I will fully admit the following is somewhat of an intuitive, vibes-based take, not a thorough analysis geopolitical or anything, but… sometimes it feels like we’re slowly witnessing the Cold War but in reverse. Like the first time around, the USSR couldn’t hold together, it got undermined over time, and ultimately overthrown, casting the world more fully into the shadow of the global capitalist empire and anti-communism. And the USSR, in spite of its successes, was up against strong propaganda to convince the world that AES is bad and fails. Now we’re watching as CPC China, the actor on the world stage most similar to the USSR in its day and having learned from the USSR’s mistakes, is pulling ahead noticeably; in spite of the west’s attempts, people are starting to see the contrast and realizing they’re getting a raw deal. Meanwhile, western capitalist states that have some “welfare” components or better regulation are gradually eroding (this part is where the thread topic and other events like it come in), worsening the argument soc dems make that we can somehow just moderately tune capitalism to be alright.

Now since western capitalism does not face a similar enemy to what the USSR faced from western capitalism, in the sense of trying to coup, dismantle, and otherwise destroy any semblance of capitalism through foreign takeover, the transition to the next phase of geopolitics may be more gradual, less dramatic, than the fall of the USSR. But nevertheless, it seems like we are heading toward a kind of tipping point. I just have to hope people can build toward socialism faster than the decline, so that there isn’t too much of a shock in the crumbling infrastructure of capitalism (literally and figuratively). Capitalism faces multiple crises: its internal contradictions, climate change, the pressure of a good example as an alternative, etc. It is obviously not equipped to handle any of it other than by becoming more overtly barbaric. I suspect some of the strongest anti-imperialist actors (such as China) understand this on some level and it is a reason, among others, that they are holding off on the trigger unless their hand is forced. Barbarians with nukes are dangerous and unlike the anti-communists, China doesn’t have a desire to viciously destroy; gradual decline for the empire is probably better for most people than rapid disintegration into barbarism. Of course, it is still a far cry from good, compared to liberation, but China is obviously not in the business of trying to force a bunch of socialist coups, and locals organizing the alternative to capitalism takes time and faces resistance the whole way.

Okay so we still got the Conservatives except without the racism (on the surface). Maybe I am just too pessimistic but I believe Canadians (mainly the settlers) are too complacent to do anything to change this country for the better. I’d honestly say they’re like American liberals but worse.

Lmfao everyone who voted for Carney to keep out the Tories got fucked.

This is the bourgeoisie’s game. It was always going to happen. He’s literally a central banker. We don’t have a choice. That’s the whole point.

They aren’t even trying to hide it anymore