distal

"I love terrorising the populace" —Him maybe

Gentoo.

This can be said about Ukraine since Ukraine does not have nuclear weapons. USA and Iran has a similar dynamic with empty threats. The "Western" block of Europe has two states armed with nukes however and NATO which has the US as a member. This is a significant qualitative difference. So either it's: Russia won't actually attack because MAD is recognised or Putin is a madman.

The middle of the road approach would be to understand the very real danger of military escalation and threat of nuclear war and then demilitarise to lower the explosiveness of inevitable infractions during periods of heightened tensions.

The insane approach would be to increase militarism. Major military spending is perversely useful though because it caulks over crisis by stimulating the economy without redistributing wealth or creating level playing fields as would be the case with educational spending. Russia itself is a good example of this. By doing things this way you are signalling to your opponent (Russia in the case of the EU) that the game is on.

RIP world. War between Europe and Russia means nuclear war.

are you serious?

Whatever you think of Marx, it's undeniable he has literary value. I'd say read him.

fair.

Hm, interesting. What do you think of Anwar Sheikh?

I find Heinrich to be more stimulating over all. He is really unique in that he and his peers consulted some pretty obscure notes and unpublished corrections/refinements M&E made. They differ from the big editions that were historically published. I am an "agnostic" Marxist – as in I don't like to moralise about the USSR like a Trot and hate the present discourse around doctrinal purity and traditionalist legacy, who the real communists supposedly are and whether or not anyone today is allowed to call themselves a communist – I don't at all believe in distancing yourself from an author's work because other positions they hold don't conform neatly to one's previous politicisation.

Michael Heinrich wrote a very helpful guide for Capital. Perfect for the first 100 pages.

The already bullshit concept of an "AI" super intelligence had a definition. This renaming is completely nonsensical and nullifies the original meaning.

Pirating is ethical, spotify is not!