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I agree, Dandadan is a great series

Alex, what is a pretty good meme?

Sounds like the main thing you want to do is read Reddit less. Basically you just need to break a habit. If you use an app, you could uninstall it. If you use a browser, you could use one of those habit-changer apps to remind you to not use Reddit every, set to 15 minutes or something, so that if you catch yourself using it you can stop.

They're saying there is no axis at all, arguing there's nothing to lose from this.

You assume he wants to live, then suggest La Guardia!?

lmao jk. Starting in Central Park you can go anywhere anonymously easily just by doing an outfit change and wearing a mask. La Guardia woild be faster than JFK.

Hotel -> Central Park -> Trains to JFK -> flight -> SURPRISE the flight is to Newark, where nobody will look because nobody goes there willingly

There is truth to the psychology you describe and its material basis. But if the Syrian government falls it will get worse. See how life is in those areas controlled by Daesh. 8 hours of power? How about half of one's family killed and no power at all for most unless they follow the exact dictates of the local reps. These are not speculative things or baseless fearmongering, it has been a daily reality for those in the parts of Syria and Iraq occupied by them.

Think of those who became so frustrated with the USSR that they began dismissing it. Yes, it had a great series of mistakes, and this contributed to their downfall, but (1) the primary enemy is the imperialists, (2) the imperialists are the main opponents of those we may want to dismiss, and (3) after the USSR fell, the world got worse and millions died during capitalist restoration anf maximum pressure by imperialists on all of thr countries that depended on that trade bloc.

Nearly every criticism of our "allies" can be correct and we will have less power and more death and a stronger imperialist bloc if they fall.

So to br clear I do not think criticizing the Syrian government is wrong, but it is incorrect to think of its hypothetical fall to US-backed forces as anything other than a disaster.

Agree, that is a good read

There isn't much surface starch on the surface of boiled noodles. You've gotta use pasta water! And that won't be enough if you're using typical storebought pasta, which has no coating of flour. You've gotta add a little flour at the beginning if you want to have a starchy water. Or use fresh homemade pasta.

Source: you'll never catch me with an imperfect aglio e olio emulsification.

What but why is anyone handling hot noodles. Just shock them with cold water.

Adventurism is at least a nice barometer. Look at how much people hate health insurance CEOs. If you're in an org, why not highlight healthcare CEOs as the enemy during events? If you're not in an org, I don't want to hear any lectures on the utility of adventurism.

Re: "but they will crack down on us!", they are going to do that anyways the moment we pose even the tiniest threat. They cracked down on sporadic street protests for racial justice and Ade cracking down on Palestinian solidarity orgsnixations. You had better have a plan for how you will be handling state crackdowns. They're not just going to let us organize unimpeded.

The main valid criticism is that adventurism doesn't build a mass movement, it distracts from the necessity of collective action against systemic forces. Which, sure, but why aren't you recruiting for your org while making that criticism? Isn't the point to build a mass movement?

Syria is essential geographically and politically for a stronger axis of resistance. It is good for the imperialists if the government falls (which is why they are behind all of this) and bad for Iran, Hezbollah, and anyone that works with them. Breaking up and preventing solidarity between states and organizations is the entire point of the US supporting Israel. Isolated states and organizations are much less powerful than those that can work together.

Given who would be toppling the government, it would be replaced by US stooges and people in the orbit of Daesh. All kinds of horrors would be possible within Syria under such a regime and you could add Syria to the group of states that will allow Israeli and US jets and missiles through but will try to shoot down those of Iran. You could also write off the various supply lines to Hezbollah et al that go through Syria and add a new front for any attacks on Lebanon, being fully surrounded by Israel and Syria.