The take I saw this week, from a discussion I had in relatively polite company:

"The problem with society these days is everyone is so selfish..."

(wait for it)

"... they only think about themselves and what they can get out of everyone else..."

(wait for it)

"...humanity needs a course correction..."

(uh oh)

"... humans need to stop asking for handouts and start asking what they can do for humanity..."

(appetizer, and now main course)

"... and we need to believe in ELO~N so ELO~N keeps believing in us!" :so-true:

:agony-yehaw:

  • Venusta [any]
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    2 years ago

    I would appreciate an answer if you have the time, I would like to understand why you think this

    • AmericaDelendeEst [any]
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      2 years ago

      gosh I can't imagine why a socialist superpower would ever pressure anyone to also adopt socialist tendencies especially after the decline of U.S. hegemony

      why do I need to write out some nerd essay on this

      • Huldra [they/them, it/its]
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        2 years ago

        But tbf here, the CPC has been explicit in not being interested in pressuring and exporting socialism, banking on them changing course on that after some arbitrary point of declining US hegemony is basically a guess.

        • AmericaDelendeEst [any]
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          2 years ago

          Tbf though I shouldn't have to write an essay about what is indeed a guess when Other User has yet to argue what countries would be more likely to go socialist than one where the communist party still gets, what, a third of the fucking vote with explicit nostalgia for the communist period :shrug-outta-hecks:

      • AmericaDelendeEst [any]
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        2 years ago

        why do I need to write out some nerd essay on this

        the answer is I don't, I'm going to sleep

          • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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            2 years ago

            The capitalists are afraid it's already happening. Look at the meds hand wringing about the global south applying the "Chinese model".

        • Venusta [any]
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          2 years ago

          It should be easy to explain if it's so obvious so idk why it would need to be an essay