I don’t know what you know without you communicating it to me.
my point is: if he disliked communism, but flirted with fascism, perhaps he was never really talking about international communism at all but only ever conceived of the notion of a nationally limited socialism.
That’s a perfectly clear statement that I would have had no trouble following the first time.
or nazism if you like,
No, those aren’t the same, so now I’m lost again
but needless contractions of words wont get you anywhere closer to understanding what i am talking about if all you can think about is "gotcha"
It’s not a needless contraction if you’re trying to talk about two different ideologies under one name- it helps to distinguish two very different ideologies. It’s not a gotcha to ask for clarification. You’re taking an attempt to understand as an attack.
National socialism is not just left wing nationalism, which probably covers most nationalized subtypes of communism though, it’s Nazism, which is fascist and far right, not at all left.
If anyone disagrees, I’d love to hear your reasoning, because this is now stuck in my brain.
I don’t want to become stupider, but if I had the choice between finding out today that my IQ is and always has been 70 and that it is and always has been 170, I’d be much less disappointed in myself with the former. Obviously, if I could then learn how to harness it, that would be different, but it’s not like I haven’t been trying my whole life to do well and use my talents.
Nah, that would be great news. Being dumber than anyone you’ve ever met makes you less responsible for things like climate change and political violence than the people around you (morally, at least; you’re probably literally more of a cause, because you’re more likely to be right wing, but if you’ve already jumped that hurdle, maybe you aren’t). Plus, if your own life is a wreck, it feels better to blame an inherent limitation than something you could change, if only you had the discipline. If your own life is great, you’ve overcome a serious obstacle and should be proud of yourself.
Invading the UK would be wild. It would almost certainly finally sever the ties between the US and Europe, but I could see the UK and Germany doing their darnedest to make it seem like a reasonable mistake that we can all walk away from as long as the US leaves.
I love old man non sequiturs. My dad’s response to a toddler asking him why over and over again is “because I’m building a bicycle made of bananas,” which tends to produce a perfect koan moment and break the question cycle
If you want to have one and you’re looking for a project, this is doable.
You could try to saw off the part of the pole bottom that’s above ground, then see if the core of the pole was also filled with concrete.
If not, just get a pole with a narrow enough diameter to fit in the hollow.
If so, you can coat the embedded portion in a rust accelerator (you can get ostensibly nontoxic commercial ones, but you can also use brine, hydrogen peroxide, or a strong white vinegar solution- just make sure to avoid getting any of those near plant life you want to keep) every night for a week or two, irrigating it (again, watching out for plants or portions of earth that might be exposed to runoff- to be entirely honest, I’d probably use my waterpik for some pressure without much volume of water and line the block with rags to avoid soil contamination, but that’s probably just because I have a waterpik) and scrubbing the exposed edge with a wire brush every morning. Once enough of the old pole is worn away, you can fit a new one in the hole.
This all seems like a lot of work, but so does manually digging up a concrete block, lol
My mental alarm is going off, but maybe unnecessarily. Please make sure they’re sealed and regularly check that there are no chips in the coating, because any iron in them is going to rust when regularly exposed to brief periods of moisture and leave stains on your laundry. If they’re coated in aluminum, they should be fine. If they’re entirely aluminum, I’d worry about their strength for things like duvets, but for regular clothing and linens in mild wind, they should be fine.
I like lukewarm coffee