a lot of folks on the anti-communist left fall into a sort of nihilistic despair at the state of things because they are unwilling to see the incredible advances in actual socialist projects as real, leaving an increasingly derelict capitalist structure as the only thing that exists in their perspective. which, in fairness, would also make me rather depressed! getting over the hurdle of accepting that socialism exists in real life does just totally ameliorate that, however.

"Free Tibet! I'm Woke! Free Tibet! Let Them Have The Right To Enslave Serfs again!"

For more on this read Battleground Tibet for a history of Tibet during its “independence” away from mainland China (it was about as independent as Formosa, Macau, and Hong Kong which were areas of China stolen by colonialists during the century of humiliation), the decade of negotiations between the PRC and the Tibetan aristocracy, and pretty much everything up to 2018—which is when the book was published.

there are 2 kinds of tf2 players left in 2026 and theyre lilythesparklekitty (she/her) and Mr. Slurs. And they are both equally likely to have one of the girls from lucky ★ star as their icon

friendship addicts will be like “i just need one more hit of your infectious laughter and zest for life”

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