Ronin_5

I've got this theory that the means of production of a country is centred around an industrial base, which provides primary and secondary goods to the country to be processed into goods which can reproduce labour.

The main difference then between Soviet liberalization and Chinese market reforms, is that the the Chinese were able to retain the industrial base as organs of the party while soviet liberalization induced neglect of the industrial base.

Similarly, we can trace the industrial base of western nations to extend globally through imperialism, explaining its strength and technological advancement. Whereas in communist nations, it's limited to just the country itself.

Are there any resources or articles that validate this theory?

https://mangadex.org/chapter/fccb64d9-a7dd-4b0f-b6cf-302abe35184a

Just wanted to rant a bit. This is one of those 3 hr repairs that turned into a 8 hr repair. I hit so many snags, most of which was that I didn’t know how to do some stuff and had to figure it out.

I had a couple of maintenance items coming up: oil change, replace cracked brake line, bleed brakes, and change out the transfer case/differential fluid

The oil change was pretty standard. But the brake line was held in with clips that I had to figure out how to remove and how to reinstall it. Apparently, it was orientation specific because you needed to cram a lip into the hole, and there were little tabs so you had to twist it so that it’d fit between those tabs.

Bleeding brakes was messy as well. But the real trouble came when I got to the back brakes and found that I had to replace the rear brake pads. My car has an electric parking brake. I had initially tried to access the car’s service mode but that did not work at all. I ended up disconnecting the motor and using a 12v AA battery pile to pull back the Caliper.

I also lost a lot of time trying to remove the caliper bracket. I don’t have an extension that grants me access to the bolt. As a result, I had to settle with a pad slap. I would typically take off the bracket and grind it off with a brass brush, clean out the pins, and replace the brake disk.

The passenger side rear caliper pins were also seized and that led to uneven brake wear, because it was locking in the closed position. Good thing I caught it. I wasn’t able to use brake cleaner to wash out the insides, so I just slapped new grease on top of old. Works well enough.

I also found that the drivers side rear caliper boot had a giant hole in it. I don’t have the parts for repair so I just left it. I might take it to a shop because I’m not confident I can diy it.

The panic moment hit when I connected everything and my electric parking brake stopped working. It was throwing a motor malfunction code. It turns out the software locks out the parking brake whenever that code appears, but when you clear the code it starts working again.

I did not end up changing out the differential fluid.

The brake fluid, replacement hose, and pads ended up around $60-$70. Oil change mats costs me $50 give or take. But IMO, the real value from doing your own repairs is that you can just fix issues that pop up when you’re digging around in there.

I also spent 8 hr and my body hurts. I also found that I need to invest in a ratcheting wrench set, because I’m going to need that sooner or later. I’ve just been using a ratchet for everything.

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Statement prepared by the Communist Party of the Philippines, a Maoist organization, regarding the nature of Philippine-China relations.

In summary, it is recognized that China is not a threat to Philippine sovereignty, but Filipino officials are, in that they are proxies for US imperialism.

The primary struggle of the Maoists in the Philippines is recognized by them as being against US imperialism. Not against AES countries.

There will always be misrepresentations of socialist struggle in such a way that it antagonizes each other. And the validity of these misrepresentations should always be verified.

For some context, I just got banned from the tankiedeprogram sub because I pointed out that the ACP will regurgitate theory and 70% of the sub users won't pick up on the fact that they're nazbols.

Then when one person said they'd never agree with the ACP, I pulled up his post history and found that he was sexually harassing another redditor. Which essentially vindicated my criticism.

But doing some self-criticism, I first of all, pissed off an entire sub by saying they'd agree with nazbols, and secondly, put a target on my back for any ACP lurkers for potentially making some viewers more self-aware. These factors combined led to my ban.

Maybe I should post more strategically. But I believe that inciting some self awareness is more important than losing a sub on an account.

Taylor Larenz describes the importance of section 230 and ongoing efforts to dismantle it