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Bulletins and News Discussion from April 21st to April 27th, 2025 - JD Vance vs Pope Francis, No Items, Final Destination
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Image is sourced from this Guardian article.
The Pope's fucking dead.
He gave JD Vance three chocolate easter eggs, exchanged pleasantries for 17 minutes, and then keeled over and died.
What a way to go.
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You fundamentally do not understand Revolutionary Defeatism and fall back into learned chauvinism and "above it all" thinking that is endemic to westoids. DPRK is fighting in Kursk against Ukrainian Nazis btw. They get it, you do not.
Hilarious for you to use DPRK as an example when they perfectly illustrate my point and KJU understands the importance of solidarity against imperialism where you do not.
Nowhere did I say fighting for Russia is the only way to combat fascism and imperialism. But it is one valid way to do so. Hence why DPRK soldiers are killing American-backed Ukrainian Nazis as we speak, and I support it.
Completely dogmatic way of thinking. I should remind you that you just said "Cuba and Vietnam are not engaged in combat with Nazis and imperialists currently." to the suggestion that materially supporting those socialist countries would be more than/equally as productive materially supporting Russia. So which is it? Are there alternatives, or is "die for a country marginally less fascist than the country they're fighting because Lenin said so"?
I support DPRK, again critically, that doesn't mean I think it's a good idea for young DPRK men to die in this conflict. There are again, thousands of better ways to support socialism than to throw your life away shoulder to shoulder with reactionaries. That's my two cents. Probably going to stop responding to you once you call me a chauvinist again.
Cuba and Vietnam are both at peace, not currently engage in any hot war. Russia and DPRK are not, they are fighting at this moment, murderous Nazis with drones and tanks.
You are a chauvinist. It’s that simple. You oppose the official policies of AES like DPRK and think you know better than the people fighting Nazis. Arrogant sheltered westoid brat. Some people actually have to live in the places targeted by your murderous empire, it’s not theoretical to us. We die and fight so you can feel guilty sitting around doing nothing and lecture us that we're just "dying in a meatgrinder for no reason" as we get bombed non-stop or have fascists installed in coups in our governments. You know in Donbas millions of civilians lived through 8 years of artillery shelling and sniping by Nazis right? This like totally doesn't factor into your equation at all. So many good people died fighting for the people of the DPR and LNR. I find that western leftists have a complete blind spot for Russians and people in post-soviet countries and don't extend solidarity to them in any way. Fighting on our behalf is just "throwing your life away" because let's face it, we're not humans worth sacrificing for in your eyes.
Also why is your support of DPRK critical? I fully support DPRK. Its foreign policy is immaculate, and they consistently have the correct position on almost every single global affair. They are true allies of the oppressed who show solidarity as they are supposed to. You should learn from their example.