There were barriers at the event, they had been moved as part of normal procedures to let vehicles resupplying food trucks into the street.

Friend of mine lives right on the block where it happened, heard screams and saw the aftermath out his window.

I somehow missed this but fuck that shithole. I got out of terf island luckily but many trans friends suffering there. We don’t need their bs here

They’re not even complaining about us not seeing important ideas, they’re complaining that they won’t get the privilege of feeling like they’re getting a balanced diet by occasionally entertaining a little communism as a treat. It’s self centred af

As a lifelong Tolkien fan, it’s abhorrent.

I’m nearly caught up! Just reading his scathing put down of the world bank right now

Pretty cool that this is happening in Hebei, traditionally one of the poorest provinces.

HSR goes at 300 or 350km/h depending on the model of train I believe, not sure if they’re taking HSR or the regular train though since both are still available

How exciting! Safe travels comrade.

I hate the passive representation here. As if it’s all driven by some ineffable force of nature that no one can predict or control

I understand him but my family is from Hunan so… yeah. Compared to other Hunanese people I’d say it’s a moderately strong accent

Oh I hadn’t seen that. Idk how seriously trolling should be taken as ideological propaganda, but then again, if that weren’t the case there would be no reason for the bear site to exist

But these aren’t even close to the most ancient traces of civilisation found in China, so even by its own merit the argument makes no sense

Surely this is bait

Surely

How is pastiching what you consider their failures of analysis not mockery? Whether you’re behaving dismissively is about expression, not intention.

The context was that there were already multiple comment threads with users piling in on XHS in previous days, something which you as the mod of this thread did nothing about. Instead, you joined in.

As I said up the thread, I think informed rebuttals and critiques are helpful, and expected in a communist forum. But your and others’ posts contained no analysis and only speculative pisstaking. All I ask is that users who are dedicated and well meaning be treated with collegiate respect rather than disdain, especially when they are absent, and especially by those who set the tone for this space.

Why would they? There’s no incentive to at this stage. The ideological superiority is evident in the material outcome.

Casa de Papel would have been so much better if the plan was to mint a room-sized coin instead though

Their game is just mostly internal.

Precisely. I would be glad to read informative rebuttals to their conclusions, but the dismissive dunking ain’t it

There was a thread the other day where it was multiple users piling on one after another