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    12 hours ago

    But not voting in the US and feeling high and mighty about it is really stupid.

    I never said to “not vote” I just said vote 3rd party

    Lesser evilism in the context of world governments is absurd

    No its not, you are engaging in western chauvinism

    Your mistake is that you think all working class across all countries operate on same frequency while thats not the truth, working class of imperial core benefits from imperialism and thats why they are very lenient. The american worker manufactures weapons which are then used to bomb iranians or palestinains, american worker got the money, he is then brainwashed through media, workers of different nations operate on different layers thats why widespread worker solidarity without addressing the leniency of many workers is bullshit.

    it’s weird that you don’t mind being called a tankie

    Tankie is a slur used online against anyone who supports soviet union, maoist china, castros cuba, ho chi minh’s vietnam etc. In that sense I am a tankie and these experiments were far more democratic than whatever west offers.