i wrote a paper about how it was reactionary and anti-revolutionary

still a great movie tho just ignore the message

mainstream media feels like a fever dream to me
theres no way this is real
i wanna kill myself after watching this

The bad ending

its insane how effective the subversion and cooption campaign has been

I know so many people in the US that rail against oligarchs, higher cost of living etc. then blame it all on communism and the "radical left"

mfs are gonna seize the country and f*** all of us even harder

Crayz

I'm just a coping third worldist tbh

Tendency of the rate of profit very powerful theory

It's why I say the end of capitalism is pretty much inevitable, whether we end up with socialism or all get melted into biomatter by Elon Musk's grandchildren is a different question however

Also people saying Marx didn't consider automation is hilarious when that's literally what drives the rate of profit to fall

those people 100% didn’t read Marx

Most fellas tbh

you gotta understand the vast majority of people - even supposed political thinkers - do not understand the world in terms of categorization by competing economic models, they think about it in terms of social partisanship. Even many people who claim outwardly to be viewing such conflict categorized by "class" (see: the rising right populist movement, etc.) are only using class as a proxy for social partisanship rather than a means of conflict in and of itself.
When the world is categorized solely based on social partisanship, then of course you're going to think whatever theoretical buzzword is associated in your in-group with global neopolitical politics is the problem solely in and of itself - whether that's "the radical left", "the socialist democrats", "globohomo", whatever else, rather than the structural concepts that enable such groups to exist to begin with. Most people obviously aren't going to (or simply cannot, due to time or whatever) read theory to understand these concepts so they're going to fixate on the surface of the problem; meanwhile others who can't accept the truth of the matter obscure the truth out of COPE (right wing "intellectuals").

venezuelanalysis.com/news/15567
Venezuela union-led protests for higher wages and labor rights

“The working-class has always stood by President Maduro, and SUPRA has always fulfilled its role cleaning the streets,” worker Graciela Carreño told reporters. “We urge the president to take a position on this matter.”

The SUPRA union has staged a number of protests in recent weeks and temporarily occupied the municipal company’s headquarters on the outskirts of Caracas. Worker spokespeople accuse the SUPRA board of not fulfilling agreements and reject a proposed salary reduction.

Eduardo Sánchez, spokesman from the Venezuelan Central University (UCV) workers’ union SINATRA, told Venezuelanalysis that the ONAPRE plans are “a dreadful policy” that places workers in “terrible conditions,” forcing them to pick up second jobs or leave the public sector altogether.

“It is no use to have a very beautiful Constitution if it is not going to be respected,” he explained. “These adjustments simply discard elements that have been ratified in collective bargaining contracts. In the case of university workers we are talking about 40-70 percent cuts to real wages.”

Sánchez went on to add that the recent removal of the new pay scales for the Defense Ministry and Armed Forces is a “clear double standard” that should be cause for the Supreme Court to dismiss the ONAPRE directive across the board.

Though Tuesday’s protest was centered around demands to repel the latest salary restructuring plans, participants also drew attention to other working-class issues. These included the high cost of living compared to current wages and the growing criminalization of trade unionists.

A number of private sector unions took part in the demonstration as well, claiming that some companies are likewise introducing the ONAPRE scales.

The controversial adjustments were introduced alongside a near twentyfold minimum wage hike decreed by the Maduro government in March.

The raise, which set public sector minimum salaries at around US $30 a month, was the first in many months as authorities looked to bring inflation under control. With Venezuela registering GDP growth last year for the first time in seven years, Maduro vowed that continued economic improvement will translate into a gradual recovery of workers’ purchasing power.

The administration has largely turned to liberal measures in its efforts to jumpstart the nation’s economy under wide-reaching US sanctions. Policies have included lifted price and forex controls, tax breaks and increased private sector participation in state corporations.

However, initiatives such as the recently approved Special Economic Zones law have also sparked fierce debate amidst Chavista ranks. Advocates claim they are necessary steps to boost economic recovery, while critics argue they reverse key policies introduced under the former Hugo Chávez governments.

Venezuela going full neolib with the US lifting sanctions would be a real doomer moment

It's over

if US never sanctioned and embargo'd Cuba would that have ended up slowly liberalizing the country

I wouldn't say so, during the special period there were tightening of sanctions and Cuba instituted most of their market reforms during that time. Now if the US says, if you liberalize, we'll lift our sanctions... Idk maybe in the future, I don't think that would happen with Miguel Diaz-Canel in power, maybe in the future, but the current government is still ideologically dedicated in my estimation.

That would be my ultimate doomer moment tho fr

If Venezuela keeps liberalizing and betrays Cuba and Nicaragua bro I would have a mental breakdown

all i’m a say that’s why u need to smash the state machinery like cuba 💯

You'd be on AI websites trying to create alternative history scenarios with Hugo Chavez surviving longer