-Purely in terms of the eastern European cities, this quote is as true as ever: “The greater part of Western Europe might then assume the appearance and character already exhibited by tracts of country in the South of England, in the Riviera and in the tourist-ridden or residential parts of Italy and Switzerland, little clusters of wealthy aristocrats drawing dividends and pensions from the Far East”.
-Prague is essentially dominated by British and German tourists looking to party. Budapest is the same but the day I was there was the Pride March and the city was occupied by literally hundreds and hundreds of police. I saw multiple little fascist gangs counter protesting, and speeches in public parks about “returning to tradition” etc etc.
-Lots of homeless
-friend of the family out in the country was discussing her son’s engineering job in Budapest a factory with Samsung. Lots of migrant labor from post soviet countries moving west into “slave labor conditions” in the factories.
-There’s actually tons of fascist men all over, I’ve seen them at gas stations and train stations out in the country, some of which were armed.
-very dilapidated infrastructure all throughout. Big contrast between cities (the only thing westerners ever see) and the countryside.
-everything that was ever a communist monument or name or symbol has been changed or destroyed. All the apartment blocks are still there, the parks, etc. Haunting feeling, in the sense of a lost future. It can be sad to feel that so much effort in the last century is gone, fascism is back.
-had a discussion with an older woman who’s father was the mayor of a town in east Hungary during the war. She remembers the Soviets coming through. Her father was required to have a meeting with the soviet officers whilst it was a front city. The officers would not eat any food that was not tasted beforehand by her family (smart). Some soldiers were unfamiliar with western toilets (love this honestly, the underdeveloped regions of the planet overwhelmingly defeating the Nazi war machine). Briefly mentioned that a young male organization of “scouts” were immediately arrested and shot in every Hungarian town. Probably a fascist organization. I want to read more, don’t know what to read though. I downloaded Glantz’s stuff just to read more about the Red Army though
I’ll remember more later
stegosaurus posted:it may be no longer possible to die.
cars posted:just persisting is fine IMO
in lieu of posting an update to the life thread i will quote this
graphicalUSSRinterface posted:my gf is a left-libertarian "free market anarchist"
let me talk to her.
littlegreenpills posted:fifth day in the UK. have not noticed any substantial difference from all the other white people countries. The ice cream is different
i think it's worse because everything we call white cultureless garbage actually came from somewhere, and most of it came from this black white hole
at least the descendant countries have some other influences. this place is like what if you gave chip and dale down at the country club total control for 600 years
have a good rest of your trip!
littlegreenpills posted:fifth day in the UK. have not noticed any substantial difference from all the other white people countries. The ice cream is different
In my experience the ice cream in the uk is the same as it is in the rest of europe
cars posted:just persisting is fine IMO, i think one of the big ways groups psych themselves out in the West is by worrying it's a waste of time & resources to continue to exist when that's actually hard work and probably useful in situations where revolution doesn't seem likely to happen soon. There are a lot of ways to do that without becoming a joke like Platypus or an entirely different kind of joke like CPUSA. Maybe this is not the issue though idk.
the issue is we were trying to intervene in/support struggles of homeless people against cops, bosses, the terrible shelter etc and just turned into a charity. and nobody seems to care/notice. we're a bit better than a charity but thats the polemical way to describe it.
cars posted:just persisting is fine IMO, i think one of the big ways groups psych themselves out in the West is by worrying it's a waste of time & resources to continue to exist when that's actually hard work and probably useful in situations where revolution doesn't seem likely to happen soon. There are a lot of ways to do that without becoming a joke like Platypus or an entirely different kind of joke like CPUSA. Maybe this is not the issue though idk.
yeah the CPC spent a good 20 years after the soviet collapse (rip) just surviving and trying not to collapse into paranoid infighting while CSIS kept trying to sell them weapons as if they'd have any use for them, they've kind of just been gaining steam getting back into Doing Things but membership is exploding (for a western communist party) and they've done some great work
stegosaurus posted:the issue is we were trying to intervene in/support struggles of homeless people against cops, bosses, the terrible shelter etc and just turned into a charity. and nobody seems to care/notice. we're a bit better than a charity but thats the polemical way to describe it.
Maybe i can’t say anything more then because that sounds ok to me.
toyotathon posted:brought a bag of books into the city for trade-in & run important city errands. hopped on bart with a man whose bike fell apart, in front of me. he shoved it on the train and no sooner, started trying to rip the handlebars off the stem, which you can normally do to adjust the height of the handlebar stem against the fork. i went over to help or whatever. the acid i took earlier was starting to kick in. i wanted to maybe help him make it one piece again, or gather it together, but all he wanted was to boast what a beautiful bike it was. so i joined in like, oh yes those lugs look indestructible, is that a fuji?. this pleased him. he was like, hold on one second. he pulled out two phones, and on the quicker-booting one he brought up pictures of dead rats his cat killed. he showed me a video of him dangling a rat like "you won't even see her strike! watch!". careful to not reveal too much i said, i can't look at pictures of dead rats with you anymore! he kind of left and a german family who kept fumbling with a paper map sat down in his place. i don't like doing drugs and i'm not having a good time. i drew all over the dollar bills in my wallet.
AZ_IZ_OT posted:Figured out shitting is easier if I up my fat intake. Incredibly pleasant.
toyotathon posted:acid
Psilocybin is better, IME
tell me abt it my 1500 cal/day regime has been accompanied with freakishly tiny shits. is this how much normal people shit. i havent bought toilet paper in 2 months
dimashq posted:I link to the rhizzone (dot) net all the time, I link to it in lieu of tipping. Ive linked my plumber. My mistress is a well know poster. I always link.
I just give them chick tracts.
toyotathon posted:an almond grove's irrigation sluice gate
catchphrase