He singlehandedly killed the petrodollar and made clean energy a global imperative. He truly may be the best president the empire has had.

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It's already happening. Iran now charges a toll for passage through Hormuz. Iran has destroyed US bases across the region and pushed back the empire. They are already in a far stronger position than they were before the war started. All the Gulf states can now see that the US security umbrella is worthless, and they have to start making deals with Iran if they are to survive. The defeat of the fascists by Iran in their region is absolutely going to make Iran stronger going forward.

Remind me how Vietnam worked out for the burger reich again?

I really think NDP should focus on building a movement through education and grassroots engagement rather than focusing on elections right now. What we need is a vision people can get behind and stay committed to for the long haul. The platform of socialism is the correct vehicle here because it offers a structural alternative to the current system. It's not about this or that individual issue that libs and cons fight over. It's acknowledging that our current liberal capitalist system is not operating in the interest of the working class majority, and that we need a fundamental change in how the country is run.

Exactly, I really hope that renewables start being reframed as energy sovereignty.

As Lenin so eloquently put it, every society is three meals away from chaos.

Welcome to another market manipulation Friday

not sure if they have live streams, but here's the video of the launch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9Gyo-gFTmE

turns out fascists aren't very good at logistics

That all only works for so long though, material reality always finds a way of asserting itself in the end.

I don't even know if it's actually his quote, but really nails it