DPRK isn’t doing active combat operations. The handful of DPRK mercenaries serving abroad are almost certainly there voluntarily.
They’ve got mandatory civil service, but that’s very different from going to the front lines to kill or be killed.
When a socialist state needs soldiers, it doesn’t seem like they need conscripts. People are willing and able, for the most part. It’s only when a state loses its socialist characteristics and begins to prioritize expansion over stability that we see things break down.
Has conscription ever not been a total racket?
will backstab what they believe
I mean, they’re not endorsing anyone. Harris Dems are going to be the ones screaming “Backstabbed!”
Only trust communists in politics.
glances at InfraRed, the CPUSA, etc
Besides…
While Abandon Harris has yet to endorse one individual ahead of the presidential election, the group told MEE it is urging voters to back third-party candidates towards eventually "breaking the duopoly” of the US electoral system.
Literally what else are you asking from a bunch of electoralists? They’re championing a boycott of the pro-genocide duopoly. Seems like that’s as good as you’re going to get from a voter advocacy organization.
covered the SR-17 in their episode on stealth jets, and they noted how the vehicle has to undergo such a profound physical change at supersonic speed that it’s basically falling apart on the runway when it’s parked.
This is just the reality of making a plane fly very fast. When they’re not moving very fast, they start to fall apart.
Actionists
Wat?
It’s a speculative commodity. But the real value of gold is its relative portability.
Precious metals have very limited utility value. If you’re seeing resources move out of capital development and into specie accumulation, that’s a sign the leadership doesn’t have strong long term prospects for your economy.
That, or you’re getting ready to take your nation’s financial reserves and run
Just do shit that needs to be done then tax me whatever you had to spend?
We don’t couple taxes with spending, so even that much is a farce. Whenever the US overspends (basically always) they simply cover the balance with new debt instruments. But then Congress needs to give the Treasury permission to issue more debt to go with the new spending. So they can write Treasury $1T in distributions but only give it the ability to cover $900B in spending, at which point Treasury has to decide what $100B goes unpaid.
And that brings us to the inevitably “Will Treasury pay your nan’s Social Security check this month?!” headlines (that never resolve, because SS isn’t part of the general fund, but what the fuck ever!)
Petrodollar doesn’t look as hot when people are migrating away from petroleum.
But also, the US Dollar has been defying socio-economic gravity for decades while the Euro and the Yen and the Ruble and the Peso all decline. “Worst since 1995” understates how overvalued the USD continues to be globally.
Also, not a good sign for anyone’s economy when you’re stockpiling gold.
My neighborhood in Houston is full of legitimately good chill people who would fit into a bodega in Brooklyn as easily as a tackle shop in Kentucky. Its frustrating because I grew up in a neighborhood where people were legit just a bunch of selfish reckless assholes and this ain’t it. They’re not invested in the culture war crap, they don’t want a War with China or to crucify trans kids or whatever. But the power-mad fascists running the state government are just kinda railroading through insane bullshit because they can. Its enervating to just watch it all wash over us like a tidal wave of shit.
It’s Texas. California loves to Pantomime at decency then cower whenever someone calls to Woke.
Texas reveals in fascism and torments people for trying to be nice
Having a real “Hard Times Make Strong People” moment in China right now.