camdat
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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.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/07/meta-to-pay-1-4-...
https://www.nber.org/digest/digestsep18/new-evidence-unions-...
Which one is the worst?
I also wonder why none of those Petro states are bastions of democracy and cultural excellence
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.
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.
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
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca5.214...