Which puts the “human shields” narrative to bed. The IOF know their attacks aren’t hitting people in the tunnels or else they would have succeeded by now. The misery is the point.

You can’t afford to lose the moderate Hitlerite vote.

Will the US step in? Or will they let Israel eat shit and negotiate some peace deal like 2006. Surely there are elements of the US government that, while fully supportive of Isn’treal existing and doing genocide, but want them to be reigned in and brought back to being a loyal client.

Least misogynistic DSA member.

Oh it’s a podcast, I was hoping from the trailer it was an anime about Nixon and Kissinger using blood sacrifice to summon demons.

Because they believe they have already won. It really comes down to that. “Why would you pick communism, it lost already?” is what they think. Picking the winning sides makes you smart.

Calling you a “single issue voter” when that issue is genocide.

Ooh that’s a good one, it has the ponzi scheme aspect and the speculation aspect. And people would know it’s not real but put money in it anyways.

Idk it sounds similar to Dutch Tulip bubble.

So they expect the oil supply to increase. Does that mean they think the Russia Ukraine war will be resolved? Or that US will deregulate and increase production? Or do they have no idea and gamble?

Lex Luthor stealing 40 cakes energy.

Uhh based department?

RE: Federal interest rate cut.

Okay so the graph shows that a cut in interest rates precipitates a recession. While that’s true, I think we’re still in uncertain waters because the US economy is unlike it’s ever been. The 8 years of near zero interest rates was unprecedented and shifted so much of the capital into assets rather than real production. So I don’t know if the typical rules about borrowing and reinvestment will apply.

Do the high priests of the economy think a recession is coming? They’re saying they don’t think so, but they also could be lying. The rate hikes were intended to slow down inflation, which they largely did. But prices are still high compared to wages. What will people do with lower interest rates? Is it enough to boost general consumption? Or just enough for financial types to move money away from production and into financial instruments. I don’t know.

So they are encouraging us to not vote for a president at all? I’m okay with that.

Kicking myself for not making my account “ComradeWizardmon”.

No le c’este un bumpre stiqure

Pope’s just mad he’s losing his Vatican Candidate in January.

Jesus Delgado Vancé

My NYC said this is because Adams had been critical of the Biden regime. The King is putting an audacious baron back in his place.

Capitalism or capitalists are not something that meaningfully exist before the industrial revolution

I disagree here. The nascent of capitalism was grown within the old order of feudalism in small scale. Burghers/bourgeoisie operated within cities that were distinct in economy and governance from the rest of feudal world. Guilds and city councils were bourgeoisie organizations which codified the accumulation of capital. They weren’t producing on a factory scale, but they weren’t independent artisans either. Guild masters had dozens of employees under them who produced artisan goods in exchange for wage labor. While the majority of the population were agricultural workers, within select cities the urban population would turn surplus into capital. If it’s a matter of definition you could call this proto-capitalism because it wasn’t systemic to the entire economy, but a capitalist logic certainly dominated those select cities which allowed them to accumulate so much wealth. But I think if you have a hard cut off on capitalism beginning only with the industrial revolution, you’re losing a lot of relevant conversation.

All in all, it seems to me as if this book is about the inter-state politics of capitalism

And I don’t really disagree with this. The author doesn’t go into too much detail about how things are produced.