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Cake day: September 9th, 2023

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  • You asked for an example of a country changing its attitude, that is what happened in Iran to negotiate the nuclear deal. Now you are moving the goal posts and claiming that it wasn’t sufficiently successful in the long run. That may well be, but it has nothing to do with the presence or absence of sanctions.

    I also want to point out that sanctions often work far more subtly than what you imagine. If six months from now, Ukraine and Russia engage in successful peace talks, sanctions will certainly have played a role in shifting Russia’s position closer to that of Ukraine, but on the surface it will be impossible to tell by how much.


















  • Once I saw this guy on a bridge about to jump. I said, “Don’t do it!” He said, “Nobody loves me.” I said, “Marx loves you, do you believe in Marx?”

    He said, “Yes.” I said, “Are you a Socialist or an Anarchist”? He said, “A Socialist.” I said, “Me, too! Democratic Socialist or actual Communist?” He said, “Actual Communist.” I said, “Me, too! What school?” He said, “Marxism.” I said, “Me, too! Revolutionary Marxism or Reformist Marxism?” He said, “Revolutionary Marxism.” I said, “Me, too! Revolutionary Marxism-Leninism or Revolutionary Marxism-Troskyism?” He said “Revolutionary Marxism-Leninism.” I said, “Me, too! Revolutionary Marxism-Leninism-Maoism, or Revolutionary Marxism-Leninism-Hoxhaism?” He said, “Revolutionary Marxism-Leninism-Maoism.” I said, “Me, too! Regular Revolutionary Marxism-Leninism-Maoism or Revolutionary Marxism-Leninism-Maoism-Gonzalo Thought?” He said, “Revolutionary Marxism-Leninism-Maoism-Gonzalo Thought.”

    I said, “Die, liberal!” and pushed him off.