Being hot can only get the socialist movement to a certain point

I was wrong hot people did bring the vote for Lula 🤣

*ANTHROPIC WARNS OF CATASTROPHIC, EXISTENTIAL RISKS TO HUMANITY

“Dear Italian students, who today take to the streets carrying flags with the hammer and sickle and wearing T-shirts emblazoned with ‘CCCP’,” began an open letter in Italian by Lithuanian expat Neringa Budryt. “I would like to ask you a question: do you truly know what the symbols you carry represent? And do you know what would have happened to many of you had you openly demonstrated in countries living under the oppression of communist regimes? Let me tell you something. It is easy to display a red flag when, for you, communism is merely an abstract idea of equality, social justice, and rebellion against the system. It is easy to wear a T-shirt with "CCCP" on it when you have never experienced the reality of a communist regime. We come from that part of Europe where communism was not a T-shirt, a symbol of rebellion, or a romanticized notion of equality. It was the system in which we lived—a system we never chose. We know the history of Soviet repression, Stalinist purges, the Gulags, and mass deportations. Above all, we know the word "Siberia"—a place to which thousands of innocent people were forcibly deported, simply for thinking differently. In Siberia—amidst freezing cold, starvation, and forced labor—many lost their lives; those who survived carried the scars of that experience forever. Entire families were torn apart, and generations were denied the chance to live freely in their own homeland. In the countries of the Soviet bloc, censorship, political police, surveillance, and the suppression of dissent drastically curtailed individual freedoms. We grew up in a system where state control permeated even our daily lives. At school, we were required to wear the red necktie of the "Pioneers." We were monitored; they tracked where we went and even whether we attended church. Even faith—a choice that should belong to an individual’s own conscience—could become a cause for suspicion. We used to celebrate Christmas with our windows blacked out, to ensure no one would see us and report us. Because it was forbidden—just like so many other things: jeans, rock music, and all the symbols of a Western lifestyle. My mother returned from a Soviet labor camp. And do you know what happened to her? She was barred from continuing her education because she had been labeled an enemy of communism. Under a communist regime, you could not protest. You risked arrest, imprisonment, interrogation, persecution—and, in certain historical contexts, even death. In the Soviet Union and other communist regimes, political dissent could cost you your freedom and your life. Demonstrations independent of the authorities were not a guaranteed right; they were often suppressed by force. That is why it strikes me to see young Italians proudly displaying the hammer and sickle—symbols associated with regimes that persecuted and imprisoned millions of people. Today, you are free to take to the streets, shout against the government, criticize institutions, and wave your flags precisely because you live in a democracy that grants you these freedoms. Under an authoritarian regime of that kind, protesting against those in power could have landed you in prison. This is not about denying the existence of social injustices, inequalities, or the right to fight for a better world. You are free to take to the streets to demand a more just society—but you should not idealize a system that denied so many people the very things you are free to exercise today: the right to choose, to believe, to speak, and to dissent. Before wearing a T-shirt with "CCCP" on it, listen to those who experienced that world. Talk to the deportees and their descendants; read the accounts of those who endured the gulags and forced exile to Siberia. Learn what it meant to be stripped of your freedom, your home, your loved ones—and even any prospect of a normal life—simply because of your background or your beliefs. Before waving the hammer and sickle, please, study history thoroughly.”

The self-proclaimed defender of the West sabotaging the actual defenders of the West.

The idea of BC as the 'Left Coast' is completely wrong. Propaganda and the last decade of NDP rule have thoroughly fooled people. It is time to undo that narrative, too. We are not Canada's California. Here, the NDP are the insurgents, not the natural party of governance. For most of BC’s history, politics has been dominated by anti-NDP coalitions. Indeed, Social Credit sat well to the right of the Alberta and Ontario PCs. The Reform Party dominated in the 1990s, and federally, the Conservatives can pull level with or ahead of the Liberals in any given election.

Anyone with even a basic understanding of Russia knows this is true. Those blaming Ukraine’s supporters for prolonging the war have absolutely no idea what they’re talking about.

Winners this morning - Democracy, Europe. Losers - Trump & Putin.

Every single country — and I mean EVERY SINGLE ONE — that chooses to sabotage peace negotiations should send its own troops to Ukraine and fight shoulder to shoulder with Ukrainian soldiers. And while you're at it, start preparing your own mothers to welcome their sons home in BODY BAGS. Not so eager to do that? Then SHUT YOUR DAMN MOUTHS! Ukraine needs PEACE — not your self-righteous, warmongering speeches delivered from the comfort of your safe offices and cozy armchairs. Your grandstanding won't save a single Ukrainian from death, mutilation, or the rubble of another destroyed home. It's so easy to be brave when it's someone else's children being buried, isn't it? If you're so damn eager for war, put your OWN KIDS on the front lines. Otherwise, stop gambling with Ukrainian lives.

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