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Why deal in abstract? Any specific examples you'd like to point to?
Comment · 2 years ago
Does anyone have any information on where the author gets his claim that Cohen has a "road to Damascus moment" upon arriving at Harvard? I can't find anything on that, or even anyone else claiming Cohen was a "liberal".

This article is very light on supporting quotes or references, so im very suspect of his claims that analytical Marxist converted to beliefs that are opposed to Marxist analysis. Especially given many of Cohen's later works are focused on scientific socialism.

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Comment · 3 years ago
I'm curious which cultures you believe are worst than others?

Which one is the worst?

Comment · 3 years ago
I never said they would be kept poor.

I also wonder why none of those Petro states are bastions of democracy and cultural excellence

Comment · 3 years ago
And these leaders are all fairly and democratically elected?

Without the influence of the money of former colonial states (or their puppets in the form of expropriative enterprises)?

Consider the trillions of dollars made by other countries from Africa's people and resources. Why _wouldnt_ they spend a fraction of that killing any chance that a cultural movement picks up.

This isn't fantasy, Nestle, Chiquita, etc have a long history of funding anti-revolutionary agencies for exactly this reason.

One man rejecting one bribe will do nothing, a single cup cannot drain an ocean.

Comment · 3 years ago
>Hidden behind this facade of beauty is a horrible culture that celebrates corruption, tribalism and lack of cooperation, backbiting, and shortsightedness

These are all acute problems in Western nations. The fundamental impediment which Africa faces are it's rich natural resources and the nations which exploit them.

Any "anti-corruption" cultural efforts will be snuffed out long before it becomes a threat to this lucrative expropriation

There is no cultural solution to the boot of political and economic struggle.

Comment · 3 years ago
Highly recommend DIY'ing it.

MrCool et. al are all within the range of someone willing that can handle electrical work on their home.

3 head minisplit (also in Seattle) shipped for ~4.6k

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Which EU country has a non-progressive tax rate?
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>But, we emphasize the limited reach of our decision today. We do not uphold the injunction against all the officials named in the complain
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