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Yessssssssss this photo is everything gonna go out and get some too
Imagine a fatter longer lighter churro
This is not the best the bourgeoisie has. These are the useful idiots they send to distract and entertain while the competent extract all the wealth behind the scenes.
That makes so much sense. Fuck
Has anyone noticed a slight uptick in women - usually in male-dominated spaces - calling themselves females? I find it so jarring when I encounter it. Like. Internalised misogyny is such a bitch ):
Where’s the astrology girl when you need her
Yea, loved the show generally though.
A friend of mine got married in Derry a while ago in the
spoiler
Hall where they all go to vote at the end
Awesome city with awesome people. Also obligatory 
I’m pretty sure there’s a material difference between how you have to treat enemy soldiers and enemy combatants (non state actors). Because the US had two sets of rules between Afghanistan (combatants) and Iraq (state actors), in Afghanistan it was only the Army handbook or whatever that they were legally obliged to follow whereas Geneva applied in Iraq.
Of course all international law is basically just unenforceable bs anyway, especially if you’re America
Perhaps we should consider that both things can be true: she intended the compliment of “I am sexually AND emotionally to you to such a great degree that I want nothing less than marriage”; and his reaction was valid because he perceived the meaning as “I’m settling for you”.
We don’t know how this miscommunication happened. She could have phrased it poorly or said it in a weird tone. He could have misheard. He could have a ton of pre-existing conditioning and pressures that led him to place her comment in a social context that she doesn’t share.
Neither of them have to be in the wrong here. Both of them should do the work and try to understand each other better.
It’s been a while since I studied it so memory could be wrong but basically the rules are different when you’re fighting as a state actor vs when you’re just an “armed combatant”.
The Geneva conventions govern the behaviour of state actors in armed conflict with other state actors which matters mostly for stuff like prisoners of war and the such. Also you are obliged to wear a uniform of some sort if you’re a state actor. Armed combatants aren’t protected to the same degree.
I would guess that what you’re remembering is that Hamas is technically not a state actor or signatory to the Geneva conventions and therefore allowed to not wear uniforms.
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Happy New Year everyone!!
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Happy New Year everyone!!!! I hope you all get to honour the true meaning of the Spring Festival by eating as much as you can and not doing any work. Also don’t let the capitalists short change you with their puny watered-down holidays, the celebrations should last 15 whole days. Thank you for making this the best place on the Anglo internet to be for Chinese diaspora socialists. 
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If you squint or are half asleep, the hexbear logo’s lil ears look a bit like Mao’s hairdo
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Was this deliberate??
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Background: I’m Chinese by origin but grew up in the west. He’s English. He’s kind of a 
but in a lefty way and has been with me to China multiple times, we’ve been together for years. He has had misconceptions before but is always learning. He does go on Reddit still, mostly to talk about land value tax which is his big political obsession right now.
Anyway last night we were at dinner and talking about an idea for a project that’s like quora but with only expert/academic researchers as responders. Part of it would need a reputation rating for the researchers. We were then talking about the use cases/audience for the project and I said “this might be better suited to Asia” (because of how highly education is valued and the pressure on kids to study/achieve grades). And he immediately responded “because they’re used to social credit scores?” Like. Without missing a beat. Maybe I’m overthinking it but it really pissed me off that his first association when I mentioned Asia was… this.
We talked about it and he explained that the concept was already in his mind when he was thinking about the reputation system so it wasn’t just a reaction to Asia specifically. But he insisted that he knew social credit scores were a real thing. I think he did listen when I said these types of jokes were what made Reddit such a hostile environment to be in, though.
I’m not sure what I’m asking but I just wanted to get it off my chest. Does anyone maybe have resources on internet Sinophobia / explanation of where the social credit stuff came from I can share with him?
Thanks crew. Sorry that was so long x
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I recently read this book researching a writing project and I think it should be mandatory reading for anyone interested in imperial or modern China.
It’s the autobiography of Puyi Aisin-Gioro, the last emperor of China. His life was insane. He was put on the throne aged 2 and abdicated 3 years later, but kept his title and was raised in the Forbidden City as essentially a prisoner - all so the corrupt palace officials could keep getting money from the government. He betrays the country and becomes a puppet emperor of “Manchukuo” under Japan’s colonial rule. After the war he is captured by the Soviets and then transferred to China when the Communist party won the civil war. Throughout his imprisonment, and to his great surprise, he is treated humanely and over a period of 10 years in prison manages to reform his entire outlook and become an upstanding citizen.
We talk a lot about deprogramming the cultists but I think there’s not been much discussion about how it can be done. The last few chapters of this book give a great illustration of reeducation that is compassionate and effective.
The book has received some criticism for being propaganda, and certainly the CCP took the view that his reformation would be an excellent demonstration of their progress and undoubtedly treated him well - but he wasn’t exempt from any of he duties and obligations in prison or anything like that. Anyway I haven’t seen any allegations of falsehood regarding his account.
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Replies to top comment: “Are some of them doing double duty?” “So there’s another two guys getting paid for doing nothing?”
Reply to bottom comment: “Historically the Americans have tried something similar, but failed for a simple reason - too little support from the ordinary people”