Alsephina

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[–] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 months ago (10 children)

A western colony primarily made of western settlers and completely aligned with imperial core countries is western.

It's a political term rather than geographic. Same reason why Australia isn't part of the Global South despite being in the south, because it's controlled by colonizers.

[–] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's just projection as always

[–] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 19 points 2 months ago

? It's referring to how Macron is refusing to hand over power to the leftist coalition that won, in favour of the fascists.

[–] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago

controlled by individuals without checks

Other than the sources Cowbee linked, @Awoo@hexbear.net and @Alaskaball@hexbear.net also compiled a list of transcripts of times Stalin tried to resign from his post.

[–] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 months ago

Macron's already on that

[–] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 months ago

I'm seeing /u/10_0 from lemmy.ml in this thread trying to argue against socialism, currently. I guess they are anticommunist only when... what was your point again?

Anyone claiming China isn't socialist is grossly misinformed.

[–] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 months ago

A market economy under a socialist state, similar to what the USSR had under the NEP for its first 20 years.

[–] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

For images that don't list the source in themselves like these I like to put the source in the alt text like this

![https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/soviets-oligarchs-inequality-and-property-russia-1905-2016](https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/65a34c1d-e49d-47b1-bf83-07c344b109d5.png)

[–] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

my history knowledge is only broad

And very shallow apparently...

[–] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 21 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Hmm?

Poverty rates are steadily decreasing in China...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_China

...under every income group.
1

2.15

3.65

6.85

10

20

While homeownership rates have been steadily rising, reaching 90% in 2018

Those are some bold claims to make with nothing to back it up, when in fact reality says otherwise.

[–] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Also, poverty rates are steadily decreasing in China...

...under every income group.
1

2.15

3.65

6.85

10

20

While homeownership rates have been steadily rising, reaching 90% in 2018

I'd also recommend Human Rights In The Soviet Union, Including Comparisons With The U.S.A. by Albert Szymanski

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