Which I acknowledged but then you go and do the same thing by trying to erect some kind of tribal defense. It’s all quite silly.

I think it’ would be hard to argue that the psl aren’t at very least anti western imperialist considering their opposition towards the projects of the western hegemony.

However if you are trying to state that China is an imperialist country that’s an entirely different argument that you haven’t established, nor is it really prevalent the current argument.

And neither does the hearsay that op posted…

What it does is lend to the argument that he is a staunch anti imperialist.

And the citizens who funded the Nazi military were also Nazi…

My point is that without some level of nuance anyone who pays taxes to a NATO government is in some way culpable for the crimes against the Iraqi and Afghan people.

We need to have the nuance to say that a veteran who has been radicalized against American imperialism is infact better than a veteran who is still a right winged chud.

Ahh yes… We should take an uncited shit post from a transphobe and imperial apologist who advocated for regime change in Venezuela (Badempanda) as the word of truth.

Im sure he is more credible than Michael Prysner who is a founding member of the fuckin PSL…

Your entire argument is based solely on attacking peoples character and ignoring arguments…

You havent made a single rebuttal to any point I’ve made other than responding with logical fallacy. To be honest it wasn’t even an ad hominem, it’s a legitimate question at this point. It’s like you were built in a lab and designed to make illogical arguments.

Even this rebuttal is a logical fallacy. You are accusing me of not addressing arguments as a way to ignore the argument!

I have countered every response, claim by claim… What are you talking about?

Can you find me the “leftist veteran” which advocates against more benefits for veterans?

How is that criteria necessary for being a leftist? Also… How does that logically make any sense?

Even if you aren’t a veteran and are just a leftist, wouldn’t you want more benefits to veterans even if it was to just drain more money from the empire and make war an even more expensive prospect?

On the other side, if you were a soldier who became a leftist and completely rejects any association with the military including your benefits. Is that something you would go around and telling to people or being quoted about? You’re basically asking me to prove a negative that doesn’t even make any sense to begin with.

Can you see the problem with this statement? If not please read the post

Does your brain only think in logical fallacy?

You can be upset at you and your friends being exploited and the deaths of millions of people as well. He didn’t just speak about himself and his friends…

Also, there is no information about a “pact of silence”. You are using a quote from a meme account who is quoting an editorialized threads account as a citation.

Also sorry if I find a dude who founded an anti war coalition and one of the most successful anti Zionist leftist party in America more credible than badempanda an imperialist apologist and transphobe.

Here’s the “strawmen” you think don’t exist:

I didn’t claim those people don’t exist, nor did I claim to support them. You are the one who is claiming that those are the only types of radicalized veterans, which is simply untrue.

For example Michael Prysner is the type of veteran I have been talking about.

No they want better benefits for ICE agents. They don’t want to fight ICE.

Lol, that’s a strawman of your own making.

I didn’t say i would support an ice agent who only criticized ice because they want more benefits. I said I would support an ice agent if they were actually radicalized to fight against ice because their service illuminated them about class consciousness.

Again, you are just exercising a logical fallacy.

Wow they’re just desk job Nazi’s. Or logistics Nazi’s. This makes everything different!

So just ignoring the rest of the argument? So you’re not paying for the Nazis in anyway? The citizens who paid for the resources the military used were still Nazis as well… Again you can’t just choose when and where to insert nuance.

This is why nuance is important. I’m not claiming that we should equate all levels of support as the same, that your argument. My example shows how doing so is illogical. There is a difference between a veteran who is still a chud and a veteran who is radicalized against his own service.

Can you apply the same to ICE?

If a person who was in ice became a leftist that helped fight ice that would be great. What is the alternative?

is that white lives are superior and killing brown civilians is totally fine because they’re expendable.

Lol, I’m not white and when did I say I support the military? I support people who are radicalized against the military, even if they formerly served it.

Paying taxes is the same as joining ICE everyone!

Again, that is an example I used to show you how ignoring nuance is bad…

Reading comprehension is something you may want to work on.

Historically there’s been a lot of veterans who were radicalized by their service, notably a lot of veterans who joined the Black Panthers after Vietnam.

I personally know a few veterans who serve in Iraq and Afghanistan that are great organizers who do classes at our socialist gun club. I can bet they have done more than you to aid the leftist movement by helping create mutual aid and defense networks for leftist minority groups in the American South.

For a less anecdotal example Michael Prysner is a foundational member of the Party for Socialism and Liberation.

The black and white absolutism that people like to flaunt around here is just immature, and reeks of privilege.

You are creating a strawman that is inherently self contradictory.

In this hypothetical If they really are a radicalized former soldier who becomes a leftist, then why would they advocate for more money to the military?

No one is currently running a revolution…?

Also, the vast majority of people in the military aren’t in combat positions. And if we are equating all military members as mass murderers for aiding the war effort then every citizen who pays taxes in a NATO country is just as culpable.

You can’t just selectively apply nuance when it suits your opinion.

I mean… This is a bad take on several levels, one being that radicalized soldiers have been the backbone of every left winged revolution in history.

If the Soviet would have rejected the help of people who served the Russian empire it would have never taken off.

I hate the amount of people there seem to be on here who constantly try to shrink the tent of people who can be “real leftist”. It’s counter revolutionary to believe that people cannot change for the better.

I cook a lot of vegetarian/vegan meat supplements and they almost always have the same hurdles you have to get over to make them really good.

For one, most need some kind of fat added during the cooking process. A lot of recipes that are traditionally meat based are relying on fats from the meat to bring the recipe together. Since most meat replacements are mainly just vegetables or bean based, they need a little extra oil in the sauce or when pan frying to make a well rounded dish.

Another issue is that a lot of them can be texturally homogeneous. To fix this, if the sausages are a little too soft or mushy, you really want to double cook them. I will usually air fry them with a little oil coating them, let them cool back down and then add them into my saute or sauce.

A simple recipe that I do at home with veggie sausage

Airfry sausage with a spray of oil

Slice up an onion and saute in a wok or pan with a neutral oil -high heat

Once onions are translucent and beginning to brown turn down heat to low/medium and add sauce mixture

Sauce mixture - amount differs with how much you plan on making

40ml soy sauce

200ml water

15ml sugar

15ml vinegar

15ml cornstarch

15ml sesame oil.

Once sauce thickens add in sausages

Add msg to taste.

Msg is a magical ingredient for vegetarian or vegan cooking because it mimics the umami protein found in meat. It’s especially great for cooking for people who still eat meat.

Duty to retreat does not apply when you are already in your own home. It’s only when you are in public or outside of the protection of your own home.

Yeah… Pretty much anyone proclaiming to be an expert knife fighter is just a chud playing make believe.

The only way to win a knife fight is to be the only person with a knife, and you really don’t need a lot of lessons about stabbing an unarmed victim.

I work in my state’s only trauma 1 ward… Attacking someone with a knife is not a quick or effective way to kill someone. If the other person has a knife as well, you are also going to get stabbed a bunch.

If you are the type of person who would confront ICE if you see them, please consider packing yourself a kit to leave in your vehicle with basic medical supplies and safety gear, especially eye and head protection.

It’s also reflected on the geopolitical scale. It took years of genocide for the governments of Europe to somewhat make some empty hearted protest over Palestine. Hardly anyone has made a protest about Venezuela. But the moment the imperial eye turns inwards towards Greenland, Europe starts to act appalled.

Japan et al is a very societally conservative country and considers the typical right-wing mob/sheep mentality preferable to the left’s constant debates.

Eh… Kind of? In my experience most people under 40 in Japan are completely apolitical. Like to the point where they wouldn’t really understand the difference between the left and right.

They have some of the worst voting turnout in the world, and the older class typically makes all the decisions in regards to government.

They are socially conservative, but mostly because the younger generations are completely disconnected from politics.