Imperialism is the highest stage of capitalism. They stick together because they are symptoms of the same illness. I too long for the day when the U.S empire is just a distant bad memory, tavarish.

I find that when there are others involved in a project, I tend to be much more productive. I don’t know if it’s fear of disappointing other people, but just having people relying on me doing my part makes my not wait til the last minute

Literately 1984?

It’s probably a mix of many different views, but there’s probably a lot of Marxist leninists here. Me included.

Very few people are totally against working in general, it’s more that they’re against the current system of work/employment.

Marxism is in large a criticism of the employer employees relation. Or capitalist proletariat relation as it would be called in marxist terms. The critique is in in short terms pointing out the the fact that the workers themselves don’t own the means of production, and has to sell their labour to a capitalist, whom in turn takes the surplus value (created by the workers) for himself.

I can’t possibly write all Marxist theory on the topic here, but if it seems interesting, I would recommend reading up on it, or watching videos by well informed creators. Hakim (@yaboihakim on YouTube) is a great source of information on Marxism. And the communist manifest by Karl Marx is a very short and easily available book that has a great introduction to communism.

Hope this helps. And im happy to answer if you got more questions!

Believe it or not, but I actually appreciate being corrected when it’s in good faith.

Absolutely. I’m just in the habit of pointing out anticommunist causes due to the widespread belief that Stalin himself caused the famine.

In soviet, lots of things happened. Firstly, famine was not uncommon in the first place. Countless deaths from famine was also the case before the October revolution. Just in the beginning of the1900’s there were famines in 1901, 1906 and 1911, and not long before that, there was a famine in 1891 which claimed 500k lives.

The collectivisation of agriculture often gets the blame for excessive deaths during the 1932 famine. It would be better to say that the landowners(Kulaks) reaction to the collectivisation caused excessive deaths. Millions of cattle and pigs were slaughtered and left to rot by the kulaks and crops were burned.

In spite of these sabotages, there were still farms that successfully collectivised and managed to meet the quota set during the famine. Even though Ukraine SSR have had had the infamous rumor of genocide against Ukraine during the famine, it was also here the reaction against collectivisation was strongest, and sabotages to food production destroyed around 50% of crops and cattle.

The famine was actually worse in Kazakhstan in terms of percentage of population. And there was never a claim of genocide taking place in this region. Guess not being a neighbor to the west isolated you somewhat to western propaganda.

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Alright, my bad

They didn’t even manage to make it sound negative.

Foreign man in foreign land and Andrewism comes to mind

I just remembered my time walking to work in a snow storm. Hating my life and feeling like a drone with no purpose other than to work. It was at a hard time of my life, so the monotony of my life was extra hard to deal with at that time. Anyways, some time later I started crossing paths with this man. He was always smiling at me, saying “good morning” and moving out of the path for me to walk past him (there was a thin path of downtrodden snow). I don’t know why, but this moved me to tears everyday I meat him. So yeah, happines or compassion or something. Good feelings

If you’re gonna convince a car user of our views on urban development, you’ve gotta be in it for the long run. I find it extremely tedious and time-consuming to gradually nudge their perspective from unsustainable car centric planning to sustainable urban planning

China had/has sanctions on import/export of coal, some petroleum products as well as some textiles. I haven’t read any statements about the their sanctions from China, so I don’t know why.

It seems to come from a UN resolution, but I’m not sure

If Hollywood wants to produce a movie about war/ show military operations etc. they can let the D.O.D in on the production/writing. If the D.O.D is allowed to co-write the script, the production team basically get to use equipment and military locations for free.

This is the part of the deal that’s out in the open. I’m certain of that there’s a lot more going on behind closed curtains.

Haven’t got any papers or posts for you, but I’ve been working night shifts for 5+ years now, and got some experience and I’ve talked to doctors and nutritional experts about getting through night shifts in a healthy way. Take it as anecdotal advice, and do some reading and testing yourself. Everyone I work with has kind of their own way of managing their daily routines, so I believe this is an issue that needs a somewhat individual approach.

• try to reduce stress and prolonged hard physical work. Your body probably knows it’s night, and you should try to accommodate this by taking it easy.
• wear sunglasses if the sun is up at the end of your shift/on your way home to increase your body’s production of melatonin (sleep hormones). You can also try melatonin supplement if you struggle to fall asleep.
• sleep in a dark and quiet room, and aim for at least 8 hours of sleep. Your sleep quality is most likely worse during the day, so don’t skimp on the amount of sleep
• try not to eat foods with lots of carbohydrates (pasta, bread…). Eating too much carbs will upset your metabolism and will make it harder to fall asleep.
• Have a sleep schedule, and stick to it.
• drink water during your shift. Try to avoid coffee or energy drinks.

Lastly, exercise to keep your body heathy. And eat healthy foods as well. Working night shifts isn’t good for your health, so try to compensate by having a healthy lifestyle. Listen to your body. If you can’t handle working nights, I strongly recommend finding something else if that’s an option for you.

Thanks! Great thread about the topic

I sincerely hope that you guys are organizing a union as well. Although your strategy of pranking/scaring the managers and bosses probably work and are funny too, forming a union can do so much more in terms of salary, working conditions and worker participation in workplace policy making.

Anyways, thumbs up for keeping the bosses on their toes!

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