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  • Many Jews, also the Zionist ones, would oppose calling the Holocaust a cure, but it is in the Zionist vein to abhor the diasporic “weakness” which supposedly led them to go “as sheep to slaughter”, a term which epitomized the contempt with which the Israeli Zionists viewed diasporic Jews, including Holocaust survivors in general, in the early years of Israel. It was only in the 1960’s, following the Eichmann trial, that there started to be serious interest in Israel for hearing stories of Holocaust survivors, apparently since they began to witness its PR value for Israel. Before that time, Holocaust survivors were generally not listened to, and their stories merely represented weakness. The term “soaps”, common in Israeli colloquial, was derived from the myth of Nazis creating soap from human fat of Jews, and it meant “weaklings”.

    https://mondoweiss.net/2019/05/the-strong-weak/

    These scum were not the oppressed. If there was another Jewish holocaust they'd cheer it on so long as it furthered their aims, as they have done before. In their own words:

    "Ashkenazim, removed, may you burn in hell, [...] I am proud of the six million that were burned, I wish that another six million will be burned [...]. Leftists are traitors, you are the cancer of the country."

    https://www.timesofisrael.com/likud-court-restores-member-who-said-6-million-more-ashkenazim-should-burn/

  • I've recently replayed Tunic after some years. Marvelous game, sadly can't talk much about it without spoilers.

    I'm now replaying Fire Emblem Three Houses in preparation to cope about not being able to play Fortune's Weave unless I befriend some wealthy person willing to lend me their switch 2. It's right up there with Banner Saga and Berwick Saga for my favourite tactical RPGs.

  • Those are still pretty relatable to broad audiences, specially teenagers. I guess I could've worded it better, but du hast seems to occupy the odd space of sounding really pretentious and deep, while the lyrics are just sorta bland. They're the same guys from Amerika and Deutschland, so I'm surprised their main famous song is so toothless.

  • The Free Software movement in the US has very deep libertarian origins. Stallman himself for the longest time rejected the notion that software development was an industry, treating it as a hobby, and the "four liberties" are notable in being personal negative liberties following the liberal framework of freedom. I think this philosophy is the main thing that holds the FOSS movement back, with a general aversion to involvement with state institutions and a pervasive feeling of "self-reliance" with being the master of one's own box. I believe this is why we have hundreds of half-decent Linux distributions rather than one very good one.

    I recommend reading Snow Crash as one really terrible sci-fi book that makes the weirdness of hacker culture very explicit.

  • I mean, at least K-pop songs usually have more than two whole sentences as lyrics lol.

  • The US and Iran have been doing this dance of negotiated symbolic strikes and retaliations for at least 10 years now. It's a testament to Iran's security that they have never considered those strikes an existential threat until now. They could let the US walk away with some domestic PR victory while securing their diplomatic goals like they've done every time. The fact that they're not doing that indicates that it no longer seems like a safe bet, and I think it's fair to assume the very recent example of Maduro being kidnapped mid-negotiation is a really bad look for the US foreign delegation.

    They likely are hours or days from being able to assemble a nuclear bomb and nobody knows where their enriched uranium is.

    Those two claims are dubious, there's lots of satellite imagery of the facilities for both enrichment and stockpiling, and there's no evidence that they're actually that close to nuclear warheads, which aren't even a red line in their negotiations.

    That color revolution did almost no damage

    It caused the death of some 3000 people according to Iran's official lists and forced them to turn off the internet in many large cities across the country. I wouldn't call that almost no damage.

    Edit:

    Image of the enrichment sites, in case anyone wants them for whatever reason.

  • Usual stuff is lots of conjecture over some boyband singers being in secret relationships with each other, and apparently some guy named G-Dragon is very controversial. Definitely not my special interest and most of it doesn't stick with me, but it's endearing to listen to somebody you like talking about their hobbies.

  • — 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Iranian Member of Parliament, Mahmoud Nabavian:

    'Before the negotiations, Trump contacted Iran through a regional country, conveying a message saying 'let us strike two locations in Iran—and you can respond symbolically'

    Iran rejected this offer, and replied that any attack would lead to a response in which at least 3000 to 4000 American soldiers would be killed. Furthermore, we would strike every single major company in the region that is U.S.-owned or has ties to America.'

    @Middle_East_Spectator (on telegram)

    Ironically, I think Iran would be much more willing to negotiate this into symbolic strikes if not for the kidnapping of Maduro. It makes sense to be so much more willing to escalate now if they see the US as an actual threat.

  • Dating in 2026 is a balancing act between knowing enough about the K-pop scene to understand the info dumps, but not knowing too much so that the other person can have the joy of explaining it to you.

  • I'd keep it, maybe just change the plaque. It's a bit disappointing how tiny the actual statue is, even T-posing Jesus looks more impressive so I think some smart architect could easily improve it. Make it cool like The Motherland Calls or the African Renaissance Monument.

  • You should look into the various African diaspora religions, particularly those of West African origin.

  • I'd be very careful when saying "all religions" when you're obviously talking about abrahamic religions, specially the dominant branches that survived, and glossing over all the variance between them and internally. Not all religions have institutions, hierarchies, scriptures or even moral guidance or justifications for the way of the world. And there have been multiple religious fractions even from Abrahamic religions who reframed it for opposition to oppression.

    I'd recommend looking into how religions played a role in resistance all around the world against European colonisers, like Haiti, Peru, China. But it's also a fun experience to read about random religions and legends from before that, get really confused, and fight the comfortable urge to understand it from a Latin-Christian perspective.

  • I'm starting to think Trump's main strategic goal is to personally give me anxiety by always making it seem like we'll finally get to see XXI century weaponry live-tested against aircraft carriers, but never following through.

    Anyways, some OSINT chatter has been indicating materiel transfers directly from China to Iran, so China seems to be holding to their word on mutual defense. Some Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles have been launched at Ukraine today and CENTCOM deployment remains at full readiness. But eh, nothing ever happens.

  • Although your friend is right, I don't think she gives some movements enough credit. The IRA was obviously not nationally British, but operating on British soil and besides being broadly anti-imperialist it had its Marxist phases similarly to the Black Nationalist movement in the US. I suppose some factions of the suffragettes were also pretty radical too.

    But besides that and the social imperialism as others mentioned, I think it also has to do with relative size of their colonies. The US didn't start colonising overseas nations until around WW1, so there's been a lot more class conflict inside continental borders. Meanwhile the UK's most notable upheavals are usually those in the colonies, like India or Turkey or Ireland.

  • paying for criminal activities, like hitmen, organs, drugs

    Paying for criminal activities does not necessarily only include spy movie shenanigans. Lots os banned pharmaceuticals are sold through crypto, including abortion pills and HRT hormones. I doubt we're ever going to agree on sanctions, but hopefully we can still find a middle ground on people getting access to necessary pharmaceuticals in countries that ban them, even if it is a crime.

    Though to be fair most of that is done on more stable and cheaper currencies like Montero.

  • Is there any evidence that crypto was used by the Epstein gang? I've only seen donations and other perfectly ordinary-looking transactions between them in the reports I've read. I feel like we're trying too hard to pin absolutely everything on Epstein now.

  • Apparently Iran has already deployed another Shahed and the IRGC is being coy about whether the drone was attacked, as acknowledging it would require enacting their promised non-symbolic retaliation too soon.

  • Shooting down individual surveillance drones isn't that difficult for a navy that size. Both Russia and Ukraine do it all the time, and this one drone was known to be observing CENTCOM movements for a couple days now. They don't need to lie when it was clearly meant as a provocation, though I assume the drone will be framed as a kamikaze FPV drone by the Imperial Press.

  • Yeah, but I'm looking at it from my selfish third world view lol. Consumer computer consumption is bound to go up, and Chinese video game companies are already making huge strides in the mobile market. Would go hand-in-hand with exploring the PC gaming market too.

  • World News @lemmy.ml

    General Strike: Italy Stops to Oppose War, Austerity, and Complicity with Israel

    www.palestinechronicle.com /general-strike-italy-stops-to-oppose-war-austerity-and-complicity-with-israel/
  • World News @lemmygrad.ml

    General Strike: Italy Stops to Oppose War, Austerity, and Complicity with Israel

    www.palestinechronicle.com /general-strike-italy-stops-to-oppose-war-austerity-and-complicity-with-israel/
  • GenZedong @lemmygrad.ml

    Yellow Michael Parenti

  • Comradeship // Freechat @lemmygrad.ml

    The Epstein revelations serve only to further discredit people who should already be discredited

  • World News @lemmy.ml

    Why is Trump threatening to invade Nigeria? Is it really to ‘protect Christians’? - Liberation News

    liberationnews.org /why-is-trump-threatening-to-invade-nigeria-is-it-really-to-protect-christians/
  • GenZedong @lemmygrad.ml

    This is what is like to see a National Liberation Revolution unfolding before our eyes

    haitiliberte.com /following-drug-factory-raid-a-battle-royale-begins-to-take-shape-between-haitis-viv-ansanm-coalition-and-the-u-s-backed-regime/
  • World News @lemmy.ml

    A Battle Royale Begins to Take Shape Between Haiti’s Viv Ansanm Coalition and the U.S.-Backed Regime

    haitiliberte.com /following-drug-factory-raid-a-battle-royale-begins-to-take-shape-between-haitis-viv-ansanm-coalition-and-the-u-s-backed-regime/
  • US News @lemmygrad.ml

    Jobs disaster—or mediocrity—to be revealed with September jobs report finally set to drop Thursday | Fortune

    fortune.com /2025/11/15/when-will-september-jobs-report-be-released-labor-market/
  • World News @lemmy.ml

    Croix des Bouquets Armed Group Attacks a Factory that It Claims is Owned by the Apaid Family and Producing Illegal Drugs - Haiti Liberte

    haitiliberte.com /croix-des-bouquets-armed-group-attacks-a-factory-that-it-claims-is-owned-by-the-apaid-family-and-producing-illegal-drugs/
  • Technology @lemmygrad.ml

    Agentic Browser Security: Indirect Prompt Injection in "AI" Browser

    brave.com /blog/comet-prompt-injection/
  • Technology @lemmygrad.ml

    LastPass Breach Exposes Dark Secret About Its Owners

  • GenZedong @lemmygrad.ml

    History Lessons for a United and Organized Popular Front

    haitiliberte.com /history-lessons-for-a-united-and-organized-popular-front/
  • GenZedong @lemmygrad.ml

    The Technical Execution Unit (UTE) – The Heart of Invisible Evil - Haiti Liberte

    haitiliberte.com /the-technical-execution-unit-ute-the-heart-of-invisible-evil/
  • World News @lemmy.ml

    Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Calls For A General Strike

    www.blackenterprise.com /brandon-johnson-calls-for-unity-in-general-strike-against-trump/
  • World News @lemmy.ml

    Warning: Largest bubble ever seen threatens US economy

  • Technology @lemmygrad.ml

    If the AI Bubble Bursts, It Will Crash the U.S. Economy

  • Videos @lemmy.ml

    Sora Proves the AI Bubble Is Going to Burst So Hard

  • GenZedong @lemmygrad.ml

    The Mechanics of Dependence: A Dominican Capitalist, a Cheap Labor Imperative, and the Economy of Chaos

    haitiliberte.com /the-mechanics-of-dependence-a-dominican-capitalist-a-cheap-labor-imperative-and-the-economy-of-chaos/
  • Ask Lemmygrad @lemmygrad.ml

    Where does the expression "Fifth Column" come from?

  • GenZedong @lemmygrad.ml

    Who Benefits from Haiti’s Violence?

    haitiliberte.com /who-benefits-from-haitis-violence/