it is not a fucking department. it is a local branch in kenya, then, some branch in india. doing exactly the same things all kenyan and indian businesses do. are you saying that google has instituted a policy for scam-calling business owners to trick them into paying them to have a domain name and a website hosted on google's servers ? does google have a hosting business ?
And, really, what would you expect from anything that was founded and staffed in kenya these days. even if it is google's local branch, it is still staffed with kenyans with current kenyan business perceptive.
Remember the office sitcom '9 to 5' ? yes, 9.00 in the morning to 05.00 in the evening. it depicted an office and the funny situations that happened in between the workers in the office. a privately owned office. it was a popular sitcom, due to depicting a lot of people's daily lives.
the catch here, is in the name of the sitcom - '9 to 5'. you see, back 20-25 years ago, the situation in america was so that you worked in private corporations in between those hours in general. actually not only in america - it was so in many other parts of the world (maybe except japan).
but look at it now - 7 in the evening is the normal time when work stops in almost entire private sector. in the last 25 years, somewhere in between, the hour we got out of work has gone from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. and this did not happen only in america - almost any part of the world. wages ? they did not increase in proportion to inflation.
so we are working more, (25% more on average at least), but getting paid less. and everything is ship shape, as far as the current economic system and corporations are concerned.
would you expect paid vacations to be something that corporations would smile at, in such an environment ?
there isnt anything that is misrepresented - the onset of russian revolution, can be considered as democratic as any democracy in the west has been. the only difference is in the way things were handled - in west, those without money did not matter shit, hence not a problem while the established order was being maintained as long as they were kept out of money through the system, in russia, everyone was a potential threat because noone had enough money to make things go their own way in the revolution - all those who had money were being expelled or else.
its about standards. when you call something democratic (like what happens in usa), you have to call anything that is along the same lines, but done in a different way, as the same thing. the appearances should not make a difference.
Like I said, a few recruited losers useful to pass checkpoints. Do they vote as a bloc? Do they make any meaningful difference in elections?
you cant imagine..... leave that aside, they do a huge impact even on economics. first, they are a small closed ecosystem, then increasingly their size grows, after a while they can take on the existing, non affiliated economical entities and win over them in the market. coupled with political influence they amass, they become unstoppable.
And why would any Orthodox Russian family join such a community in the first place?
money. being poor. the parents go along hesitatingly unwillingly cooperating with these communities, because they need what they will provide. these communities do not force the families to get into them either - its enough that they trust them and send their kids to their dormitories, schools etc. they even provide scholarships. (almost consistently). parents hope/think that they can keep their children's leanings in line, because, well, they are parents. they cannot imagine and match the indoctrination that goes in those schools and dormitories. after a few years, its too late.
In Russia, you could possibly make a Christian extremist minority. In fact, Russian Orthodox Church is kinda working on that, with its own anti-evolution wing publishing things like "Orthodox biology textbooks", and campaigning for (Orthodox) religious education in schools. It's also a danger, but it's a different one from Islam.
turkey is not a muslim majority country. or, 'was'. what you call muslims has never been more than a 20% group.the next 30-40% group, were just muslims in tradition, only going to someone's funeral in a mosque, or calling an imam when there is a wedding. the next 20% would not be more 'less muslim' than a christian extremist or a jew was - since these were secular and left segments, who were opposed and hostile to islam, leave aside being muslim.
orthodox christian extremism does not have the backing of wahhabi (Saudi) or u.s. behind them, neither their funds and resources. they are quite behind in a race in which money makes the rules.
(Secular) education is still free in Russia. Including universities, in fact, if you can pass the entry exams.
Besides, you miss the ethnic angle in all this. In Russia, the widespread assumption is that Russian=Christian, and Muslim="these dirty smelly sheep-fucking guys from the mountains" (it kinda ignores Tatars, but most people don't interact with them daily, while immigrants from Caucasus are common). There's no love lost between Russians and various Caucasian people, and this goes both ways. Any Islamic organization tends to be run primarily by the latter, and supporting them whenever there is a conflict. Needless to say, this doesn't go well with Russians, especially the more xenophobic ones.
secular education was still free in universities in turkey until approx a few years ago. now, the secularism itself is being openly questioned and demeaned by the established islamist powerbase - which is also in government btw, since 8 years -, and universities are now not only less secular, but also many dozens of islamist run private universites had already thrown secularism out of the window a decade ago.
ethnicity does not effect anything. there are a lot of ethnicities which have been blood-enemies from centuries ago in islamist groups. they can merge them in a community through power of money easily, which increases their monetary capabilities in return. they can even make ex left, even communists cooperate with them. and i dont mean communist/marxist in an european style - im talking about people who actually shot to kill anyone who was a non communist 20 years ago.
'these dirty smelly goat herders from the mountains' ? hahahahaa. you will find that all of the 'community' members are well groomed, even with long, trendy hair
The comparison with Libya is absurd. Libya is a Muslim country to begin with - taking your average moderate and turning his kids into extremists is not all that hard.
you would be surprised if you examine what goes on in europe, especially in germany. converted muslim germans participating in planning bombing of american installations and whatnot.
Any Russian person converting to Islam would be shunned by his parents, his peers, and society at large
and thats where you are totally wrong - it would not matter whether their parents, peers, society shuns them - these 'foundations' already aim, and work on creating an entirely new 'society', and these kids are immediately integrated into these societies right at the time of their indoctrination. the concept of 'society' goes so far to even shop from only foundation-backed (owners generally happen to be members of the foundation, and islamists) companies, work, do business with only such companies/people, marry only from the 'community' and so on.
actually, for most people - and it does not matter whether muslim or not - these 'communities' provide a fast way to acceptance and placement in a community. they even arrange marriages within themselves.
But convert sufficiently large percent of the population that it's a viable political force
yes, and that absurd thing just happened in turkey in the last 15 years. kids were indoctrinated at these dorms, their parents shunned them, outcast them, and it effected to nothing. now, that caste basically runs turkey, and not being indoctrinated or in allegiance of the 'community' is becoming abnormal.
Extremist Islam is viewed with extreme hostility in Russia.
does not matter shit - poor people are having to send their kids to education. these 'communities' cater to poor people. be sure that they can warm up any hostile segment through the power of money and the 'community'.
There already is a clique in place to control Russia.
i meant, an american controlled clique.
I have not heard of any organized political Islamist opposition. Given the rampant day-to-day xenophobia in Russia, the notion is pretty absurd, anyway. Islamist organizations usually focus on Chechnya (and the rest of Caucasus), Tatarstan and other regions with local Muslim majority, with long-term goal to secede from the federation.
In any case, what does it have to do with present events?
you havent heard of it, since it was yet in the making. nur foundation, an islamist organization was maintaining numerous schools and dormitories to raise russian kids to be muslims. nur foundation is the exact counterpart of muslim brotherhood. it took a decade for muslim brotherhood to turn about libya by raising a considerable population to be sharia backers. similarly, nur foundation has taken a decade to produce an islamist oriented generation in turkey. they were doing the same to russia, but putin happened. if not for it, it would take at most a decade for it to happen. it is a current event in politics.
You are very naive if you believe it. Just FYI, Russian "elite" - the people in power - keeps their money in foreign banks, including U.S. banks, and their children study in foreign universities almost exclusively. And if you look at what is actually done (rather than what is said), Russia has been toeing the line on matters of actual importance - like keeping the gas and oil flow at agreed prices, or abstaining on resolution to use force against Libya
libya was not a matter of actual importance for russia. it was considered an european backyard since a long time. not to mention that gaddafi himself was in cahoots with earlier u.s. administrations, even participating in their 'war against terror' with them :
are you aware that the picture you describe here, is no less democratic than what exists in the u.s. even as of now, leave aside the previous century ?
all the difference in between them, is how it is effected - in one, it is effected directly, in the other, it is effected through power of money - noone who can not get backing of big money can have a chance at election, and ironically, only one of two seemingly present parties get elected and both parts of the corridor implement the exact same policies as requested by the monetary backers.
so it is the storefront that you are arguing for ?
and which of these justify invasion by 18 freaking countries ? and, you are basically saying that democracy did not used to have, and does not have 'a couple of interesting tweaks' in entirety of the anglo-american sphere, and the europe, in the last 200 years ?
so, basically, the rest of the world should feel justified to invade u.s., due to the fraud that was perpetrated in the elections in the last 3 runs, through electronic voting machines. because, democracy does not exist there.
if you are not a fox news american, dont talk like one. talking like one, and claiming otherwise, is pointless.
the utterly stupid sentence that is 'just looking at the facts' , tells me that you are indeed of that sort. i have given you facts. in contrast, you have seen 'no reason to address any of your other statements'. thats 1 to 0.
yes, u.s. is democratic and free as only as ussr was. you cannot be free in a country where every level of freedom is tied to money, including freedom of speech. if you count talking to your own family and friends 'freedom of speech' in this age, then you are indeed of the stupid sort that is befitting of fox news. you can keep talking all your life as long as your speech does not influence anything, like the other 300 million americans in america - note, i am holding you one with the current breed of americans, since your behavior and mindset is totally congruent with them. no doubt you have had, or in the process of effecting a situation like america, in your country, wherever you are - due to your mindset.
you are also probably believing in the delusion of democracy that exists in your country, aka 'the other america' -> in which only the most rich can get elected, and/or they need to have the backing of the most rich to get elected. doing precisely things they want for their own profit.
the reality is, neither your voice, nor your existence matters to the capitalist system. money talks, and the money you have is not enough for talking. and no - if you were any persona who would be commanding wealth of the kind that gets people elected and after that, in your leash, you would not be here on slashdot, talking to other people from the public. so, you dont have that kind of money, and the chances are 100% that you wont have.
so shut up with 'twisted world views'. im not the one who thinks he's free because there is a gaudy storefront put in front of a feudal society that is worse than medieval england.
yes. because they were undermanned from the start. you couldnt expect the populace, which have been starving under the aristocrats, to support them in a civil war. but if you look at russia at any point in its history, you will see that that aristocracy had the utmost efficiency in effecting killings of their own countrymen when they had the power.
'licensing' something by THREATENING to sue to oblivion by showing shaky stuff that would not hold in court, but still succeed in draining both companies' financial resources due to the shitty american judicial system for years, to see who went bankrupt or unviable first, IS extortion. what happens in such a situation - you guessed right !! the one with the greater wealth, wins. either by court, or, by attrition. not to mention that microsoft is a u.s. based company, and LG would be playing in foreign ground.
i would shut the fuck up, if i did not understand what 'extortion' was. you, apparently dont.
Of course not. The fact that they've always gone hand in hand is mere happenstance. An accident. A historical fluke. No connection whatsoever
and the fact that capitalism has always gone with exploitation, colonization, extortion, wars and invasions, mandates, is just happenstance then. the fact that u.s. had had taken over and is totally continuing the earlier british style colonization and empire, albeit with a different storefront, changes everything ? and that is just because a small percentage of their citizens revel in the delusion that they actually have a say in what happens in their country or the world ?
Likewise, the fact that communism requires a massive bureaucracy to oversee the forced redistribution of wealth and resources in no way, shape, or form, implies that it's wide open to abuse and corruption.
and in contrast, its all ok when entire system is privatized, and abuse, corruption and exploitation of people and everything is just legalized, in forms ranging from making people work for dimes to lobby corporations to buying any law a minority wants.... its just a matter of appearances then. when you put the right label on something, and just tell that that thing, which was previously ethically immoral before, is now legal, everything becomes rosy.
Thank you for Speaking Truth, Comrade. Your bravery will not go unnoticed - you will be remembered as a Hero of the Revolution!
you may be thinking that people outside the united states share the same kind of brainwashed paranoia towards communism, or anything that is left, for that matter, and would be hesitant, even scared to declare that they were communists.
we dont share your paranoia here. if i was a communist, i would have no qualms in declaring that openly, and call everyone to be communists.
instead, i will openly declare that i have been raised and brainwashed as an extreme right wing capitalist from the start of my education career, and lived a good thirty years of my life as such, only to awaken to what kind of shit we were living in after taking up history as a hobby and seeing what was what.
now, i am trying to undo the approx 18 years of educational, and 25 years of media brainwashing that i was subjected to, and yes, i am trying to become a left wing person. it may take time. but im not some idiot stupid enough to sink into indifference after being able to comprehend what's what.
there. you have it. now run away scared, and open fox news or something like that to smack you into stupor again.
not having 'any political power' could translate to any institution that should have had political power in countries like u.s., but in actuality does not.
in the end, the point that it was a democratical governance, stays.
or is it because there has been an attempt to set up a clique to control russia just like the cliques set up in entire middle east and balkans ?
just a few years ago, russian government has shut down all operations of a turkey based islamist 'charity' organization - hundreds of schools, dormitories they set up in russia were closed and taken into russian ministry of education's control in one day. in contrast, the governments of tunusia, syria, egypt, libya were not able to do that, or have not done that. all of them were exclusively toppled by the organization named 'muslim brotherhood' - which orchestrated all the revolution and all the digitization that went with it, apparently prepared beforehand for the eventuality.
in the wake of these, it is naive to say that the opposition in russia is just there because of the need for opposition. russia, and china are the only two countries on this planet in which american corporate interests do not have a clout to have what they want done.
what were the purposes of various secret programs of the past, now declassified, you think ? you will find even stupider excuses for those programs, totally irrelevant to what they were made for. just go through the disclosed stuff.
actually proposing that high powered electromagnetic fields cannot affect the weather whereas the entire planet is an electromagnet maintaining a huge magnetic field itself, is stupid.
yes, then you would need the bases to supply and maintain that ship of fleets. like, in hawaii maybe ? or, in client states like australia, new zealand, which allow you to use your ports ?
the problem is, see, despite u.s. has an extensive satellite network, it still uses ground based monitoring stations to monitor even the shuttle. at least, it did. so, apparently there are some important stuff that cant just be done through satellites.
almost all restaurant owners pay to someone for 'protection'... does that mean that those who are extorting money from them, are right ?
no. it just shows that the restaurant owner cannot risk their business being disrupted. and wants to concentrate on their business, instead of fighting some thugs in the streets.
replace word 'thug' with microsoft, and 'streets' with 'courts', and youll get the same picture. and when you considerd that the court system in u.s. is a much bigger hellhole for businesses than a back alley in brooklyn, you get the idea.
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it is not a fucking department. it is a local branch in kenya, then, some branch in india. doing exactly the same things all kenyan and indian businesses do. are you saying that google has instituted a policy for scam-calling business owners to trick them into paying them to have a domain name and a website hosted on google's servers ? does google have a hosting business ?
And, really, what would you expect from anything that was founded and staffed in kenya these days. even if it is google's local branch, it is still staffed with kenyans with current kenyan business perceptive.
mod parent up. i posted.
maybe that is the 'unique' thing ? i have never heard a popularized attempt to teach coding to masses.
you are lucky. rejoice.
Remember the office sitcom '9 to 5' ? yes, 9.00 in the morning to 05.00 in the evening. it depicted an office and the funny situations that happened in between the workers in the office. a privately owned office. it was a popular sitcom, due to depicting a lot of people's daily lives.
the catch here, is in the name of the sitcom - '9 to 5'. you see, back 20-25 years ago, the situation in america was so that you worked in private corporations in between those hours in general. actually not only in america - it was so in many other parts of the world (maybe except japan).
but look at it now - 7 in the evening is the normal time when work stops in almost entire private sector. in the last 25 years, somewhere in between, the hour we got out of work has gone from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. and this did not happen only in america - almost any part of the world. wages ? they did not increase in proportion to inflation.
so we are working more, (25% more on average at least), but getting paid less. and everything is ship shape, as far as the current economic system and corporations are concerned.
would you expect paid vacations to be something that corporations would smile at, in such an environment ?
there isnt anything that is misrepresented - the onset of russian revolution, can be considered as democratic as any democracy in the west has been. the only difference is in the way things were handled - in west, those without money did not matter shit, hence not a problem while the established order was being maintained as long as they were kept out of money through the system, in russia, everyone was a potential threat because noone had enough money to make things go their own way in the revolution - all those who had money were being expelled or else.
its about standards. when you call something democratic (like what happens in usa), you have to call anything that is along the same lines, but done in a different way, as the same thing. the appearances should not make a difference.
Like I said, a few recruited losers useful to pass checkpoints. Do they vote as a bloc? Do they make any meaningful difference in elections?
you cant imagine ..... leave that aside, they do a huge impact even on economics. first, they are a small closed ecosystem, then increasingly their size grows, after a while they can take on the existing, non affiliated economical entities and win over them in the market. coupled with political influence they amass, they become unstoppable.
And why would any Orthodox Russian family join such a community in the first place?
money. being poor. the parents go along hesitatingly unwillingly cooperating with these communities, because they need what they will provide. these communities do not force the families to get into them either - its enough that they trust them and send their kids to their dormitories, schools etc. they even provide scholarships. (almost consistently). parents hope/think that they can keep their children's leanings in line, because, well, they are parents. they cannot imagine and match the indoctrination that goes in those schools and dormitories. after a few years, its too late.
In Russia, you could possibly make a Christian extremist minority. In fact, Russian Orthodox Church is kinda working on that, with its own anti-evolution wing publishing things like "Orthodox biology textbooks", and campaigning for (Orthodox) religious education in schools. It's also a danger, but it's a different one from Islam.
turkey is not a muslim majority country. or, 'was'. what you call muslims has never been more than a 20% group.the next 30-40% group, were just muslims in tradition, only going to someone's funeral in a mosque, or calling an imam when there is a wedding. the next 20% would not be more 'less muslim' than a christian extremist or a jew was - since these were secular and left segments, who were opposed and hostile to islam, leave aside being muslim.
orthodox christian extremism does not have the backing of wahhabi (Saudi) or u.s. behind them, neither their funds and resources. they are quite behind in a race in which money makes the rules.
(Secular) education is still free in Russia. Including universities, in fact, if you can pass the entry exams. Besides, you miss the ethnic angle in all this. In Russia, the widespread assumption is that Russian=Christian, and Muslim="these dirty smelly sheep-fucking guys from the mountains" (it kinda ignores Tatars, but most people don't interact with them daily, while immigrants from Caucasus are common). There's no love lost between Russians and various Caucasian people, and this goes both ways. Any Islamic organization tends to be run primarily by the latter, and supporting them whenever there is a conflict. Needless to say, this doesn't go well with Russians, especially the more xenophobic ones.
secular education was still free in universities in turkey until approx a few years ago. now, the secularism itself is being openly questioned and demeaned by the established islamist powerbase - which is also in government btw, since 8 years -, and universities are now not only less secular, but also many dozens of islamist run private universites had already thrown secularism out of the window a decade ago.
ethnicity does not effect anything. there are a lot of ethnicities which have been blood-enemies from centuries ago in islamist groups. they can merge them in a community through power of money easily, which increases their monetary capabilities in return. they can even make ex left, even communists cooperate with them. and i dont mean communist/marxist in an european style - im talking about people who actually shot to kill anyone who was a non communist 20 years ago.
'these dirty smelly goat herders from the mountains' ? hahahahaa. you will find that all of the 'community' members are well groomed, even with long, trendy hair
The comparison with Libya is absurd. Libya is a Muslim country to begin with - taking your average moderate and turning his kids into extremists is not all that hard.
you would be surprised if you examine what goes on in europe, especially in germany. converted muslim germans participating in planning bombing of american installations and whatnot.
Any Russian person converting to Islam would be shunned by his parents, his peers, and society at large
and thats where you are totally wrong - it would not matter whether their parents, peers, society shuns them - these 'foundations' already aim, and work on creating an entirely new 'society', and these kids are immediately integrated into these societies right at the time of their indoctrination. the concept of 'society' goes so far to even shop from only foundation-backed (owners generally happen to be members of the foundation, and islamists) companies, work, do business with only such companies/people, marry only from the 'community' and so on.
actually, for most people - and it does not matter whether muslim or not - these 'communities' provide a fast way to acceptance and placement in a community. they even arrange marriages within themselves.
But convert sufficiently large percent of the population that it's a viable political force
yes, and that absurd thing just happened in turkey in the last 15 years. kids were indoctrinated at these dorms, their parents shunned them, outcast them, and it effected to nothing. now, that caste basically runs turkey, and not being indoctrinated or in allegiance of the 'community' is becoming abnormal.
Extremist Islam is viewed with extreme hostility in Russia.
does not matter shit - poor people are having to send their kids to education. these 'communities' cater to poor people. be sure that they can warm up any hostile segment through the power of money and the 'community'.
the only crowd i see immune to them is the irish.
'legal' is only valid when you actually show what you claim. if you dont, it is just threatening.
that makes the u.s. government 'mad' (ie oppressive) since a long time then. or, is the storefront being different, makes it totally different ?
yes. actually. wikileaks. and these were discussed here in slashdot when their news broke too.
There already is a clique in place to control Russia.
i meant, an american controlled clique.
I have not heard of any organized political Islamist opposition. Given the rampant day-to-day xenophobia in Russia, the notion is pretty absurd, anyway. Islamist organizations usually focus on Chechnya (and the rest of Caucasus), Tatarstan and other regions with local Muslim majority, with long-term goal to secede from the federation. In any case, what does it have to do with present events?
you havent heard of it, since it was yet in the making. nur foundation, an islamist organization was maintaining numerous schools and dormitories to raise russian kids to be muslims. nur foundation is the exact counterpart of muslim brotherhood. it took a decade for muslim brotherhood to turn about libya by raising a considerable population to be sharia backers. similarly, nur foundation has taken a decade to produce an islamist oriented generation in turkey. they were doing the same to russia, but putin happened. if not for it, it would take at most a decade for it to happen. it is a current event in politics.
You are very naive if you believe it. Just FYI, Russian "elite" - the people in power - keeps their money in foreign banks, including U.S. banks, and their children study in foreign universities almost exclusively. And if you look at what is actually done (rather than what is said), Russia has been toeing the line on matters of actual importance - like keeping the gas and oil flow at agreed prices, or abstaining on resolution to use force against Libya
libya was not a matter of actual importance for russia. it was considered an european backyard since a long time. not to mention that gaddafi himself was in cahoots with earlier u.s. administrations, even participating in their 'war against terror' with them :
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/03/moammar-gaddafi-cia-ties-_n_947769.html
russia currently monopolize's europe's energy. there is no need to stir the pot in that area either.
are you aware that the picture you describe here, is no less democratic than what exists in the u.s. even as of now, leave aside the previous century ?
all the difference in between them, is how it is effected - in one, it is effected directly, in the other, it is effected through power of money - noone who can not get backing of big money can have a chance at election, and ironically, only one of two seemingly present parties get elected and both parts of the corridor implement the exact same policies as requested by the monetary backers.
so it is the storefront that you are arguing for ?
and which of these justify invasion by 18 freaking countries ? and, you are basically saying that democracy did not used to have, and does not have 'a couple of interesting tweaks' in entirety of the anglo-american sphere, and the europe, in the last 200 years ?
so, basically, the rest of the world should feel justified to invade u.s., due to the fraud that was perpetrated in the elections in the last 3 runs, through electronic voting machines. because, democracy does not exist there.
if you are not a fox news american, dont talk like one. talking like one, and claiming otherwise, is pointless.
the utterly stupid sentence that is 'just looking at the facts' , tells me that you are indeed of that sort. i have given you facts. in contrast, you have seen 'no reason to address any of your other statements'. thats 1 to 0.
yes, u.s. is democratic and free as only as ussr was. you cannot be free in a country where every level of freedom is tied to money, including freedom of speech. if you count talking to your own family and friends 'freedom of speech' in this age, then you are indeed of the stupid sort that is befitting of fox news. you can keep talking all your life as long as your speech does not influence anything, like the other 300 million americans in america - note, i am holding you one with the current breed of americans, since your behavior and mindset is totally congruent with them. no doubt you have had, or in the process of effecting a situation like america, in your country, wherever you are - due to your mindset.
you are also probably believing in the delusion of democracy that exists in your country, aka 'the other america' -> in which only the most rich can get elected, and/or they need to have the backing of the most rich to get elected. doing precisely things they want for their own profit.
the reality is, neither your voice, nor your existence matters to the capitalist system. money talks, and the money you have is not enough for talking. and no - if you were any persona who would be commanding wealth of the kind that gets people elected and after that, in your leash, you would not be here on slashdot, talking to other people from the public. so, you dont have that kind of money, and the chances are 100% that you wont have.
so shut up with 'twisted world views'. im not the one who thinks he's free because there is a gaudy storefront put in front of a feudal society that is worse than medieval england.
yes. because they were undermanned from the start. you couldnt expect the populace, which have been starving under the aristocrats, to support them in a civil war. but if you look at russia at any point in its history, you will see that that aristocracy had the utmost efficiency in effecting killings of their own countrymen when they had the power.
'licensing' something by THREATENING to sue to oblivion by showing shaky stuff that would not hold in court, but still succeed in draining both companies' financial resources due to the shitty american judicial system for years, to see who went bankrupt or unviable first, IS extortion. what happens in such a situation - you guessed right !! the one with the greater wealth, wins. either by court, or, by attrition. not to mention that microsoft is a u.s. based company, and LG would be playing in foreign ground.
i would shut the fuck up, if i did not understand what 'extortion' was. you, apparently dont.
Of course not. The fact that they've always gone hand in hand is mere happenstance. An accident. A historical fluke. No connection whatsoever
and the fact that capitalism has always gone with exploitation, colonization, extortion, wars and invasions, mandates, is just happenstance then. the fact that u.s. had had taken over and is totally continuing the earlier british style colonization and empire, albeit with a different storefront, changes everything ? and that is just because a small percentage of their citizens revel in the delusion that they actually have a say in what happens in their country or the world ?
Likewise, the fact that communism requires a massive bureaucracy to oversee the forced redistribution of wealth and resources in no way, shape, or form, implies that it's wide open to abuse and corruption.
and in contrast, its all ok when entire system is privatized, and abuse, corruption and exploitation of people and everything is just legalized, in forms ranging from making people work for dimes to lobby corporations to buying any law a minority wants .... its just a matter of appearances then. when you put the right label on something, and just tell that that thing, which was previously ethically immoral before, is now legal, everything becomes rosy.
Thank you for Speaking Truth, Comrade. Your bravery will not go unnoticed - you will be remembered as a Hero of the Revolution!
you may be thinking that people outside the united states share the same kind of brainwashed paranoia towards communism, or anything that is left, for that matter, and would be hesitant, even scared to declare that they were communists.
we dont share your paranoia here. if i was a communist, i would have no qualms in declaring that openly, and call everyone to be communists.
instead, i will openly declare that i have been raised and brainwashed as an extreme right wing capitalist from the start of my education career, and lived a good thirty years of my life as such, only to awaken to what kind of shit we were living in after taking up history as a hobby and seeing what was what.
now, i am trying to undo the approx 18 years of educational, and 25 years of media brainwashing that i was subjected to, and yes, i am trying to become a left wing person. it may take time. but im not some idiot stupid enough to sink into indifference after being able to comprehend what's what.
there. you have it. now run away scared, and open fox news or something like that to smack you into stupor again.
not having 'any political power' could translate to any institution that should have had political power in countries like u.s., but in actuality does not.
in the end, the point that it was a democratical governance, stays.
or is it because there has been an attempt to set up a clique to control russia just like the cliques set up in entire middle east and balkans ?
just a few years ago, russian government has shut down all operations of a turkey based islamist 'charity' organization - hundreds of schools, dormitories they set up in russia were closed and taken into russian ministry of education's control in one day. in contrast, the governments of tunusia, syria, egypt, libya were not able to do that, or have not done that. all of them were exclusively toppled by the organization named 'muslim brotherhood' - which orchestrated all the revolution and all the digitization that went with it, apparently prepared beforehand for the eventuality.
in the wake of these, it is naive to say that the opposition in russia is just there because of the need for opposition. russia, and china are the only two countries on this planet in which american corporate interests do not have a clout to have what they want done.
what were the purposes of various secret programs of the past, now declassified, you think ? you will find even stupider excuses for those programs, totally irrelevant to what they were made for. just go through the disclosed stuff.
actually proposing that high powered electromagnetic fields cannot affect the weather whereas the entire planet is an electromagnet maintaining a huge magnetic field itself, is stupid.
yes, then you would need the bases to supply and maintain that ship of fleets. like, in hawaii maybe ? or, in client states like australia, new zealand, which allow you to use your ports ?
the problem is, see, despite u.s. has an extensive satellite network, it still uses ground based monitoring stations to monitor even the shuttle. at least, it did. so, apparently there are some important stuff that cant just be done through satellites.
so ?
almost all restaurant owners pay to someone for 'protection'... does that mean that those who are extorting money from them, are right ?
no. it just shows that the restaurant owner cannot risk their business being disrupted. and wants to concentrate on their business, instead of fighting some thugs in the streets.
replace word 'thug' with microsoft, and 'streets' with 'courts', and youll get the same picture. and when you considerd that the court system in u.s. is a much bigger hellhole for businesses than a back alley in brooklyn, you get the idea.