Small parts of the Cuban economy and the DPRK economy operate under markets, especially so since the fall of the soviet Union. This part is much larger in Cuba since the sanctions.

If you ask an Ultra, even the smallest exchange of goods or services not conducted under the barter system is an infraction on socialist ideals and therefore makes you a capitalist.

The kid selling lemonade at a lemonade stand in their frontyard is bourgeoisie.

I know you are joking but this is actually true. Carl Marks while he was the dictator of Russia killed six septillion people.

If they did the same against Africans or Asians, there wouldn’t be Holocaust museums spread everywhere

They actually did do the same in China. Heck, the Americans did even worse to Koreans and Vietnamese. Fuck me they are doing it right now in Palestine.

Holocaust is seen as a unique travesty whereas it is just one of many other mass killings in world history. It is special only because it was white Europeans who died in it

To be honest for the intended purpose of tldr (a script that you run every once in a while), python is quite alright. Python is way more accessible than C.

But cli tools that are intended to be built upon by others with UIs and larger programs, they absolutely need to be built on a low level language so they can be faster and not drag down downstream projects’ potential.

I don’t remember where I heard it but I heard someone say that the average Chinese teenager who goes to school has a better political and material understanding of the world than the average American political science undergraduate student. I haven’t talked to Chinese teenagers but I have talked to American political “scientists” and I have no trouble believing that claim.

Why is Microsoft Word bad? Fuck you that’s why. Literally the worst piece of software I am forced to interface with on a daily basis