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  • Why would movie critics go to see a money laundering attempt?

  • I'd imagine in a society like China with tight control of information and restrictions on criticism of government and officials, they're be many isolated incidents that would be swept under the rug like all scandals rather than warrant a specific conspiracy. But then it's hard to get a feel for where things are since the Chinese started using technology to clamp down on corruption by low level party officials.

  • So you don’t think, maybe, some groups of men are more likely to be rapey than other groups?

    Sure. And in a given society, they gravitate to positions, lifestyles, and occupations that help them rape much like pedophiles are often drawn to teaching or being youth pastors.

    I think, actually, some political movements are worse than others

    People with a right wing outlook on life are, in my opinion, way more likely to be rapey.

  • It's almost like their early fund raising was selling Mao's little red book to college students.

    Black Panthers supported community defense, being a community defense group themselves, and that's not exactly on brand for Tankies.

  • Most Tankies are MLs but not every ML is a Tankie.

  • There's a difference between serving the oligarchy at large and personal loyalty in a cult of the personality.

  • Not necessarily within small groups but within any given political movement. Law of averages; there's a few creepy rapey (usually but not exclusively) men in every large grouping of people.

  • Many state communists oppose open borders. The USSR, China, and Cuba all had/have citizenship privileges and controlled migration,

    Fair enough, the USSR restricted movement within their territory more than many other countries restricted their borders.

  • Wouldn’t you think that such a person would naturally seek out positions of power

    You've never heard of Joseph Stalin?

    Also, where are the Jeffrey Epsteins of Cuba, Vietnam, and China

    Well, Jeffrey Epstein was a blackmailer who used his Island to gather Kompromat on people. In that regard, the communist equivalent would be the KGB. If you mean in regards to using power to achieve sex, there were historically large numbers of corrupt lower party officials in China with mistresses' prior to reforms. If you mean specifically raping kids, then Mao Zedong was alleged to fuck 14 year olds.

    1. It's not their system
    2. Chomsky is a member of the Intelligentsia with celebrity giving him unique access to the upper echelons of society far above what would otherwise be "his station" even when his expressed political beliefs are in opposition to what they believe.
  • You seem to believe that everyone wants to go to lavish rape parties

    Not at all. The meme we're commenting on specifically mentions Epstein Island and the lack of MLs there. I wasn't suggesting that most or all MLs would go if given the chance but you certainly wouldn't see zero.

  • Communist parties derive their power from popular support from the working classes

    Political power flows from the barrel of a gun, not popular support. But of course strict control of News, Education, public discourse, and suppression of criticism really helps with the popular support.

    State violence is used against fascists, sabateurs, capitalists, and landlords

    as well as the workers

    why there was such dramatic improvements

    A phenomena that has occurred in plenty of other countries

    studied Marxism and taught it in universities, and more

    Priests, much like Bolshevik party officials, exist to maintain the system of control over the working class on behalf of their rulers and religion is widely taught in universities just like Marxist-Leninism was.

    Marx has some interesting things to say, he should definitely be required reading, but Marxists treat Das Kapital like Christians treat the Bible.

  • nor do they “betray the working classes.”

    Are you suggesting they never expressed solidarity to the working class to begin with?

  • "Don't trust anyone over 30"

  • I was thinking not “elected” no later than 65 but forced to retired NO LATER than their 65th birthday. So a presidential candidate no older than 60, for example.

  • I think SC justices should have terms. Make em long terms if you'd like but still limits. And again, no one over 65.

  • I don't know who Nick Adams is but he's a terrible liar