• @Buddahriffic
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    48 months ago

    ROI is continued existence for some. It’s a similar reason to why the leadership of the west is so against communism and socialism: because the best path forward doesn’t include them.

    • @UnderpantsWeevil
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      38 months ago

      ROI is continued existence for some.

      “Makers” versus the “Takers”

      the leadership of the west is so against communism and socialism

      That’s far more just a historical boogieman. Nixon spent half his career insisting every institution from Harvard to Hollywood was infested with Communists, then made the high point of his career a photo-op with The Great Helmsman himself. To say “the leadership is against communism” you really need to blinker yourself to decades of amicable international cooperation.

      Its only when local communities begin to express a bit of self-determination that western leadership remembers “Communism” is a dirty word.