plov_mix [comrade/them]

I read it and I don’t have anything smart or rational to say, other than how tired I am of this one particular assumption palpable in the way many Western lefties think (including this piece, I feel): “y’all in the third world need to catch up with us — that is, become Western/modern AND THEN, ONLY THEN can we start building solidarity to takedown capitalism.” It seems really difficult for many on the Western left (whatever that definition is) to imagine solidarity NOT on the terms of their Eurocentric history and experiences. /rant.

ABBA = are bad bureaucracies all?

I used to have no idea why so many “rad” academics love their Arendt. Now I do.

ancient Chinese heaven didn’t take nukes into account

It looks like the US hegemony is getting only stronger, not weaker, no matter what it does.

“If Heaven wants someone to perish, it’d first make them go unhinged,” actual Chinese proverb (天欲其亡必欲其狂)