General Discussion Thread - Juche 113, Week 50 - Syrian Solidarity Edition

Dammit, it's been hours!

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Yeah, kinda strange.

No chance, they're likely not going to hold an election until they've made sure to destroy any remaining sympathy for the previous government.

The propaganda has been extremely fierce and many people are falling for it. I unfortunately doubt this.

Plus, Russia is reportedly asking Assad to completely disappear from the eyes of the public, in hopes he can be forgotten and they can normalize with the new regime and keep their base in Syria. If this is true, Assad has no chance of a comeback.

Sad...

Iran is unfortunately not painting the right picture.

Most of Iran's military help withdrew from Syria months before this happened, especially after the large attacks by Israel against Iran in Syria, like the embassy attack.

Although I don't have confirmation or evidence, but I rly doubt Assad would refuse Iran help. I could believe that he maybe didn't request it though, but still unsure.

Pezeshkian has been aiming for normalizing and de-escalation with the West, and we're seeing the effects of that.

It is true that Assad was also seeking to normalize with Arab states such as UAE and Saudi in attempt to break the suffocating sanctions. This may have made Iran more weary of support, but ultimately they were doing the same thing.

Nah, Assad would rather work as an eye doctor in Russia.

Proletarian revolution in Syria when?

At this point, I sure hope Russia and/or China start supplying nukes to Iran and any country that faces the threat of annihilation at the hands of empire (like Iraq, Libya, and now Syria) should be looking to acquire nukes as soon as possible.

He is very unlikely to return. There's immense propaganda against him, most of his supporters in Syria are already denouncing him. Russia has reportedly asked him to completely disappear from public eyes, as they want to normalize with new regime and maintain their naval base in Syria. He has no chance to defend himself politically or make a comeback if this is true.

Have a nice week, Oppo 😁

You too Oppo 😁

And a better week to you and comrades everywhere

thank you! have a good week as well :D

You too, although mine has started off pretty bleak.

never underestimate labor unions

Too much of the left does.

It is horrible. Those videos are flooding plenty of Telegram channels.

From doctors, minorities to scientists being assassinated, it is as if I am seeing news of a new Pol Pot.

And I had a person respond to me here saying they hope HTS kills all the Kurds in Syria...

May I see em?

What the absolute fuck is going on in Europe? This sounds like a farfetched heist movie!

My fortune cookie from a week ago was "Laugh at yourself, it feels good sometimes."

I mean it's hard to disagree. There are very few working class (read: poor) people who not only manage to have enough free time to write but to have the network to get published too.

I recently read a book on poverty written by a man who has gone through poverty himself. He only managed to get such a book published because he managed to get a university degree and a government job. He could be just a talented writer while working in a factory but he would have a much harder time getting published without the network he build over time.

Idk I guess you could make a point about screens. I read the other day about how there is an increase of children with eyesight problems probably caused by sitting too close to a screen from a young age. Also, some of the content for kids is literal brainrot lol.

But I guess that then just boils down to what content they consume and not just screens in general.

Remember when when everyone said T.V. would rot kids brains? All the people who grew up watching T.V. are now saying Phones will rot kids brains. Either they have brain rot or they are making shit up just like their parents and grandparents did.

"Authoritarianism", god I hate that word. Gotta be one of the top most reductionist, misused words there is. I'm not gonna say everybody who uses it as a negative also supports some kind of imperialist/fascist/colonizer project, but it sure is common. And among those who view it as a purity thing, that opposing it is some kind of freedom from the confines of overreach in authority, they miss that there's no human society without forms of authority and that the countries they usually think "were supposed to be liberating communist projects and aren't" actually are democratic. One of those symptoms of when somebody realizes the imperialist country they live in is shit, but they still believe its propaganda about other countries.

I tried to start watching S2 cause of watching S1, for the heck of it, but couldn't get far. S1 felt very contrived as storytelling goes. Great animations and illustrations, but everything else, I could never relate to the hype.

In particular, the whole thing with ::: spoiler spoiler powder falling into the hands of the baddie bad was so contrived it was painful to watch. :::

Edit: Also, that essay is a good read, thanks for sharing it.

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

• yewtu.be
• inv.nadeko.net
• yt.artemislena.eu
• piped.video

Imagine Vichy France but they are also running death squads that kill partisans.

Aren't they controlled by Zionists?

That person doesn't sound like a socialist at all. Marx rejected ideology as false consciousness. Ideology is the polar opposite of materialism.

HTS won because they had the money to bribe generals and Assad didn't have the money to pay them to keep them loyal. If Ideology is more powerful that material concerns why didn't ISIS win the last war? Sunni supremacy was far more acceptable in Syria back then. Anti imperialist ideology is at an all time high in the region.

Not sure what his point is really. Like money, or capital, or possession of something in general, gives you power. Especially in a system that is designed around money, or capital, or possessions.

Also not sure what he means with the HTS thing. Like, they won because they are a US proxy and managed to get aid through one of the most powerful military forces in the world. Not sure what them being Muslims has to do with that. Allah didn't guide them to victory.

Does he ever elaborate on his claims? Or is he just trying to sound interesting?

It is referencing the Juche calendar which beings with Juche 1 in 1912, Juche being essentially Marxism-Leninism with Korean characteristics, an application of Marxism specific to the Korean condition from my understanding but maybe someone more knowledgeable can chime in I'm not well versed there.

It's a tradition to refer to the date in the Juche calendar from the old reddit r/GenZedong weekly discussion sticky that carried over to here as far as I am aware

Many Arabs are not celebrating, I can attest to this.

Well, I'm Turk, so maybe it's just only what I see.

At the end of the day they are not that different from westerners. People everywhere regardless of their religion, nationality or ethnicity are susceptible to being propagandized by their media and their ruling class establishment institutions. All that differs is the material circumstances, and these compel more people in the global south than in the imperial core to wake up and actually realize what is happening.

Trade is not the same thing as helping the US steal oil. The people in Rojava were and are in an unenviable position and it may deserve critical support in the future compared to the other imperialist collaborators in the region, but it's certainly not AES

Rojava is on the side of the US empire.

Rojava served their US-requested role of suffocating Syria and paving the way for the fall of Assad regime and victory of HTS. Rojava's role was to hold the longest frontline with the fallen regime's forces, be a host for US military bases and a launchpad for US attacks on Syrian gov forces, and most importantly hoard Syria's most viral resources such as oil, wheat and drinking water (which also yields electric power).

When HTS launched their offensive, Rojava attacked Syrian government forces in Deir Ezzor, only to retreat a week later and hand it over to HTS.

Watch my words, the US will abandon Rojava in 2025 now that their job is done, and you will see that they were nothing but useful idiots for the empire.