast majority of the world right now since the USSR's overthrow.

What is "Authoritarianism"?

Argentina Refuses to Supply Fuel to Cuban Planes in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

[–] Arelin@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

That was in response to the US placing similar missiles in Turkey and Italy and threatening the USSR in 1961.

I don't see Russia putting an embargo on those two now 60 years later. Though ig that's not a one-to-one comparison since Russia's ruled by capitalists now.

YouTube is finally cracking down on third-party apps like ReVanced in c/android@lemdro.id

[–] Arelin@lemmy.zip 105 points 2 months ago (6 children)

finally

This article is just a youtube premium ad 🤢

As far as what you get when you go Premium, you won't see any more ads within the app or the videos that you're watching. Plus, you'll gain access to background play, along with being able to download videos on the go. And perhaps what makes this plan even more worthwhile is that you get access to YouTube Music, which features over 100 million commercial free songs. Now, the one drawback is that these features don't come for free, with a subscription costing $13.99 per month in the US.

Croatian police ‘shoot at’ pregnant migrant women trying to cross into EU in c/europe@feddit.de

[–] Arelin@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 months ago (11 children)

in the past

Currently funding and supporting a genocide through the colony in Palestine to keep it subjugated.

I'm guessing you'll be saying fascist shit like this in the future too when these victims eventually have to immigrate to the regions not destroyed by imperialism — that is, Europe — cuz of this?

two wrongs

What "wrong"? Migrating to stay alive?

Croatian police ‘shoot at’ pregnant migrant women trying to cross into EU in c/europe@feddit.de

[–] Arelin@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Congratulations on learning that present systems exist in the context and foundations of what came before.

And the EU has indeed invaded Libya in the recent past though NATO.

Croatian police ‘shoot at’ pregnant migrant women trying to cross into EU in c/europe@feddit.de

[–] Arelin@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Laws made by those colonizers and invaders?

Croatian police ‘shoot at’ pregnant migrant women trying to cross into EU in c/europe@feddit.de

[–] Arelin@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 months ago (21 children)

Wonder why they're migrating

Perhaps it has something to do with the past few centuries of brutal colonization by western Europe and Japan, the ongoing neocolonialism of the Global South, the coups, sanctions, and invasions by imperial core countries whenever a "former" colony tries to escape this imperialism?