Eh?

the lemmy.world “illegal picture scanner” … would reject my upload if it had any words relating to kids, apparently, up to and including “parenthood”

ROFL

The “guy” is a Russian expert and former CIA on the … Russia desk.

Assuming that’s true then he’s a Russian expert and former CIA [officer?] on the Russia desk who’s written an article full of non sequiturs, supposition and just plain nonsense. He’s a Russian expert and former CIA officer on the Russia desk who’s a deluded fool.

But you probably have no clue what that actually means, do you?!

It means the embarassment from having written this article is even greater?

This is full of non sequiturs, supposition and just plain nonsense. Guy’s a deluded fool.

The west later admitted that they wanted the war though.

The West did not admit that they wanted the war.

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There is no code in a running kernel written in Python, Perl or Ruby. Those languages are used in kernel’s source code tree in supporting tools, they aren’t kernel code.

Communism can’t end exploitation.

Not sure why I’d have to explain

You don’t have to, I’ve simply asked you to.

that level of importance

What level of importance? You haven’t explained any level of importance.

Oh hello Mr. Stalker!

satellites

Uh… Sputnik?

to the commercial market

Why is the commercial market important?

I know right! As if there’s equality under socialism! LOL silly anti-socialist propagandists.

the UK

Not just the UK either:

https://lawenforcementactionpartnership.org/

https://ukleap.org/about/

here’s the pretty unanimous “tankie” line on that question

“This essay is presenting a very one-sided depiction of socialist states, with a great many of their shortcomings, mistakes, failures, and crimes (yes, a few) omitted or barely discussed”

Their many shortcomings, mistakes, failures and crimes (more than a few) are why I have a disinterest in engaging with these political movements.

What’s a socialist? Why do you want me to become one? What’s in it for you?

You keep telling yourself that.

LOL

no exploitation is a ‘differing level of exploitation’

You’re claiming there have been human societies with an absence of exploitation? And you have sources to back up your claim?

prosocial behavior in humans

I’ll just cut-and-paste from another comment:

“Human beings must necessarily cooperate and aid each other in order to survive. It’s how our species evolved. However, that doesn’t mean humans only ever aid each other, or even that they care about others except as a means to survive. Humans will cooperate when it’s beneficial and also stab their fellow humans in the back, step on them and exploit them when it’s beneficial. That’s why all we have are systems of elites and peasants, filled with squalor and death.”

differing levels of exploitation

And yet never an absence of exploitation.

So not sure what your point is.

That humans in general, including fellow labourers, are what are reckless of the health and life of the labourer, not just “capital”. You’re deluding yourself by limiting your criticism to capital alone. Or even worse, deluding yourself by assigning blame to capital alone.