I shave most days out of the week, but I am probably spiritually a neckbeard, yeah.

I'm absolutely certain that science does not "confirm" whatever you think that means.

You're not wrong, the entire point of Marxist Internationalism & Solidarity is precisely to combat that tendency. In short, this is not really a counter-argument to Marxism, precisely because the vast majority of Marxist theory (that written between the Revolutions of 1848, and the revolutions in Russia & China) are written in exactly that context, and exists to address & make the argument to workers why that's a bad idea for them to do.

Of course getting people to accept & understand that is harder than just saying it; but the point is that this isn't something Marxists are unawares of. If you are interested in further (digestable) info on the topic I would suggest the youtube channels Jonas Čeika - CCK Philosophy, Hakim, Yugopnik & Second Thought.

Could you explain what the premise of the theory is?

I legit thought the joke was that you wrote out * removed externally hosted image * in your comment.

That's a bit of a non-sequitur in this instance don't you think? We're not talking about what the name of a place is, but rather how the two countries' citizenry feel about their respective governments.

The first time I played a half-life game was back when The Orange Box came out & I had the same opinion back then as I do now.

Why do you have to jiggle the control stick in order to detach parts from constructs.

Because

This is basically identical to where I'm at.

Tbh, I think that the answer is a lot simpler than what you're expecting, or would prefer. Which at least in my case is mainly that a lot of pop music doesn't really speak to me at an aesthetic, or emotional level at all.

But I'm also an asshole, who's music tastes are mostly encapsulated by videogame OST's. Or if not that, then like very dumb male-led goth rock.

There are also a handful of women-led pop songs that I have liked over the years, but they are almost universally songs from before I was born, for example "Self Control".

But I ask: Why is it considered bad for straight men to want to listen to a song about how a woman wants to fuck? Volcel Pledge, notwithstanding.

Well I always assumed they were talking about somebody other than me there, so that'd be your answer there.