So you would rather assist with war crimes/genocide than live in poverty? I would rather serve crack than serve the empire.

The legenda of Zelda: breath of the meth.

Correction- best thing to happen to the world.

The PMC is not a real class as it does not describe the employee relationship to labour and the means of production. The way PMC is talked about online is more like an RPG class in a game than an economic or industrial term. If you have the look of an office worker, if you wear a business shirt, if you don’t have calluses, then you are a PMC. Does that sound like a reasonable category to hold?

Here’s a good video about it: https://youtu.be/y0KHMHngotM?si=qbUjwXwjsToXQsKx

One way to victory is to stretch Putin and his army so thinly that he is forced to give up, the source said, adding that no matter what the president’s threshold for pain was, he was unable to sustain the war indefinitely. “2024 isn’t about big operational success — there’s unlikely to be a big breakthrough this year. 2024 is about stretching Putin into 2025 and beyond — effectively calling his bluff and testing his resolve,” the source said.

Mykhailo Chaplyha, a political commentator and former vice-ombudsman of Ukraine, said he believed most people in Ukraine wanted a truce but were “afraid to admit it to themselves”. He said there was an atmosphere of “total mistrust and fear” in Ukraine and that anyone who dared to think of a truce would immediately become an “outcast and a traitor”. One Ukrainian former official said that President Zelensky was losing support in Ukraine and that although the West was saying Ukraine should not give up, there was no war strategy and men and women were being “sent to the front line to die”. “It is nonsense to send in our soldiers to die if we don’t have enough armament and resources to win militarily. What is the strategy, to keep us dying for what? And not less important — where is our diplomacy?” he said.

Europe’s Cannon fodder

Gotta be the strongest example of sunken cost fallacy.

I bet the producers of this show think Squirrel and Hedgehog brainwashes children.

I understand this, however, this fact does not spare them from discrimination.

UK libs will respond by telling you to vote harder.

At this stage I don’t know how anyone of Chinese background wants to participate in the governments of Canada, USA, Australia and the UK.

Confessions of an economic hitman is a good intro to imperialism.

Partisans: “vote for who ever they will both get the pit”

In all honesty, I don’t know your cousin and I’m not qualified to answer that. He needs a doctor or therapist. Sadly, there’s not much you can do other than not abandon him. Unless he is willing to making changes and work on himself you cannot force it on him.

In what way would it make someone feel uncomfortable if you were to try and socialise with them (in a platonic way)?

Absolutely not, but you should meet people. Build confidence and social skills.

Based on the people I know who are like this (both male, female, heterosexual and homosexual). They don’t get out much and don’t meet new people. Another big reason is having high expectations of others and not being able to compromise while at the same time having a lot of insecurities.

If you are reading this and cannot get a date:

1. Get out and meet people. If you are shy go somewhere outside of your area/town where no one knows you, that way if you embarass yourself you’ll never see them again.
2. Try to make more friends first, it will increase your social circle and boost your confidence.
3. Don’t be afraid to be cringe. It’s your right as a human to be a little bit cringe as a treat.
4. Still not sure where to meet people? Join a political activist group.
5. Lighten up, be positive and have fun! People can tell when someone is stressed/miserable and no one wants to be around a bad vibe.

Self destructive in the sense he is sabotaging his relationships with others most likely due to some deep insecurity. From the sounds of it, he doesn’t actually have any consistent beliefs other than whatever is the most outrageous, taboo thing to say in order to alienate people around him. He might have some mental issues he is hiding, but I don’t know him… you know him more.

Keep talking to your cousin, cutting him out of your life will further alienate him. He sounds self-destructive. You mentioned in your previous post he is 16, what are his goals for his future?

They’re saying the quiet part aloud. Imagine the gov publicly stating the Iraq war is for oil.

It might help him to get some hobbies/interests outside of politics, gaming and the internet. Does he like sport or music?