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As is tradition, at around this time of year, we discuss the latest developments in the communist plan to destroy Christmas and everything festive and jolly - including that bastard kulak Santa Claus. Down with holly and myrrh, and up with historical materialism!
This year, I'm highlighting the economic trend of de-Decemberization, as the world struggles to break free from the seasonal hegemony imposed by the North Pole. Some regard it as a rather overhyped phenomenon, stating that the chains of Christmas are too frozen for any country to thaw and break in the current environment. Others are more optimistic, and assert that perhaps an alternative world holiday could be established to outright replace it, or maybe a series of smaller holiday traditions can bring it down like a pack of wolves bringing down a moose.
To return to seriousness, as this year draws to a close, I hope everybody here - yes, also you, the person reading this - has a 2026 that was better than 2025, and that the efforts of the United States and their proxies are foiled at every turn. One day, humans will live in a world free from empires, and it would be nice if as many of us as possible lived to see that world's birth.
At the very least, I'd like to live to see an aircraft carrier sink beneath the waves.
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Understanding War and the Saker: reactionary sources that have occasional insights on the war.
Alexander Mercouris, who does daily videos on the conflict. While he is a reactionary and surrounds himself with likeminded people, his daily update videos are relatively brainworm-free and good if you don't want to follow Russian telegram channels to get news. He also co-hosts The Duran, which is more explicitly conservative, racist, sexist, transphobic, anti-communist, etc when guests are invited on, but is just about tolerable when it's just the two of them if you want a little more analysis.
Simplicius, who publishes on Substack. Like others, his political analysis should be soundly ignored, but his knowledge of weaponry and military strategy is generally quite good.
On the ground: Patrick Lancaster, an independent and very good journalist reporting in the warzone on the separatists' side.
Unedited videos of Russian/Ukrainian press conferences and speeches.
Pro-Russian Telegram Channels:
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https://t.me/aleksandr_skif ~ DPR's former Defense Minister and Colonel in the DPR's forces. Russian language.
https://t.me/Slavyangrad ~ A few different pro-Russian people gather frequent content for this channel (~100 posts per day), some socialist, but all socially reactionary. If you can only tolerate using one Russian telegram channel, I would recommend this one.
https://t.me/s/levigodman ~ Does daily update posts.
https://t.me/patricklancasternewstoday ~ Patrick Lancaster's telegram channel.
https://t.me/gonzowarr ~ A big Russian commentator.
https://t.me/rybar ~ One of, if not the, biggest Russian telegram channels focussing on the war out there. Actually quite balanced, maybe even pessimistic about Russia. Produces interesting and useful maps.
https://t.me/epoddubny ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/boris_rozhin ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/mod_russia_en ~ Russian Ministry of Defense. Does daily, if rather bland updates on the number of Ukrainians killed, etc. The figures appear to be approximately accurate; if you want, reduce all numbers by 25% as a 'propaganda tax', if you don't believe them. Does not cover everything, for obvious reasons, and virtually never details Russian losses.
https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses ~ Pro-Russian, documents abuses that Ukraine commits.
Pro-Ukraine Telegram Channels:
Almost every Western media outlet.
https://discord.gg/projectowl ~ Pro-Ukrainian OSINT Discord.
https://t.me/ice_inii ~ Alleged Ukrainian account with a rather cynical take on the entire thing.
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Takaichi Cabinet’s approval rate:
Went up from 69.9% since the first weeks to 75.9%
Age 18-29: 92.4% approval rate
Breakdown by age:
The far right turn is going to be the trend for the kids these days, huh.
Thats because kids rebel against the neoliberal hollow anti-narrative hegemonical culture ubiquitous since the 1980s. Sadly since social liberals appropriated so much social justice language - it too became seen as elitist. Not only do young people seek community, stability, and prospects for the future, they also find it much easier to accept far right recruitment (which has much more structural power behind it, AND actually had a long-term plan to restore its prevalence) because they make them "feel bad" by telling them to work on their biases & isms. Punching down seems also far more doable than destroying a global empire.
Though I do think the 90% is faked.
Yeah no, I'm calling bullshit, 92% is straight up banana republic levels of fake polling
They cucked the polls folks
Quite possible, but I don’t think the numbers are low. Xenophobia is a very real problem.
Remember that Japan went through 35 years of stagnation with extreme stability that few countries could achieve, even with sacrificing an entire generation of young people aka the Lost Generation, but if there are too many Turkish, Vietnamese, Nepali and Indians in the neighborhood? Sorry we prefer to live poorly than to see foreigners co-exist with us.
Then they will live poorly. Same goes for China if the trend continues
No way the youth support her more than the 70s+ group
My understanding is that her military Keynesianism is a departure from the typical market-lead solutions that Japan has been using to destroy itself for decades. Instead of just relying on tax cuts and deregulation while hoping for the market to give young people jobs, she's going to put them to work building bombs and drones. It's honestly shocking more countries aren't doing this.
We’re back to the 1920s. Germany and Japan are lockstep in this.
Amongst most of the former allies yes.
Can’t really decide what’s worse, Japan’s outright doing “revival of the glorious empire” type politics or Germany’s loud and performative “remorse” (unworthy victims excluded)
As someone who has to live in Germany: at least the Japanese are honest about their unrepentant militarism. They just straight up deny their war crimes and glorify their war criminals. Everyone can see clearly who they are. Germans on the other hand are repugnant hypocrites who proudly boast about how morally superior they are for "dealing" with their Nazi past while at the same time arming literal Nazis, supporting a genocide, and working to fulfil Hitler's dream of defeating and colonizing Russia.
What can I say? When you're familiar enough with Germany and generally Europe's wily tricks
It often proves the old quote 'Closeness breeds contempt'
Japanese youth caught in 4k:
Is her desire to bring back Imperial Japan the only reason why she is so popular with young people? I guess this is the Western education system working as intended.
I mean Japan is stagnating for a while and "dying out" perfect breeding ground for fascism.
A lot of it is rooted in opposing the increasing number of immigrants in the country, as Japan is an aging society and needs to import foreign labor to work. Xenophobia, to put it simply.
And just to be fair, I have also seen similar sentiment growing in China (for example, videos of Indian and African labor in Guangzhou that went viral on social media recently) and the recent outburst about the K visa.
You ain't kidding. I was just watching this video about the travel advisory to avoid Japan: http://xhslink.com/o/2HvikfzFI0y
Then I read the comments..
It's all about Indians and Black people. What the hell is going on in China.
It’s bad… On the one hand, there is genuine concern about job market competition during economic downturn, on the other, as I wrote to another commenter, the viral internet content has fried everyone’s brains (the whole world). The short form video content platforms have been especially successful in disseminating the worst negative stereotypes and people are being bombarded with the most rage-inducing reactionary content on a daily basis.
I sure do love watching the last 20 years as everyone on the planet’s brains slowly circle the drain while being consumed by increasingly isolated bubbles of incandescent rage
We're always losing it too. I wish it wasn't so easy to lose hope, but why does it feel like it's inevitable that fascists get to do what they want?
I have to wonder how much of the xenophobia in China is itself due to cultural leakage from outside (e.g. students going to foreign universities, VPNs into Westoid internet cesspools, and mainstream Chinese news laundering stories about "immigrants bad" from Europe and the US).
Viral internet content has fried everyone’s brain, especially with the rise of short form videos that incentivize the most shocking/dramatic contents often showing the worst stereotypes of any country or group of people to invoke rage and emotions. As a result, all anyone knows about a particular country is reinforced by what they’ve seen on the internet. This is what people are being bombarded with daily when browsing social media apps.
I think it is more an issue with unemployment and stagnating wages.
China Average Yearly Wages:
Source: https://tradingeconomics.com/china/wages
China Annual Disposable Income:
Comparison with other economies:
Adjusted for CPI?