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And pray thee, which "communists" would that be? Because last I checked, Russia was an oligarchy and China a capitalist quasi dictatorship.
He’s doing it for pro Russia American Facists or who we simply call Republicans these days.
He secretary of Navy (= saying "communists" for the ears of the pro Russia US facists) or Tuberville (= aiding and abetting Russia to make his electorate happy)?
I think Del Toro said communists just so Republicans would care. Since they seem to believe communists are at your local food back, or teaching kids in schools.
And the far right call everything they don't like either "woke" or "Communist" these days. It's interesting how the hard right especially now loathe anything anti-fascist, too. There was a point where they did not say the quiet part out loud, now they do.
Cuba biding its time?
Delivering impactful messaging is a good thing, actually.
Also he's blocking appointments until the government penalizes abortions in the military btw.
It's not impactful to me because I'm used to ignoring anyone whenever they claim something is communism.
Then that tells me you're probably not a Republican voter which means this message isn't for you as you already don't support Tuberville's unhinged crusade to ban abortions in the military.
This, so much this. Communism, most especially the capital-C Communism the goofy Republicans rail against, are not really even a thing.
I suppose an imaginary enemy is much more convenient than a real one, where your populist statements might face a reality check.
It's very similar to how Republicans have this fetish with unborn children, yet conveniently forget to give a shit about children the moment they are born into a poor family.
I guess that means any criticism of America involving the term "capitalism" is invalid since it does not strictly follow the definition of capitalism.
On the contrary, they're doing an exceptional job at it. One would imagine the US like a utopia if capitalism was designed to improve everyone's lives like rich fucks and their aspirants love to say.
Keep guessing.
I don't think it's helpful to gate-keep definitions. China says it's a communist country, and that's good enough for me. So goes Cuba, Best Korea, and Vietnam. Splitting hairs over the difference between Marxist-Leninist vs. Unitary one party Socialist State sounded cool and academic until I heard a libertarian claiming to be an anarcho-syndicalist and realized how 'well, actually' that shit sounds.
People who look forward to an egalitarian economic and social order need to acknowledge the failures of real life socialism. Fuck the confederates, leftists are the real "lost causers". I don't know how to do socialism "right". But I know we can't get there by arguing semantics.
I guess that means North Korea is democratic and a republic.
Modern communists do recognize the failures of attempts at socialism. They recognize that those failures directly lead to Deng Xioaping and his friends taking control of China and destroying the socialist state. Simply because China declares itself communist does not make it so. I could declare myself the king of England do I suddenly get the throne just because I’ve claimed it? China, much like the USSR before it must declare itself communist due to the popularity that Mao has in the country. Unfortunately socialism died in China shortly after Mao. The “why did socialism fail” is exactly what communists study so that they can understand the pitfalls and try to move past them in the future.
This isn’t a case of gatekeeping. China has become exactly what it hated the Soviets for — social imperialists.
China says it’s a communist country,
"China says"? You mean the one, and true voice of 1.3 billion Chinese people, that all agree with? Or even the majority?
China is run by money like most of the rest of the world, therefore the system under the hood is capitalism. And since it's a one-party system, it's a de-facto dictatorship.
Some have touched on this but I think the reason for the communist comment is to get the people Tuberville IS supposedly accountable to ie his supporters, donors, voters, lobbyists etc. mad about what he’s doing. The top secretaries of the military don’t generally criticize sitting senators, but this is an intentional ploy to erode his support with a right-wing ostensibly pro-military anti-communist base.
OK, so there's this wingnut Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Football) who's angry that the military reimburses officers for travel expenses when they need to go out-of-state for an abortion. Until that rule's changed, Tuberville has vowed to block all military promotions (who knew Senators had that power?) and now the Army, Navy and Marine Corps have no Senate-approved commanders in place.
Other than how it screws over low-ranking officers, I really give no shits at all about Tuberville's blockade. It makes him look like an idiot, and he is an idiot, and I'm pretty sure the Army, Navy and Marine Corps can do all their armying, navying, and marine corpsing without Senate-approved leadership.
But man, I got a laugh out of that "aiding and abetting the Communists" crack.
Other than how it screws over low-ranking officers,
The military has vacancies in senior leadership positions that cannot be filled, which is obviously a big fucking deal.
In addition to hundreds of one-, two- and three- star generals and admirals, the holds delay the confirmation of the Pentagon’s top leaders — who make up the Joint Chiefs of Staff, including the chairman. Already, the U.S. Marine Corps is without a confirmed leader for the first time in a century. And by law, the current Joint Chiefs chairman, Army Gen. Mark Milley, will step down at the end of September, and the current Army chief will leave his post in early August. The nominees to succeed them have had hearings, but no votes
And by not promoting a general that backs up hundreds of promotions down the officer ranks. Can't promote any LT's because a few caps can't get promoted because a couple of majs can't get promoted because some ltcol's can't get promoted because a col can't get promoted because tubby blocked a general.
Hey, how can you be so rude? The man has excelled in a key leadership position in the country, one that a privileged few hold. Why are you ignoring all that and referring to him with his minor title of "Senator"?
Please refer to him as "Coach" from now on, as that's the title he really values.
I do like how he translated this into wingnut-ese.
how about “seditionists”
Well when you put it that way this stagnation seems like a good idea!
Anyone else notice the Senator taking a nap in the background of the title image? Dude is passed out in whatever that hearing that is.
That's one hell of a reach
Welcome to The United States, where anything anyone doesn't like is automatically communism.
If someone is born in a communist place and leaves it and later says this is bad like that is bad, it's not the same as your drunk uncle ranting about why he can't afford the newest F150