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This is the only critique of Communism I'll ever need, going forward.
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Richard Hanania
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Ukraine is trying to get North Korean soldiers to defect by showing them that in a POW camp theyโ€™ll achieve a standard of living that is beyond anything they could have dreamed of before, including their own beds and regular meals.
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You'd think the military elites would be well taken care of in a communist system. ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿป North Korean defectors should be treated better than how Democrats treat illegals. Ukraine could afford to put them up in 5 Star hotels considering all the money we give them.
If I were a NK troop w/any familiarity w/Euro history (admittedly, a rather unlikely proposition), the thing that would give me serious pause in taking this deal would be Operation Keelhaul.
They should show the Ukrainians pictures of Ukraine before and after capitalism. It was the nicest soviet republic. Now it is in ruins.

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WaPo just published a fantastic op-ed by Jeff Bezos. Some excerpts: "[Journalism] is now the least trusted [profession in America]. Something we are doing is clearly not working... We must be accurate, and we must be believed to be accurate... we are failing on the second
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I canโ€™t believe in a little over one week half this country will be sent to concentration campsโ€”and we donโ€™t even know which half
Kamalaโ€™s entire pitch to men has been: Weed Crypto Porn Video games Avoiding fatherhood Putting everything else asideโ€”what a depressing view of masculinity
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This Bezos op-ed is so good that I am making an exception to my ban on linking WaPo. This is stuff I have been arguing for years. - Mainstream press has lost much of its credibility due to bias. - They are increasingly becoming irrelevant and only talking to people who agree
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