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like that old sandra bullock movie?

communism will win

~~even~~ especially if

sure, it depends on what your goals are. if i recall correctly, the book even has a section on fictitious capital that's formatted as 5 paragraphs with an introductory paragraph and conclusion paragraph and 3 paragraphs in the middle of restating a few definitions of fictitious capital and how marxist investors need to take this in to account when making investment decisions.

i don't. the gist of the book -- and i'll emphasize again that "gist" is all there is because it's ai generated drivel -- is that if you consider the material basis of the value of companies when making investment decisions, you'll probably come out ahead against people who are swayed by the empty promises of vaporware. start by reading actual theory, even something short like wages, price, and profit and just apply that to whether you think a company will be worth investing in, and it'll be a better use of your time.

i have a friend with a kindle unlimited that i borrowed and read this a couple months ago when someone else posted about it.

it is 100% ai generated drivel. don't waste your money.

Lyrically, it is a tribute to Hill's oldest son Zion David Marley, to whom she gave birth in 1997, during her relationship with Rohan Marley.

i guess the question is why they chose to name their child zion, but the zion metaphor in rastafarianism in my limited understanding is an aspirational one of seeking a homeland after a forced exile, whereas israeli zionism is a settler-colonial philosophy similar to american manifest destiny or german lebensraum.

Maybe it's because he's nobility?

i think this is probably a lot of it. his class interest and lack of theory are what made him useful to the cia to exploit against the soviets.

one of the events osama bin laden cited in particular in his declaration of war against the americans occupying the land of the two holy places was the qana massacre, when an iof artillery attack killed over 100 lebanese civilian refugees who were seeking shelter at a u.n. compound.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qana_massacre

because time is a flat circle

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how do i summon more jd vance disco elysium posting? i feel like there's a lot to explore here.

i tried the same thing last week and that perfidious @SeventyTwoTrillion@hexbear.net prolonged the news megathread out of personal spite. i wish you more luck than i had!