MasterDeeLuke

The US's usual Democratic™ allies are really not happy about the tariffs it seems.

Respectfully, I don't think telling people that want to generate images of Darth Vader riding a Sloth that they can't because it doesn't qualify as true art would be the path forward. AI art will lead to decline a traditional art talent, yes, but I think the massive increase in accessibility and convenience to the masses still easily make it a net positive overall. AI art existing doesn't totally prevent people from still being to able create art traditionally, while an AI art ban would for the people who enjoy using AI art.

The only major issue I personally see with it are the fakes/deepfakes. The quality is still pretty subpar right now yes but that's something that will get better over time, just like computer graphics have over the last few decades. Being against AI art just because it's easy seems like a rather reactionary take to me, Marxists shouldn't be in favor of intentionally gatekeeping things behind innate ability or years of expensive study.

As for the deal with artists, ideally there should be a fine distinction between personal and commercial use that empowers indie artists while holding large corporations accountable for theft.

So everything that matters basically, China already largely shifted away from low level manufacturing.

It really just comes down to two very simple things:

1. While Putin/Russia certainly aren't socialist, they at least don't actively try to scrub away and bury every last remnant of their socialist past, which is more than can be said for certain other eastern European countries. Likewise, they have shown real willingness to cooperate and provide valuable support to other actual socialist nations like Cuba and the DPRK.

2. Russia isn't the dominant Imperialist power, the US and it's European buddies are. Expecting a socialist revolution to happen anytime in the near future in the imperial core as things currently stand is naive at best, the rest of the world must lift themselves up on their own first. If Russia falls, it's easy mode for the West to continue dominating the rest of the world, China for all it's merits can't take on the entirety of the West by itself.

Respect, if there is one country that could benefit from workers taking control it's South Korea.

Strange how ardent anticommunists often tend to be into things such as defending or downplaying European colonialism.

The upside is that a McDonalds in China doesn't sell the same unhealthy garbage as a McDonalds in America does, the downside is that they are still a massive eyesore that I'd rather not see in a socialist country if it can be helped.

A good book perhaps for anyone aspiring to become a nano-dictator at home or in the workplace.

Seems like they are trying to play good cop bad cop to the Democrats and sweet talk Russia into agreeing to the same empty one sided agreements that they have in the past. Even if Trump really is genuinely pro-Russia, Russophobia still runs deep in the US and his position to push for a true 180 with Russia is fragile. While it is mostly a democrat thing, it isn't like there isn't any Russophobic republicans, and while a decent amount of Americans might want to stop sending money to Ukraine, few actually have a positive view of Russia.

One was an Anti-Stalin liberal, the other was a real OG revolutionary.

Like magic we somehow see the exact same few videos popping into our feeds.