GamersOfTheWorld [he/him, any]

The way the main officer just acting so casual is really reinforcing the “banality of evil” phenomena. They literally sound so casual and dead inside, it’s almost like they don’t even realize what they’re fucking doing.

Well then, to that end, all I can do is repeat myself by saying that time will tell.

Not trying to downplay your arguments or anything, but it’s called critical support for a reason. Of course, different levels of critique are warranted for different situations depending on the nature of an anti-colonial or anti-capitalist movement, keyly if it is principled or not.

For instance, support for Russia warrants an extremely large amount of critique due to it’s non-inherent revolutionary character. Russia, while we can still cheer their victories, will ultimately not lead the proletariat towards socialism, and thus, warrant a large amount of critique.

China, on the other hand, has a far more legitimate and founded revolutionary character, which is why we critique it less. China has expressed interests and has lead endeavors to bring the proletariet closer to socialism, even if flawed, and thus, deserves more support and less critique.

In this way, Burkina Faso is proving itself to be closer to Russia than it is to China. While it can always change, as everything can, Burkina Faso is positioning itself less as an inherently socialist country, but more so as a conditional opponent of US dominance, with the condition being sovereignty.

The reason for this is the question of nationalism vs. socialism. While a third world nationalism is good for rallying support, it must be replaced by socialism upon gaining considerable power lest it indulge in moves like these.

But, we lack a lot of information as to a key question - whether Ibrahim Traore considers his project a nationalist one or a socialist one utilizing nationalism. And to that, only time can tell. But for now, this action is a counter-revolutionary one, and as such, we must condemn solely this action, with continued support towards Burkina Faso’s anti-imperialist operations.

I assume love is referencing this: https://hexbear.net/post/5970055

We had a good thing, you [NONSTRATEGIC] son of a [GUN]! We had theory, we had praxis, we had everything we needed, and it all ran like clockwork! You could have shut your mouth, followed the theory, and made as much communism as you ever needed! It was perfect! But no! You just had to blow it up! You, and your pride and your ego! You just had to be the man! If you’d done your job, known your place, we’d all be fine right now! /j

This is bad. I don’t wanna go super parasocial (yes, I have an extremey bad tendency to moralize people and inclination to parasocializing), but this sucks. /srs

I don’t want to be super uncharitable, but it’s kinda hard for me to treat “Person discovers things that have been true since the start of capitalism” as something new.

I don’t know what else to say besides

China W.

Extremely reductive. You are constantly presented with proof of something happening due to a specific rationale, and you decide to deny that rationale even exists in the first place. The rich do give a shit if you’re white, black, or trans, because rich people are not omnisciently minded perfectly logical entities, they are biased as fuck in many cases. It also does not help that capitalists have learned that one of the best ways to offset contradictions into the future is by misattributing the capitalist causes of many oppressive and awful systems onto minorities. Almost like something you might do if given the chance.

Minor consequences for my actions = immediate cardiac arrest.

You have to write a 50 paragraph NSFL rant that uses slurs for trans people not used since the 1400’s. Only then will somebody maybe think of how wrong it is, but only occasionally.

That’s a relief. I was just kinda scared because when a controversial (even if we like him, a lot of other people don’t) figure enters a public space, they usually face a lot of hostilities ranging from protestors to full-blown assassination attempts. But I should be more sure in knowing that Comrade Kim knows this and has plans in place for any perceived hostile reactions to his visit.

Yeah, it’s just I don’t want anything bad to happen

Good point, comrade. Thanks for bringing it up!

Yeah, it’s definitely a fuck.

I was just saying that there might have been a better way to do it but since Porky doesn’t care about “better” it’s never been done, yk?

Ngl, it’s a bit worrying seeing that he doesn’t have any bodyguards (not in the pics atleast)

Let me guess, it’s one of those situations where there is there is a better method available but nobody has invested in the infrastructure to use this new method?

Only tangentially related.

Why do we still mine coal? Coal mining, from what I hear, is extremely destructive, not only to the environment, but to the body. Compare that to charcoal, and while it’s still pretty dirty, it doesn’t require smacking a pick onto a rock that spits toxic dust into your face. The process to make charociaI is also inherently contained, as it requires you keep the wood in a small space with no air flow. I mean, looking online, I barely see any differences between coal and charcoal. The most I see was one Reddit comment saying “coal burns longer.”

I feel like this needs to be said, as though you are operating under an assumption…

Hexbears, while they may individually be apart of an organization, are not, collectively, revolutionaries, but merely sympathizers to the revolutionary cause. The collective of Hexbears, regardless of individual outliers (shoutout to the party members on Hexbear) are leftists, communists, anarchists, whatever, insofar that they agree with the ideology of their choosing and sympathize with actions taken by the revolutionary apparatus of their choosing.

These sentiments are coming from, not an organized revolutionary apparatus that is obligated to be tactical, merciful, or at minimum, adherent to their ideology of choosing, but an angry mass that has complete and utter justification to talk about their disgust and hatred towards the higher reactionary castes. I emphasize talk, because nobody is subscribing to the ideology of “Total Euro-Amerikkkan Genocide” because a Hexbear said that landleeches should be gutted like fish.

If you are a party member, congratulations, and thank you for performing praxis. If you are not, then it’s partially understandable, given the toll that capitalism takes on all of us, and our inability to meaningfully oppose it in some instances. But you should not mistake an angry mass for a revolutionary apparatus. Isn’t vanguardism all about converting an angry, marginalized, and alienated mass towards a revolutionary direction?

And sure, you may not subscribe to vanguardism, but it is still essential to make distinctions between the revolutionary apparatus and the alienated masses. An alienated mass can scream and shout about how they want to disintegrate anyone who’s ever misgendered a person, and while they are valid for having those beliefs due to the aforementioned harm inflicted upon them, in no ways are they capable of, or even realistically supportative, of that mass murder.

Oppressed people say shit, and if all that shit were ennacted in real life, sure, bad things would happen. But that’s why the words “glib,” “off-handed remark,” “in the heat of the moment,” and other such words exist - to signify the difference from a meaningful call to action vs. a frustrated cry against the oppressor castes.