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Karl Paul August Friedrich Liebknecht, born on this day in 1871, was a German socialist politician and theorist. Originally associated with the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), Liebknecht later became a co-founder with Rosa Luxemburg of both the Spartacus League and the Communist Party of Germany (KPD). Liebknecht is also known for his outspoken opposition to World War I.

The son of Wilhelm Liebknecht, one of the founders of the SPD, Karl Liebknecht trained to be a lawyer and defended many Social Democrats in political trials. He was also a leading figure in the socialist youth movement and thus became a leading figure in the struggle against militarism.

As a deputy in the Reichstag he was one of the first SPD representatives to break party discipline and vote against war credits in December 1914. He became a figurehead for the struggle against the war. His opposition was so successful that his parliamentary immunity was removed and he was improsoned.

Freed by the November revolution he immediately threw himself into the struggle and became with Rosa Luxemburg one of the founders of the new Communist Party (KPD)

In January 1919, the Spartacus League played a leading role in the Spartacist Uprising, a general strike and armed rebellion in Berlin. The uprising was crushed by the SPD government and the Freikorps (paramilitary units composed of World War I veterans). For their role in the uprising, Liebknecht and Luxemburg were both kidnapped, tortured, and murdered on January 15th, 1919.

Their contributions to European socialism are commemorated annually in Germany during the second weekend of January, an event known as the Liebknecht-Luxemburg Demonstration, or "LL-Demo" for short.

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[-] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Registered to take a drawing class at the community college and having regrets. It's during the day, I'll probably be surrounded by kids (meanwhile I'm 25), its waste of time and money. Might drop it and do accounting or some boring adult shit to actually have career prospects because that's how the world is I guess

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[-] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

The virgin my thesis is split across a couple of dozen tex files and it compiles in under 30 seconds versus the chad my thesis is a 120 page word doc and when a paste a figure into it my computer hangs for 4 minutes.

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[-] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

is there still a discord? I can't find a link to it anywhere

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[-] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

People will misunderstand a basic problem in like a calculus class and act like it's the equivalent of trying to go from a vague idea to a concrete definition and theorem in research mathematics. You're not resolving some grand ambiguity, you just misread a statement. Take a deep breath and start over.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

A week and a day into being a plumber helper n pretty much ready to start looking else where. I don’t want to dig peoples drainage pipes or septic pipes no more. Should I try HVAC or electrician?

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[-] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I just got a call which my phone labeled as [Name of my local bank] and answered it, it took a moment for the person on the other end to unmute or whatever and then I heard someone with a light accent ask to speak to Mr. [Last name] all of which combined for me to assume it was a scam call so I told him that Mr. [Last name] died in a terrible train accident and he said okay thank you and hung up. Was this a legit call lmao

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[-] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

cat walks up to you and meows wyd

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[-] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

ought to be a film about the swiss being manipulated by their army staff into causing a general european war because the generals got tired of all the preparation around a war that was never coming.

think 80s-90s thriller where russian/soviets team up with nato to stop the plot before the jackboot of 20th century reislaufer descends on an unsuspecting europe

if this already exists please direct me to it

[-] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Does the army use those knives

[-] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

after crashing into a barrack full of crack swiss shocktroops at night (because the loveable rivalry between our cold war odd couple causes an argument-->slipping off the fence and through the window)

the swiss, having responsibly locked their firearms while off duty reach for their Swiss Army Knifes. our heroes look at each other and share a hearty laugh "swiss army knives? you're kidding" the swiss, unphased, slowly close in on the makarov/PPK armed spies. the swiss sergeant smirks and speaks: "no, zis is ze ARMY knife" as he unfolds the 10cm widget into a submachine gun

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[-] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

olimar-point pikmin-carry-lall-moronspikmin-carry-r pikmin-onion
FWIIII ^Huh!^ ^Hooh!^ ^Huh!^ ^Hooh!^ ^Huh!^ ^Hooh!^

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[-] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

Finally getting around to watching Platoon (1986). It's OK. Hoping (with low expectations) that it becomes Nick Turse's Kill Everything That Moves: The Movie. I didn't know Keith David was in it though that's tight this guy can make anything watchable

[-] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I always hate when people say "well, you're just jealous". Yes, I am insanely fucking jealous, I will always be insanely fucking jealous, no I don't care if that's right or wrong. The fuck are they gonna do, stop me?

[-] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Every time star trek discourse comes up I feel so out of the loop. The borg get their consciousness uploaded to the unimatrix and it is rad yeah?

Like, they are supposed to be an analog for comunism. Everyone resents the loss of autonomy but then says it is better right? Cause this is how I remember it but no one else seems to have gotten that so I am just confused.

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[-] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

on the one hand i'm dying from anxiety bc my ex / woman i'm dating hasn't texted me back. on the other hand it feels great to have such a beautiful woman in my life again

Death to America

[-] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

My takeaway from Hexbear is I should skew a little more toxic. Just here, cause when in Rome... Logging off for a while now, but I truly should remember when coming back. If people are being shitty I shouldn't hold back from now on.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I quit my 4th job so far while being back at my parents, so Im going to act like im still going to work. Gotta kill some time after applying for jobs in the morning. Should I watch that Mnight Shamalan movie? Is Borderlands so bad its good? There’s barely any movies to watch rn lol

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[-] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Reading comic slop. This is actually way more fun without the “comicbook geek” baggage.

I read the 2016 Flinstone comic run, it was simple, they used all the gags you’d expect, and everyone was jacked as fuck for no reason. Like community theatre but everyone is pro wrestler sized. The more i liked these, the more i agree that it was comic book stores that killed comics in america.

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