My god, even the best chance for socialism is hopeless because of the dollar. “it’s not doomer because the party could do something different” idgaf day after day it’s more dollars and less long term hope. Nothing China does can matter because all the green energy, all the bnr, all the poverty elimination, all of it is paid for with imperial currency and little to no interest in changing this arrangement from within. The party will talk about win-win arrangements and mutually-beneficial cooperation until the fucking nukes are flying.

  • bbnh69420 [she/her, they/them]
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    1 month ago

    In response to XHS-posting mostly, but specifically their extraordinary effortpost in the news mega about this event

      • bbnh69420 [she/her, they/them]
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        1 month ago

        When you put that much effort, repeatedly, over the course of months, to make this particular financial point, I’m going to take it seriously. The future is affected by the restrictions of the present, but thanks for the hopium

          • da_gay_pussy_eatah [she/her]
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            1 month ago

            Ironically, i put some of my retirement savings into a gold fund a couple years ago, and it did way better than the various US industry positions I had

              • da_gay_pussy_eatah [she/her]
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                1 month ago

                Oh I know, I always feel conflicted between keeping money invested to overcome inflation, vs taking it out because there's no way everything's not about to crash, right?

                In the end, I just constantly resent the fact that the neoliberals have forced our retirements to be tied up in stock market bullshit.