In this interview with Alibaba’s founder, America’s greed and mismanagement are laid bare. Over three decades, US corporations reaped staggering profits by offshoring manufacturing,more than the combined earnings of China’s four largest banks. Meanwhile, $14.2 trillion vanished

It is not only that Soviet socialism historically inspired and enabled major accomplishments, revolutions, and progressive reforms worldwide. More important is that the legacy of the Soviet revolution is being reassessed positively today — both in the former USSR and beyond. The

I must say that I find GROK more intelligent than most human beings I have encountered on the question of the source of value creation. What Creates Value in Human Society Q. Throughout history what has been the one sine-qua-non mechanism needed to create value? Grok: The

It's the economy, stupid! I believe that economics is behind Trump's latest change of mind on Russia. I would, though, go further. I see the US economy running out of markets. Domestically, buying power is down. Internationally, China is taking over the US's legacy markets.

Can this AI designed economic system be humanity's future?

the US's Reichstag Fire has been lit https://t.co/enrKh4m6Nx

Virtually all Marxists today have the mindset of the bourgeoisie liberals they despise. I say that because like liberals many self-described Marxists fundamentally believe that the activity, and evolution, of a system—say an economic system—stems from the decision-making of

The Suez Canal/Red Sea trade disruptions while costly to Western (and Global South businesses as well) do not represent an existential threat to the West's economic system, in my view, compared to the trillions of dollars the Western economic system has already lost and stands to

China's Rail System Prioritizes People Over Economy

Кто говорил, что вечных двигателей не бывает?

"Talking in Russian" Start of the school year in western Ukraine, teacher shares a picture of a student punished for speaking Russian in class. The Russian language, music and orthodox churches have been banned by Zelensky.

The Democrats and Republicans do agree on something: China's sweeping encroachment on global market share that used to be long to Western businesses must be stopped. They differ, however, on the best way to do it. In today's NY Times op-ed page former Biden Administration

When China was manufacturing toys, t-shirts and simple electronics as part of US-led global supply chains, the West had no problems with it. Western ruling classes enjoyed a double benefit: increased profits from cheap labour, and low-cost consumer goods for domestic working

Human creativity at its best!

Медицина в России, кто бы что не говорил, сделана ДЛЯ людей, а не от них. Я могу себе позволить прийти в поликлинику по острой боли, сдать кучу анализов, снимков, получить море консультаций, пройти все нужные обследования, назначиться на операцию и всё это абсолютно БЕСПЛАТНО

@CDMorlock One can not make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. And what you have today in the United States of America is one big sow's ear. For one, there is very little of a working class left in the USA and what little remains is disorganized, fragmented, marginalized and sinking into

A new paper published in The Lancet — one of the world's most respected health journals — finds that sanctions imposed by the West on developing countries have caused *38 million deaths* since 1971.

The Trump regime believes it will be able to save capitalism owing to a massive productivity boost from AI in the years ahead. The only unaddressed issue: What to do with the millions of workers that will be left unemployed and penniless. Even more, with such a collapse in

WTF DOES THIS MEAN?

Neptune, a real threat to refineries Ukrainians have been attacking Russian refineries with drones for over a year, but recently, the Neptune cruise missile l, with almost 1,000km range, appears to have given new momentum to this mission. Although many still dream of