Zionism, especially it’s modern incarnation: sure.
But there was a struggle for Israel’s soul that fascism won, due to that Zionist influence. But it needn’t have necessarily won.
It was fascist in its paramilitary early days, too. But that also predated the state.
Do I need to point at the so “North Korea is a democracy because it has democracy in the name” sign again?
Yes, the Nazis had some socialist leanings in the early days - but they were all eliminated once the Nazis came to power cementing them with Hitlers more pro-capital and anti-socialist side of the party rather than the more economically socialist Strasserites. So weren’t the government of the Nazi Reich, and out of the way long before the Second World War.
Mussolini’s PNF are a more interesting and murky choice, as Mussolini came from and had some more left wing views, and even though they crimibalised strikes they did at least give more heed to resolving class conflict - albeit as fascists do by conquest.
Israel is a good shout, and it was much more socialist back in its early days. Sadly, since the economic reforms of 85 with its privatisation of state services, cuts, and general adoption of neoliberal economic policy I don’t think counts as Socialist… And it only really got full fascy after then, the assassination of the leader in the 90s for the Oslo Accords and following elections makes a good mark for Israel turning unapologetically fascist I think
Really? I’ll bite. Name 3, and please note that:
Sulphuric Acid acts on trousers and carpets. Wooden desks seem remarkably immune.
Found out after getting an actual chemical and chemistry set from a deceased relative. Parents didn’t check what was in it, just “chemistry is educational, good he’s learning”.
I was either dropping magnesium or potassium into a beaker of sulphuric acid as both of them were in the set too. And I was either a butterfingered lummox, or the act of dropping the metal into unbalanced the beaker knocked it over and the sulphuric acid cascaded onto my jeans eating through them and making my leg itchy, and bubbling the carpet into a stinky white then grey foam. I can still picture-ish that sight; and I’m normally not very visually minded, a testament to the deep impression the experience left on me.
Was much more sensible after that: just burning magnesium and chucking potassium into tub of water in the garden like you do in Chemistry class from time to time.
And sadly still currently are in much of it.
Which was activated on Oct 8th, with an, as far a I know, historic first of also authorising killing Israeli civilians instead of letting them be taken hostage.
It’s called the “Hannibal Directive”.
Aye, only Protestantist Christianity (if it can be called that) and mormonism are worse.
The True Church of our Lord Father is Ethiopian Orthodoxy.
If you’re using “Tragedy of the Commons” as a synonym of Holocene Extinction, and are not talking about the way common land (i.e. The Commons) in Medieval and Early Modern Europe was managed, then sure I’ll concede the point.
But that was pre-Captialist, and similar things can be seen when we look and the surviving indigenous societies in the world. It would, indeed, be harder in areas that have been living under capitalism for the last five to six hundred years.
You seem to be analysing from a fairly traditional Marxist-Leninist lens, albiet with a novel definition of state. No bad thing, but there are other Left wing frameworks that bring interesting, alternate understandings.
There’s a surface level understanding that racism is bad.
But that’s seen as having no impact on holding strong, negative, stereotypes about other ethnicities and cultures.
And tends to be, in many cases followed up with “it’s not a prejudice/racism, it’s a fact!” =(
Sadly there’s a lot of anti-African, anti-South East Asian, anti-Japanese & Korean, anti-Turkic, antisemitic, sentiment floating around in general in the PRC.
I think the first runs afoul of the Tragedy of the Commons.
The real “Tragedy of the Commons” is that it’s a myth made up by Capitalists to justify their enclosure of common land and divesting those without land from their rights to self-sufficientcy and access to resources.
The Commons were generally well managed for hundreds of years by convention and local communities.
If you don’t have a state, or local proto-capitalists, with the violence to take possession of the commons, they remain well shared and not over-exploitated.
Better than the US is not a high bar to clear.
The PRC has gotten better in the last 15 years, but was also pretty poor before that, and still enacts environmentally catastrophic colonial extractavist projects in South East Asia, similar to Europe and North America in Africa and South America. (Though none as catastrophic as my homeland has been in West Africa.)
I hope that the PRC can keep to it’s trajectory, while reducing the harm done in South East Asia, and then in a few years can be better environmentally than all 1st World Nations.
White man who lived in China here chiming in.
The racism, or at least prejudices and a lack of understanding that cause racism, are very real.
Asia benefited from being near the top of the racist hierarchy of lies that Europeans instituted in the 19th century and also mostly learn about Black people from Hollywood films. (There’s also a really odd trend of New Right and crypto-fash talking points getting popular and spread around Chinese social media.)
In China at least, dating is seen as valid only in the path to marriage, and family and kids is an expected and socially impressed upon goal. To the point where plenty of women in China have kids they don’t want because of familial and social pressure.
At the same time, Asian society is very colourist which combined with having ingested the racist hierarchy somewhat and only really knowing Black people and culture from Hollywood isn’t a great start.
Rounding it off, I China at least is a desire for in group marriage. Foreigners are seen as a risky choice, who could leave and don’t share the same cultural values (regardless of the truth of it).
White people get more of a benefit of a doubt, but there’s still pressure against a Chinese-White relationship. I’ve heard of plenty of families putting pressure that ens inter-ethnic relationships, and there is definitely more pressure against Chinese-Black relationships. (Both cases also, sexistly, exacerbated when Chinese women, foreign man.)
Don’t think this is anything new or not know, sadly.
If the family is supportive, things work a lot better - unsurprisingly. But with Asian value of family, if the family are openly against it, it’s very unlikely to work out.
Or maybe since he was an early written source for low culture, he is just the first attested source because we didn’t print out what plebs were talking about prior to that?
I thought it was a common first name because of all the fooling around in the Cyberdog dressing rooms?
A strong belief in separation of government from society, and traditionally opposed to unity of state and religion too.
Islam as a whole, prior to Peak Colonialism (which obviously led to some serious cultural and social restructuring) Islam was big on society-religion being apart from government and power. Leave government alone and ignore it as much as you can to live well within society - Sharia as a social code for getting along, with more wiggle-room and freedom compared to medieval laws from governments or local elite.
Debt , pp. 220-225 has a lot more of Graeber on the matter and we can both check the bibliography for more in depth reading.
If any European thinks we don’t have to get much better with how we treat Romani, Sinti, and other traveller groups they’re objectively wrong.
Simply not being as terrible and as murderiffic as the US isn’t the goal, and really should be taken as a given for any society even attempting to be suitable for humanity.
Until a bunch of unknowns and uncertainty are added because no-one knows the future.
And they almost always assume that their actions won’t lead to a decline in users, too.
No, that’s Europe.
The PRC days off are appalling in comparison. And the previous comment didn’t even mention make up days.
All fun and games until they realise that Wars of Armageddon has a 10 minute run time.
That said, no one has complained about PJ Harvey yet.