The Desolution of Yugoslavia
"socialism is when IMF loan"
The history of Yugoslavia since 1945 embraces a period of rapid economic, political, and social modernization reflected in urban and industrial growth, improvements in literacy and economic well-being, changes in the traditional patriarchal family structure, moderation of ethnic hostilities, and integration into the international economy.
However, in dialectical fashion, it also embraces a period of economic decline and intense ethnic reaction. In a very real sense, the route to the collapse of the Yugoslav federation, like the collapse of the Soviet federation, was paved by the policy toward nationalities that each had pursued, but it was precipitated by involvement in the global economy.
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How fucked up is it that presidents can start illegal wars and yet Biden can’t even do a mask mandate because that’d be “going to far”? :agony-turbo:
How fucked up is it that Biden helped fabricate the nuclear weapons lie in order to invade Iraq, yet cancelling debts is 'government overreach' lmao?
A cool side effect of the pronoun tags is that it has made me aware of how many women use this site (I know not everyone who uses she/her pronouns may identify as a woman, but I assume many/most do). The vibe of r*ddit just always felt so male-centric to me, even in the less misogynistic non-default subs, and I always assumed there were very few women in those communities. I suppose it's just cool to know that this place has such a strong gender diversity.
yup it's a far cry from "everyone on the internet is male until proven otherwise" which devolved into "POST TITS OR GTFO" 🙄
Being on the discord and on here really re-wired my brain with regards to pronouns. Now every time I see someone defaulting to he/him I cringe.
1000%. I must admit before we left reddit I was way less tuned in to trans issues, I’m still kind of a baby leftist in a lot of ways despite calling myself a communist for years now. Unironically this community has educated me so much in that regard, even just interacting with trans people much more than I ever have irl has been great and really illuminating
One thing I eventually noticed is that on reddit I would always use they by default, but I'd switch to he if I was talking about a user that was being an ass haha
Yeah even I as a woman tend to assume these kind of sites are filled with men, but the tags really do prove that it's not the case
I feel this so much! I admit I was anxious about the pronoun tags because outing myself as a girl on reddit had some real bad results in the past, but seeing how many women were on this site was actually super heartening 😊 And you're totally right it changes the vibe, feels more sincere and less like people are anxious about others acting in bad faith.
Yeah, I tend to be in mostly-male spaces in general (career and hobby wise especially) so I got so used to thinking of myself as The Token Girl(tm) on reddit since it had the same vibes
lol yeah, I'm a software engineer and there've been times in my career where I was the only woman in an engineering department with 20+ people in it. When I'm actively looking for jobs I like to track the ratio of "guys named <some generic white guy name like chris or matt>" to "all women" that I talk to, guess which usually wins
I'm not sure if many of them are leaving, perhaps some. There are valid issues to be addressed in the context of making people feel comfortable here, but I don't think women are leaving this place in droves perse.
it's how you get laid the fuck out on the pavement swear to god if anyone ever tries to show me that gay ass site i'm decking em
I love my coworker. She’s a sweet and tired mom and not very politically involved. I told her she inspired me to try online dating during a pandemic despite being really bad at all of this stuff and, ya know, the pandemic. She also sees my Facebook posts and made sure to add that I need someone who matches me politically.
So she said “you need to date a ✨liberal✨. A LIBERAL.” She kept emphasizing this. And I died a little inside
No trouble finding any here, got em. But seriously she sounds adorable. Also good luck on the dating scene.
She’s a really nice person and down to unionize with me. Which is awesome. And thanks. Been getting a lot of entrepreneur-men so far.
Hustle - Down for the grind - Talk to me for business advice - Yes, the suit is tailor made - #stillYangGang
I actually don’t know what any of them do because I’m not messaging them back. But it’s literally just “I’m on my grind” or “I’m my own boss” stuff but there’s never any explanation on what they actually are doing? Or I’m just not paying attention because I’m literally just sitting on my couch during Quarantine and doing Bob Ross paintings and I don’t feel anything in common with that.
I’m honestly not doing too well with this lol.
This isn’t a dumb pitch, more an evil one, and from someone I had noooo romantic interaction with. This was an old client when I did freelance writing who actually managed to run an MLM that particularly preyed on disabled folks who need home health care services. And actually was pretty good at hiding what he was doing, enough to fool me and get a cushy state contract that I think was starting to go sour. I don’t really understand the specifics, but he was a huge misogynist who treated me like a dumbass and once it clicked, I drew a pyramid with three levels during one of our meetings and said “oh so your model looks like this?” And he was like “yeah 😃”
Yeah I was helping him with advertising material and he wanted to advertise for home health care workers to work for him (these would be folks that were relatives or spouses who have to take care of their loved ones and receive some benefits from it), because the state only paid so much, and he claimed he paid $15 an hour. He wanted to advertise this. And then he started to get uncomfortable with this, and after months finally explained that they only get paid that much once they recruit someone to “care for” and “be cared for” under them. It was bizarre. And this had to happen a few times before he was even able to get them $15 an hour, which they capped out at. It’s honestly a pretty gross story and he’s a really gross dude.
Sorry I’m high and you got me on a memory now lol
My only good memory of him, because he was also an abusive client and I was fresh out of college so I ran into quite a few, was that he tried to collect money from me later after terminating the contract for labor I already gave. To the point where he mentioned taking me to court and CC’d some other people too. And I was able to write one of those professional-bitchy emails back to him letting him know I wouldn’t be pursuing him in court for unpaid labor. He didn’t respond but I saw him at the grocery store a few weeks after and this asshole ran away from me. Like turned his cart around and ran.
Now I am a children’s librarian and I will never do that shit again lol
Lmao what an asshat. And that sounds like an awesome career change, good on you 👍
Quitting smoking seems to have made me constipated 😢 gonna drink an ungodly amount of coffee tomorrow to hopefully remedy this
Nicotine is a stimulant so can induce shitting, I imagine if your body is used to having at least some nicotine in your system when you shit then it take times to adjust to shitting without it
Anything that is a stimulant will generally help u poo and your body will come to rely on it over time. Same reason why people get bunged up when they quit coffee.
I salute you in your body's fight against nicotine imperialism :sankara-salute:
I quit vaping 4+ days ago. Haven't dropped a deuce since. I think it's part of the reason why I'm cranky as fuck.
Well, that and I want to fucking vape.
Good luck.
I finally had some success in this department god bless. And yeah I've been eating a lot since I quit and that was making it even more uncomfortable. I've been feeling notably less cranky since day 6ish so hang in there comrade.
This Navalny shit going on in Russia is one of the more pathetic examples of a wannabe color revolution
But as usual reddit fucking loves that shit and eats it up like candy
you dont remember? :shocked-pikachu:
edit: i mean, it all started back in 1962, and keep in mind that back then you couldnt just find a 35mm camera lying around just anywheres. so there i was, hanging out downtown on the stoop of the place of my great aunt lydia, who was a rather influential lady in certain circles and was kind enough to put me up while i was between engagements, when...
Update from yesterday's post. I'm still compiling a list of resources on trans rights to send to my dad. I don't want to spend too much time on it given that there's a strong possibility he won't care, won't read it, or won't change his mind anyway. He is very stubborn, and you can lead a horse to water, etc.
However, I did manage to convince him to use the correct pronouns when referring to the trans person mentioned in the news article he was commenting on. It's not much, but I'll take a small victory where I can get one.
:frothingfash: Trump must go
:assad-must-stay: Who must go?
On Friday, Facebook carried out a purge of left-wing, antiwar and progressive pages and accounts, including leading members of the Socialist Equality Party.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/01/23/pers-j23.html
fuck these authlibs :angry-hex: they’re gonna memory hole anything that remotely seems progressive
I mean fuck Trump but at least I could post anti government shit when he was president and not get yeeted
My blanket is so heavy and fluffy, my body pillow boyfriend is soft and treats me with respect, my mattress topper is memory foam, girls I am in so much luxury right now I want to do activities but bed is so coomfy 😭
AOC serving pizza at the picket line: https://mobile.twitter.com/sicknerpe/status/1352783627386548225
Didnt know Pete was there too
You ever look at shit like “localism” and urbanism and just get depressed because these are such sad attempts to curb the negative affects of capitalism without questioning the actual logic of the planet-wide phenomenon ruining everything? Like people waste their whole lives fighting for these tiny gains when they could be rallying against the root of the problem. I can’t help but feel that it’s a form of capitalist realism. People who deep down know the real problem but have resigned themselves to asking for nothing or making alternative consumption choices.
