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Cake day: October 3rd, 2025

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  • Here’s the thing - we’re at the beginning stages of the war affecting things beyond “it costs more to drive”. Europe have been meeting about how to reopen the strait without the US

    I think the strait will open again soon, and whether that happens without the US’s involvement or the US is forced into it in some way, the end result will be the same - there is will be less powerful globally than it was before, and Iran will be much more powerful globally than it was before






  • Me too

    One thing I’ve never heard any native English speaker say, but have heard from more than one non-native speaker is the phrase ”we perfectly know“. Something like “as we perfectly know, English is a living language”

    I’m not sure exactly what word I’d substitute in there to make it “proper” English, but I do know I don’t want to




  • Modern Russia may not fulfill all 5 of Lenin’s criteria for imperialism, but it’s moved closer to imperialism under his leadership, with the state actively working to create/consolidate capitalist monopolies and the expansionist military actions being the most blatant signifiers

    When i say Russian state media is talking nonsense when they talk about “liberating” Ukraine, it’s not because I’m pro-imperialism, is because it’s absolute bullshit

    You can hate the US and similar nations without mindlessly repeating the rhetoric of a ruthless expansionist capitalist dictator just because he’s opposed to the US