#BuyingHuawheiForPraxis

Julius Caesar proletarian hero

In typical American Extravagance they have five different secret police agencies on top of having the regular police doing Secret Police s***

ngl id be scared of adding goon to a groupchat too

wait how's this one wrong

they said that the cultural revolution was a mistake because it was trying to develop socialism through the superstructure against the base, and then asked a pretty decent question that most older marxists would also ask about the US not "evolving" into socialism eventually

I didn't say it was bad and I gave her a proper response

NOW I KNOW WHY THE GOVERNMENT BANNED THIS THINKING

reject the extremist/moderate dichotomy
embrace being correct and your enemies being ontologically evil

the fact we have secret police who can't actually find enough special crime to prosecute so they simply make more crime then take credit for catching the suspect after is some real society of spectacle s***

So what’s really gonna happen with all these rising rents, inflation, layoffs, etc

Rents- continue rising until supply of housing is increased one way or another

Mortgages- similar to rents however could fall when interest rates are increased, then fall as the elderly die off

Layoffs- haven't hit their biggest incresse yet

Inflation- multifactorial. When the fed raises rates, it will slow down as borrowing is more expensive and less money is in circulation
This will likely lead to a recession due to the ensuing reduction in aggregate demand. However some inflation will remain on the supply side due to supply chain and natural gas (thanks Putin)
When alternatives are developed and the supply chain is fixed, inflation will return to normal or maybe even go deflationary for a while

The supply of housing will not be increased as real estate companies continue buying housing on speculation since they have far more financial power than any actual consumers

We agree

F*** zoning laws man. Yimbyism is the way

Zoning laws will not change in our current situation.

Can you guys send me some good info (books, websites, videos) about China’s revolution, Mao, Deng and Xi and whatever else you know or have seen?

Fanshen is decent first hand account

You NEED to check out Monthly Reviews July-August 2021 edition. It goes sooo in-depth about modern day and socialist China

Highly recommend this first hand documentary series on life during the Cultural Revolution. Think there’s like ten parts iirc, you can watch them in any order based on what interests you. My favorite is the Generator Factory

youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCr5Mmf-b6BDFZM_Rs8Ur67KqKNoPweCh

YIMBYism is a simplification of the housing market which presumes that housing prices are simply reflective of "supply and demand", but this isnt true. i do agree that more densification is needed (especially in NA) but "build more towers bro" isn't a clear solution to affordability. a more multifaceted approach based around tenant and working class organization at the grassroots is needed

the contradiction of housing could not be any clearer. the affordability crisis is a direct and obvious result of the commodification of housing. by this token,
building more market rate, for profit housing without any other course of action (like YIMBYs propose) is not going to make a substantial difference in terms of affordability, especially for low-income renters. YIMBYs are fine with and even advocate for the displacement of renters and the gentrification of areas so long as they can have a nice 1BR with some cafes and breweries down the street lol.

"we can make housing more affordable by partnering with private capital" is funny to me. affordability is directly opposed to the material interests of developers, which is why its ridiculous IMO to act like for-profit developers are somehow gonna be the ones who spearhead a solution to the housing crisis.

There is also a f*** load of stuff here

bannedthought.net/China/MaoEra/GPCR/index.htm

I highly recommend checking out And Mao Makes 5. The introduction is a really great a***ysis of the line struggles leading up to it, and the rest is just a collection of documents from people at that time if you’re interested in those

But yeah that whole page has a wealth of resources

you want their work or just something that’s about Chinas socialist history ?

hmm i’ll check out And Mao makes 5

History moreso

Thank yall for the knowledge