/leftypol/ - Leftist Politically Incorrect

Gee whiz, I wonder why the Polish don't like communists. It's not like communism did anything wrong to them during ww2 or the cold war or anything.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bans_on_communist_symbols

Meanwhile Lithuanian Jews can move to Israel and apparently there's no problem with that.

>>494342
>Really sad, I thought maybe Czech Republic was going to start to regain its sanity soon by proximity to Slovakia.
>Slovakia
>sanity
Ugh, mate, I don't even know where to start

Slovakia is in many ways very similar to Hungary and Poland. A deeply conservative country, where the catholic church is still very influential institution.

Jozef Tiso, the president of the fascist Slovak state, is viewed in positive light by 20% of Slovaks.

28% has a favorable opinion on the era of the first Slovak republic (1939-45) itself
(source: https://nms.global/sk/tiso-ma-sympatie-patiny-populacie-slovensky-stat-vnimaju-pozitivne-najma-mladi/ )

4% views the deportations of Jews positively (source: https://spravy.stvr.sk/2024/03/len-tretina-populacie-ma-negativny-postoj-k-slovenskemu-statu-a-deportaciam-zidov/ )

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>>494410
I find it difficult to reconcile that with the fact that Slovakia is lead by the last remaining principled social democrat in Europe.

The fact remains Slovakia and Hungary are the only voices in Europe opposing the bullshit proxy war in Ukraine and world war 3. Given the completely unhinged crap at the Munich Security Conference just a few days ago, yes that is sanity.

>>493947
Have you read "Towards a new Socialism"? It describes how a cyber socialist economy would work using what he calls "calculation in kind", which basically equates money and time.

What we call "crypto" is really just a consensus algorithm, it's one of the tools in the toolbox for building distributed computer systems. It may or may not be applicable to building a socialist economy.

>>493951

It is really funny almost sad that people in the crypto space are so ignorant.
First of all, bitcoin is less private than even the scam paper money that central banks have imposed. Just search the huge blockchain of bitcoin and with some effort you can find the IP and other important data from the transactions that people make.

You really, have to ask a question to yourself. Would bitcoin be so popular even for people like president Trump if it really was an anti-system currency?

The answer is of course no. The only real private and reliable at this moment and day cryptocurrency is Monero and that's why it is banned from most exchange platforms.

On the other hand, in an ideological level, communism is all about the destruction of money because it creates inequality. In my opinion, search for alternatives for your finances preferably gold but at the same time remember the final goal.

>Crypto was intended to act in X way!
TOO BAD BITCH! The forces of the market make it act the way it does! You can stamp your feet and hold your breath until you turn blue but that won't change the fact that systems act the way that they act in reality, not how they're intended! Exorcise that liberal idealism from your skull.

>>494279
How do I get Monero then?

t. Newb

>>494301
You shouldn't hold onto a lot of monero for more than a couple of days, because of price stability. Get bitcoin instead and swap some for monero whenever you need to do a transaction.

Was this the first time that "black bloc" saboteurs showed up to commit petty crimes and provide pretext for violent crackdown on protest? I can't think of an earlier time in which this technique was used.

Would the public have consented to their violent crackdown if the smashies hadn't smashed? To a lesser degree there was some punishment: the Seattle chief of police didn't get re-elected afterward.

Anon… are you feeling OK?

It's called McKinley actually

>>494294
If you aren't riding your bike or taking the bus to work, then you're not a comrade. Simple as that.

China and India emit more co2 than all western countries combined but somehow I'm at fault for this, and if only I'd stop commuting to work in my truck then it would stop climate change from blowing up the earth.

Thats what K-12 education is, yet everyone still defends it

>>477154
>How does solitary confinement fit into the larger prison industrial complex?
In the US the private prison complex is a remnant from the defeated slave-society. Stuffing a slave into a crate/box was a type of punishment/torture. That's probably what "solitary confinement" was derived from. It's probably just as ineffective as torture.

>It seems to me like it would be rather unprofitable
Yes, but private prisons in general are dubious from an economic perspective. Hiring somebody as a worker is more productive than forcing that person to be a prison-slave and worker-housing costs significantly less than imprisonment.

You're correct it's not rational.

>>483710
Can that really be true? There's clearly an economic incentive for prison labor. Why else would Whole Foods for example seek out prison labor when they could be paying real wages to un-prisoned workers? I think prison labor exploiters usually aren't paying for the imprisonment; instead the state is paying for that.

>>483711
>Can that really be true?
Given how broken the world is, why is it so surprising to you that shit's not efficient.

>There's clearly an economic incentive for prison labor.
It costs like over 60k a year to imprison somebody in the US. It costs less than half to hire somebody for minimum wage. So a hard NO on that one.

Just compare the physical realities, of a commercial space where people work, plus the homes they live in, to prison facilities.

Regular work places don't need all the stuff to keep people locked up, they don't need sturdy cells, guards, elaborate security perimeters, a search helicopter on stand by and so on. To hire a worker just post a job-listing. To get a prison-slave it requires a bunch of police officers to catch one, and a bunch of legal theater to make up excuses for snatching somebody from the streets and locking them up. It requires bribing politicians for fake laws to keep up a veneer of justice and legitimacy.

Prisons are also a lot less productive, than regular work-places. It's basically random snatched up people that are being made to work what ever productive forces the private prison labor camp happens to have. There is no skill matching. Since there is no pressure to upgrade the production equipment, the tools are obsolete tech that are really labor intensive and have low output.

The only reason why anybody's making money off this is because the costs are socialized and the revenue is privatized.

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even the nazis didn't use solitary confinement

its a particularly american form of abuse

It's the result of a Communist (Posadas) getting tortured by anti-Communist fascists. The Posadist meme is therefore ableist.

There's a whole board >>>/posad/

Posadism is disproven by the fact that nuclear weapons have been tested and used for nearly 80 years and we've had no communist ET contact

>>484647
A blink of the eye in astronomical distances. Aliens 80 lights years away would just now be receiving evidence that nukes have gone off on Earth. If they decide to contact us in less than another 80 years they'll need faster-than-light space travel.

>>484620

he was already a theorist before his torture in chile.

One of his ideas, communicating with dolphins is in the epstein files–but only because the rich were trying to prevent research in that communication.

Trinidadians Sue US for Caribbean Boat Bombing That Killed Relatives ‘In Cold Blood’
Relatives of two Trinidadian men killed during the Trump administration’s internationally condemned bombing spree against boats allegedly transporting drugs in the Caribbean Sea filed a wrongful death lawsuit Tuesday against the United States.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/relatives-sue-over-boat-strikees

FBI to investigate Minneapolis activists after far-right claim about Signal chats
Patel used the podcast of another rightwing personality, Benny Johnson, to break the news. Higby had posted on Sunday on X that he had “infiltrated” a group chat on Signal, the widely used communication app that offers effective encryption, populated by anti-ICE organizers in Minneapolis. Higby’s posts appear to show communication between Minneapolis activists in vehicles trying to locate and share the descriptions and license plates of potential ICE vehicles. He argued that the chats have “the sole intention of tracking down federal agents and impeding/assaulting/and obstructing them”.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/27/minneapolis-fbi-signal-investigation-kash-patel

GOP pitches student loan repayment amid affordability struggles
Republicans say their new repayment policies focus on the borrowers who need the most help, debt cancellation is unfair to people without student loans and that the latest financial strain and mixed messages are former President Joe Biden’s fault. But that hasn’t obscured the fact that student loan bills are piling up ahead of a midterm election where concerns about the cost of living could flip majorities in Congress.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/26/gop-pitches-student-loan-repayment-amid-affordability-struggles-00743153
https://archive.ph/aBCqN

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No, Tim Walz and AOC, the National Guard Won’t Save Us
On the heels of mass protests demanding justice for those killed by federal agents and demanding ICE out of our communities, the capitalist state has escalated its assault with Customs and Border Protection (CBP) executing ICU nurse Alex Pretti in broad daylight. In response, Donald Trump’s deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller posted on X, “A would-be assassin tried to murder federal law enforcement and the official Democrat account sides with the terrorists.” Meanwhile on Truth Social, Donald Trump called Pretti a gunman, justifying the killing and attacking various Democrats. Republicans are digging in their heels, maintaining that these federal forces can kill anyone that protests them, even in legal ways, like filming. They’re showing the public how the state can commit whatever type of violence it likes, when it likes. Democrats, meanwhile, have responded with assurances that the state, through government channels, will fight this murder. During his press conference, Minnesota governor Tim Walz tried to pacify the masses fighting back in the streets, urging peaceful protest — despite the fact that he saw the same video many others did, where Pretti was being peaceful, yet killed execution style after being beaten by a gang of CBP agents.
https://www.leftvoice.org/no-tim-walz-and-aoc-the-national-guard-wont-save-us/

Exclusive: Leaked “Board of Peace” Resolution Outlines U.S.-Led Plan to Rule Over Gaza
The so-called Board of Peace that President Donald Trump officially launched in Davos, Switzerland last week is developing sweeping plans for a U.S.-backed administration to rule Gaza, according to a draft of the Board’s resolution. Drop Site obtained the unsigned document, which is dated January 22, 2026 and titled “Resolution No. 2026/1,” from three independent sources, all of whom are in regular contact with U.S. and Israeli authorities regarding Gaza reconstruction. The sources confirmed that its contents align with ongoing discussions in Israel and the U.S. about the implementation of planned governance structures for the Strip. The resolution, which is the first of its kind from the Board of Peace, details the structure of a U.S.-backed governing authority that would assume full legislative, exPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

For anyone confused about the flag I have chosen just to know no I am not from Burkina Faso, I am just inspired from the great leader Ibrahim Traore and especially his predecessor Thomas Sankara. Now, About the explosion in Trikala, the situation in Greece is really bad. The politicians of Greece refer to eurostat Accidents at work statistics (link here: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-eurostat-news/w/ddn-20251014-1) in which anyone may understand that Greece is doing pretty well somehow. The stats are real and it was something that we were proud of. But things have gotten out of control after 2023. The fatal accidents are so many that it is really hard actually to keep up with so many sad news. The best source confirming this is from a pro-government newspaper ironically (https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1291809/more-than-200-people-died-on-the-job-in-greece-in-2025/)

>>491503
How can i write to him myself?

https://x.com/ProudSocialist/status/2001697364130832484
Luigi Mangione’s pretrial hearing has concluded with a bombshell from Luigi’s lawyer:

The cops lied and made up that Luigi’s mom said “it’s something she could see him doing.”

She never said that. They fabricated this statement to try to implicate Luigi.

https://x.com/unusual_whales/status/2016967807859380537
BREAKING: A Minnesota man reportedly tried to break Luigi Mangione out of jail in New York by impersonating an FBI agent, per ABC

BREAKING: Judge TOSSES Death Penalty Against Luigi Mangione
Status Coup reporter JT Cestkowski reported on the breaking news that a Judge has tossed the death penalty as a possibility in the case against Luigi Mangione, the alleged killer of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Status Coup has been the LEADING NEWS OUTLET covering the Luigi Mangione case throughout 2025 and now 2026 and we would like to cover his trial—which is expected to begin in October—ON THE GROUND.

>>492751
This is not a good look.
The DA fucked this one up.

https://x.com/MintPressNews/status/2016986072505340114
AbbyMartin visits Alex Pretti's vigil in Minneapolis and calls on the public to join the national strike this Friday against ICE to disrupt capital and the bipartisan killing machine of US imperialism

PSL National:
We support the call from Minnesota-based Black and Somali student organizations — on Friday, January 30, join the national day of action to say ICE OUT OF EVERYWHERE!

Last Friday, people from all walks of life came together in the Twin Cities and all across Minnesota had a day of “no work, no school, no shopping” and shut it down. It captured the imagination of the whole country. They’ve shown the way for all of us — to stop ICE’s reign of terror, we need to SHUT IT DOWN. What happened in Minnesota can happen across the entire country.

Now is the decisive moment. The Minnesota General Strike has given us a historic opening. If we all take a stand now, we can stop the killings and the kidnappings, and end Trump’s war on our most basic rights!

Make a plan. Organize your people. Stay tuned for actions this January 30 around the country.

MintPress News:
Meta began blocking users from sharing links to ICE List, a database that compiles the names, photos, and roles of thousands of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol agents.

Users on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads reported that attempts to post the site’s URLs result in error messages stating the content “goes against our Community Standards”.

The site’s founder, Dominick Skinner, noted that links had been shared without issue for over six months, but the block was implemented overnight following the site’s increased viral attention after a data leak involving 4,500 DHS employees.

Meta spokesperson Andy Stone stated the links violate policies against sharing or soliciting Personally Identifiable Information (PII), specifically targeting data about "government IDs of law enforcement, military, or security personnel".

>>494159
THIS is AI slop.

>>494133
You couldn't have posted this in >>493397 or >>491673 or >>493952 or >>487075?

>a meeting of ISIS groupies
yeah no thank you

>>494138
I guess I could have posted it in USApol since it covers multiple topics related to that, but I didn't. Sorry!

>>494139
You mean the White House or the IMF?

>Tim Heidecker, comedian
lolwut