No. As much as there are cynical takes about accelerationism by us tankies, no.

Capitalism in a state of crisis cranks up the dial on fascism. Shit is going to get really bad for a whole lot of people who don't have the power to survive the violence of an unashamedly fascist state.

People being snatched up and disappeared to other countries, is a bad thing.

People being unable to get a job or healthcare due to being a member of one minority group or another is a bad thing.

Destroying the systems that try to keep our food and water safe(ish) to eat and drink is a bad thing.

Destroying universal vaccination programs and seeing outbreaks of diseases that were considered contained to the point of being erradicated is a bad thing.

There is not enough of a coherent "left" in the USA to be the vanguard that marshalls the workers you think are going to be comrades against Trump, Fascism, and ultimately Capitalism.

Don’t go there unless you want violent communist revolution

I mean, it doesn't have to be violent but beggars can't be choosers.

Trump, bringing back manufacturing to the America(s).

Find some place... as an example, hexbear's instance has c/slop... to drop a link to the offending user's comment or post and whatever happens... happens.

You've got the option of Reporting the post/comment to the moderators. Which will require you knowing the moderation rules of the community in question to take advantage of.

Short bullet point/talking point responses. Replies with things like, "This is racist/sexist/genocide denial/etc", then disengage. You don't need to get into a long drawn out comment war/debat bro situation.

Make fun of them for being a goober.

How many years has Russia been bogged down in Ukraine now?

a 30-story skyscraper still under construction

So, the only building that fell wasn't completed?

And nobody has had time yet to do an actual investigation to determine if any actual structural or construction issues were at fault, right? Last Friday was seven days ago. Am I correct in assuming that an investigation would take a lot longer than seven days? I'd also imagine that seven days isn't long enough to recover from a 7.7 scale earthquake so the focus is going to be on more immediate matters... that makes sense right?

former Global Times editor Hu Xijin (胡锡进) confessed that the building “probably had quality issues.” Even this post was rapidly deleted,

So a former newspaper editor made a social media post about the building collapse. (Not a structural engineer or somebody who worked on the project and had inside knowledge or insight about the building but coming forward as a whistleblower). Then deleted the post.

If you find yourself in a situation where you decide to (or need to) lie, why wouldn't you keep doing it?

Parent assaults you if you give them an honest answer? You will learn really fast to give the "correct" answer even when its a lie.

Working customer service? You will lie constantly because answering truthfully typically gets you attacked by the customer, your supervisor and/or your manager.

Anytime you've ever been asked, "How are you doing today?", and you answered, "Okay.", you were probably lying.

Not sure how I feel about conflating "dishonest behavior" and "lying" in this article...

In each instance, subjects were able to earn a bonus payment by giving a certain response, knowing that experimenters would not be able to trace whether their response actually represented the truth. That said, researchers were able to estimate the relation between someone’s tendency to lie and their self-reported personality traits.

So... if all I need to do to get more money is just give you the answer "Give me more money"... this is supposed to mean I'm a liar and not a person who needs more money? There was a control group that was asked the same question but without the monetary incentive right?

I was a part of the chapo exodus and found myself just going to the hexbear instead of the reddit to the point that I just pop into reddit like once or twice a year.

I think its more the same as Americans aren't a part of their military. So after the initial rush of the invasions and the occupation set in with no exit plan the conversations about the "cost" of the occupation in lives and treasure could be heard.

General economic sentiment in the USA for the average person is pretty grim, seeing a headline about how 113 Billion Dollars is being spent on the War in Ukraine and wondering why some of that money couldn't be sent "my" way, is a very real thing. Then seeing the headlines about the all the fancy million dollar whizz-bang toys getting blasted followed by ANOTHER headline about billions being spent on Ukraine can't make anybody happy.

In Ukraine, they (officially) don't have boots on the ground. I could see the resentment stem from "we gave them every Wunderwaffe we had, and they still lost reeee!", but surely this will be blamed on "bloodthirsty, savage invaders"

I'd bet more on us Yanks, as a people, just not caring enough to remain emotionally engaged in this conflict. It won't matter if its Ukranian incompetence or the bloodthirsty invaders, none of us have any reason to get worked up over what's going on over there.

...I assume I still am.

Kinda had those vibes throughout most of the US war in Afghanistan and in Iraq when stories would come out that the local militias, police, government military units would evaporate at the first sign of fighting (not judging, they didn't need to be fighting their own people for a war the USA was prosecuting in their home country) and there would be a strain of "fuck em, if they don't wanna fight for their own country, neither should we" that could sometimes be picked out of the noise.