Recently I've been wondering about why a president is seen as necessary. I don't really understand why the position could not just be merged into the main parliament or supreme government body. Why do we need that single individual?

Has there ever been a more based country?

Keep it up Sir Roger Waters ! And criticizing the Zionist Entity's policy is not antisemitism for God's sake!

(Translated by DeepL and I revised something)"996" seems to be tied to China and I saw a person who spoke weird chinese and said he was chinese at Lemmygrad today said "all Chinese people work 12 hours", so I thought I would let everyone at Lemmygrad know what I saw in China. Everything I am about to say is only my experience, but I thought it would be informative. The rush hour in my city is between 7.30am and 9am, and between 5.30pm and 7pm, which is also the most crowded time for buses and subways. At 9pm, on the other hand, there are hardly any traffic jams and the buses and subways are almost empty. I think this is proof enough that most people don't work until 9pm. Of course, it is undeniable that many people in China also work twelve hours a day. So who works 12 hours? "996" was first brought to light in internet companies. Voluntary overtime is legal, but it is illegal if employees are forced to work overtime. And overtime needs to be paid. One area in Beijing once banned overtime by coercion, forcing work to stop at 6pm every night. But this measure was opposed by a large number of employees because they wanted overtime pay. Some people want to work overtime, then some people are against it, and in this case some reluctant employees may start to work overtime of their own accord for fear of not being able to compete with those who are willing to work overtime. This is a tricky issue that perhaps needs to be addressed by better laws. In addition, many workers at the lower end of China's manufacturing sector also work large numbers of twelve-hour days. China produces a lot of industrial goods for the world to use, and it is constantly being exploited by the developed world on the world market. This manifests itself in the fact that workers in a developed country can buy the products of more labour in a less developed country for less labour. Now focusing on the currency, such factories have very low profits and find it difficult to pay their workers very well. These factories usually offer free accommodation and food, but the wages are not very high. You can choose to work eight or twelve hours. Salesmen for various products, such as insurance salesmen. As far as I know insurance salesmen work very free hours and they usually have to work weekends and 9pm. This is not because they work twelve hours a day, but because it is when people are off work that insurance salesmen can sell their products. Construction site workers usually finish work at 6pm and are usually paid over four hundred yuan a day in my city (they are usually paid on a daily basis), which is higher in China. When I commute on the bus every morning, the passengers in the carriage are mainly construction site workers, so I know better. In short, forced overtime is illegal. Allowing voluntary overtime may "kidnap" some employees, but this needs to be improved by better laws rather than simply banning overtime. A company should not dismiss an employee for refusing to work overtime, but should pay compensation if the company has no legitimate reason to dismiss the employee.

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It seems the US is on a warpath. They really do want china to invade. Hopefully this game of chicken doesn't end in nuclear annihilation.

Oh no someone is cutting onions

First of all, I'm sorry that I'm taking so long to write the second part of the Gigapost about Brazil. Good news is: I just finished it , all I have to do now is translate it to english, so I might post it here tomorrow or even today.

The second (and third) part is all about Imperialism, which is probably what interest non-brazilians the most.

If you are from the imperial core, you must understand it to oppose it domestically.

If you are from the third world, you must understand it because they have striking similarities and it should be easier for you to recognize it.

Although I mainly focus about US imperialism in Brazil in the 2000' there is a big and very important part about brazilian imperialism in other latin american countries. I know it may sound weird, specially since Brazil is not part of the imperial core but yes, brazilian imperialism does exist and has existed a while, even though compared to US or France it's weak. The example I use in the text is of MINUSTAH, that UN occupation of Haiti led by US, France and ... Brazil

Anyway, because it is not in the imperial core it may seen absurd to suggest that a third world country is imperialist, but it is not. Brazil has it's own national bourgeoisie and financial oligarchy, that wants to export capital to other countries. This is the basis for imperialism. But Brazil is dependent on the US and suffers with it's imperialism too, but the national bourgeoisie associates themselves with the international bourgeoisie (American/French/etc) in the exploitation of the workers of their own countries and in the exploitation of workers other countries. This way, brazilian imperialism acts as a "vector" to american imperialism in Latin america.

Pic related, Fascist fucker Augusto Heleno confronting a supporter of the ex-president Aristide

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Reminder that there is a housing shortage in the Netherlands.

"There are also broader cultural and aesthetic problems which have arisen from the piano's dominating role. When a fretless instrument such as a violin gets introduced into a new culture, it can adapt itself to the indigenous musical language, as for example in India.

When a piano gets introduced, however, the indigenous music must conform to the piano's tuning system. Historically, the piano has been a kind of "colonizer" in this regard. Moreover, the privileged cultural status of the piano has lent an authority to 12-ET which makes it appear superior and more legitimate than other tuning systems.

The more acclimated we are to hearing almost exclusively equal-tempered music, the more natural it sounds and the less accepting we are of alternatives. Music and instruments which use alternative systems, including non-Western music, are perceived as irrational, archaic, experimental, exotic, or just plain out-of-tune--not just different, but deviant from so-called normal 12-ET."

"Oh sure…as in outsmarting the West into destroying Russia’s reputation as a devastating military power.

Oh, but Putin wasn’t done there…

He tricked NATO into including Finland and Sweden, thereby adding 1,340 kilometers of NATO territory to the Russian border. He outsmarted NATO into supplying enough weapons to Ukraine to wipe out a third of his standing army. (That one’s my favorite) He tricked NATO into adding 300,000 troops into Europe, effectively quashing any hope of Russia gaining more land. Previously, NATO borders were lightly guarded and much easier to take over. NATO was on the decline and appearing useless, perhaps soon to be disbanded. But Putin outsmarted everyone and reinvigorated NATO into becoming a more active, vibrant organization, dedicated to halting the expansion of Russia. We couldn’t have done that without Putin. Putin really outmaneuvered everyone who thought the Russian military was competent and professional, now convincing everyone it is nothing but a paper tiger.

Thanks for crushing our old enemy without NATO every firing a single shot, buddy!

Wow, what a smart guy. If Putin gets any smarter in the same direction, he’ll soon bring about the collapse of the Russian Federation.

Mr. Putin, the CIA thanks you for your extraordinary service."

Copium Answer From Qoura

Nothing to add, just 🔴🫡 It says “Long live chairman Mao” at the bottom

"In China, posting a political comment, submitting a complaint about a corrupt official, or shouting slogans in the street, will quickly get you locked up in a detention centre.

Or it might get you committed to a psychiatric hospital." (https://safeguarddefenders.com/en/blog/mental-torture-china-locking-critics-psychiatric-facilities)

Thoughts?