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NoFreeWill posted:

tsinava posted:

that scene is from a movie about a woman who leaves her super nice husband for some strange and then regrets it.

it's a good illustration of how destructive the institution of marriage and by extension, capitalism is, to personal relationships imo

good thing marriage didn't exist before capitalism!

Your a fucking idiot

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i would like to apologize, on behalf of obama's white half, for the preceding video
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Poronto
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marriage will be call butt buddy ism
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tpaine
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is anyone here watching this netflix narcos series?

the extent of the reaganite anti-communist propaganda and revisionist history it contains is pretty shocking, even for a trashy docu-drama or whatever you want to call it. the part im watching now is presenting obscure anti-sandinista smears that were discredited in the iran-contra hearings three decades ago as historical 'facts' for the purpose of the story. the consistency of the anti-communist distortions makes it hard to beleive that it's just a bit of dramatic licence, and i can't think of anything like this that has even come out since the 1980s

it's got a very slick vice news feel to it. the dea agent narrator's combination of cynicism and chauvinism allows for both credibility with contemporary audiences and for the disavowal of any particular statement (like when the he praises pinochet). the more ignorant the audience, the more of his narrative is accepted as hardboiled historical truth, while a more sophisticated audience will just write off any particularly obnoxious statement as commentary on the worldview of a 1980s dea agent.
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a bunch of leftish people i know were all apparently excited to go see something called "cartel land" executive produced by katerine bigelow
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Yea the 10 minutes of the one episode that takes place in and discusses nicaragua is REALLY problematic. Same reason i never finished true detective as a marxist i cant enjoy anything that erases class
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I also LOoooOOoOVe to watch nazi propaganda! Its le art and Its le entertaining. Le meme
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Crow posted:

I also LOoooOOoOVe to watch nazi propaganda! Its le art and Its le entertaining. Le meme


same but grover furr

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Panopticon posted:

Crow posted:

I also LOoooOOoOVe to watch nazi propaganda! Its le art and Its le entertaining. Le meme

same but grover furr

Tres Cool non sequitur so glad to see tuppins is back

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political car tune
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but i thought the nazis were defeated in 1945
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That's just what HBO wants you to think.
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i watched Moscow Doesn't Believe In Tears which was produced by the good communists at Mosfilm and was a story about a women's solidarity in the USSR as they search the devastated plains of Russian men for love. Apparently the female-male ratio was like 3/4-1 in Moscow at one point...
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UNUSUALY COOL
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bigelow = cia
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its been mentioned to me by friends on numerous occasions that the shows and documentaries produced specifically for netflix go really hard on the propaganda in a way that feels more hands-on directed than a lot of other television. kind of interesting.

i think that the new netflix-google method of sculpting content delivery according user shadow profiles makes it easier to get away with really brazen shit, the people who would object to fascist oorah drama and belligerently false documentaries are less likely to see them and the intended recipients get to guzzle shit down uninterrupted.
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netflix is also full of crazy aliens, jfk and moon landing conspiracy garbage. i think its probably more that they're willing to pander much more aggressively than most.
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where's the shamelessly pandering series for me, a white westerner claiming to be a maoist-third-worl-


Oh
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lol is that a real thing im too afraid to find out myself
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its real and its insane
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Netflix is rly bad like full liberal everything is ok rich pro gay white ppl stuff. Sense 8 is fucked
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man kes from star trek voyager really let herself go

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This summary of contemporary Chinese Socialist Scholasticism is fun, concise, and informative.
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there doesnt seem to be a document on that page
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You may have to sign up for it on edx (its free) to see it: The course is called Introduction to Mao Zedong Thought 毛泽东思想概论
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JHvrirXi5Ds

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Prof Philip Mirowski: Should Economists be Experts in Markets or Experts in "Human Nature"

I disagree with Mirowski methodological anti-humanism and the erasure of the historical-political, but it is interesting to watch nonetheless, as an internal critique of neoclassical orthodoxy. His point, for example, that neoclassical economists, for all their praise of markets, have done precious little work in discussing what markets, in all their variety, actually are, is a useful one.
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he really needs to someone to edit his powerpoint presentations
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Thats cool anyways heres what Ive been watching

1. Banshee - This show is roadhouse but its a TV show and the bad guy is Amish and knows karate in addition to being an evil land developer or w/e
2. Rome - I watched rome again.
3. Fargo - This shows good. I liked the whiplash theme for the Duluth mafia guys.
4. Breaking Bad - I ran out of shows and am rewatching breaking bad. Walter White is perhaps the greatest open mouthed whisper actor of a generation defined by them.
5. I watched trainwreck in theater and ddin't care for it that much. There were some funny parts but its too long and the characters are all nonsense. Here was my favorite part in the movie: When Mathew Broderick is complemented in the intervention scene and you see him react in such a funny and honest way. That's acting and it's great to see.
6. Youtubes of old guys college lectures about chinese marxism or whatever haha just kidding that sounds lame.
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Im on to you, Keven. Mixing in 5 fake reviews rto hide your earnest Trainwreck review.
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Occupied Aztlan
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Watching Regular Car Reviews and Factorio Let's Plays. Also old guys talking about guns. Also a screening of The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution tomorrow. Its being put on by a local org and the head really doesnt like me. i also just came back into town so The Stage Is Set.
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Mike Nelson here.
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i saw the first hour of trainwreck and then i wandered off like a confused lamb. it was good to see john cena give 110% effort even if the writing was terrible for him.
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RedMaistre posted:

Prof Philip Mirowski: Should Economists be Experts in Markets or Experts in "Human Nature"

I disagree with Mirowski methodological anti-humanism and the erasure of the historical-political, but it is interesting to watch nonetheless, as an internal critique of neoclassical orthodoxy. His point, for example, that neoclassical economists, for all their praise of markets, have done precious little work in discussing what markets, in all their variety, actually are, is a useful one.


returning to this, ive been enjoying the aliasing his pinstriped shirt is going through

e: i guess i can add some thoughts. its sort of funny how he seems to transition from this great critic of the neoliberal idea of markets being used for everything to "check out this different math for studying markets, still the Only Way to allocate resources"

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getfiscal posted:

i saw the first hour of trainwreck and then i wandered off like a confused lamb. it was good to see john cena give 110% effort even if the writing was terrible for him.



He's bad at acting but has an undeniable john cenaness about him.

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Soviet_Salami posted: