I think we almost completely agree, I'm just playing with the idea that the person above stated about the Sino-Soviet style split. I think it's not the most likely for reasons you stated, but its still possible given the current contradictions.

I think I agree with all of this? I am also a huge fan of Laussen and think we should more highly regard his analyses. But does this disagree with me in some way for me to reflect? Like, does the this inform how European Bourgeois element will react to the crises arising from the developments around neoliberalism vs sovereignty (this is the term that I prefer, but i get the usage of nationalism)?

I think that the easiest reaction for the Bourgeoisie in Europe is to move Capital investment eastward while shifting ownership westward until the entire system collapses and is subsumed in China and the Global South's "sovereignty" dynamic. Europe, during that shift, will either join the US in failing or just easily slide over into more equal footing with the rest of the world.

The other option, that the comrade above is highlighting, is that (some other, maybe?) contradictions will lead to a large split between Europe and the US before the total collapse. I think this is enticing, and could fit Laussen's contradiction because Europeans are pretty self-righteous and maybe unwilling to fully subsumed themselves to US interests when against their own. I tend to think European leaders too weak to possibly do that, but I hope to be proven wrong.

Well of course, it's just the form that it will take that we're discussing! A sino-soviet style split is an interesting version which I could see though, and hope you're right. I think more likely, unfortunately, is a slow subsumption to US interests with no real resistance except outwardly aimed expropriation (fascism) towards the eastern block countries. We will see how the Bourgeoisie begins to shift in Europe, either towards US capital or exporting to Poland/Czechia

This is immensely optimistic but I agree that these contradictions are growing. We will see how the reaction looks.

Wait how did someone discover a hole with a fence built inside of it???

Did someone have the coolest secret base in the world or something?

Waiting on Trump to endorse the genocide of the boers in retaliation

I think you could even make the argument stronger: Deng didn't even act like a capitalist, he wrote and said exactly what the strategy was and looked to the west more like "You can come and do some exploiting of our labor, but we will win from that in the end. You'll still come though because Capital can't resist this" and it worked so well that capitalists and western leaders convinced themselves that he didn't believe himself.

Same, I can feel annoyed by the disagreements but I still find myself enthusiastic to read it. Xioahongshu(2) is a good comrade.

such a chaotic moist-boy

Trump shares a video of Sachs where he talks shit about Netanyahu. Netanyahu will come groveling and Trump will give in and help with genocide. It's a tragic and horrific spectacle. The kayfabe is impressive.

And here we go with blaming the resistance for the bombing days after Israel already broke the ceasefire, as predicted by many in the News Megathread. The immortal science takes another easy point

link for the libs: TW: The Guardian

I read this article a while ago, super useful. The entire time, the author was wrestling with very real conditions, with material reality, but had such an obvious idealistic position with respect to social conditions that it was honestly funny to read. The conclusions about DEI honestly just came from nowhere, with absolutely no reason, in the middle of an article that could otherwise be considered good analysis.

But this is what happens when investors want to know realistically what's happening: the advisors aren't going to lie because that will hurt their business. So they do a good analysis. But a step further (the 'and why is it so') is just nonsense again

link to the guardian about Amsterdam last week

genuinely surprised that the guardian is still talking about this as the original framing falls apart. Still not a good article, but some super surprising admittances to find here.