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Cake day: February 3rd, 2026

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  • That’s just because you lack understanding. Liberals are “treated as a monolith” because each individual on their own is irrelevant compared to the systems and superstructures they uphold. You’re stuck in the individualist view which is largely unhelpful for serious or proper political analysis which the jokes and memes then flow from.





  • In the sense that you know it it isn’t real. Its simply a system that stops those in debt who can’t/refuse to pay it back from buying luxuries like five-star hotel rooms and first-class seats on trains. You can still buy coach and standard rooms just not luxuries. I don’t know all the specifics as I’m neither a lawyer nor have I had to deal with it personally.











  • China absolutely does recognise that though? Why do you think they invest so much in public transport like HSR, sprawling subways and a huge bus network? They simply realise that the green revolution much like the socialist one is a process. You can’t just press the green button and do away with cars, you need to first build up the infrastructure to support every part of society not just the urban cores.

    Since cars remain a necessity for many as China has a huge swathe of rural areas not yet catered to (to the the extent required) by public transport connections it’s best to have the cleanest best version of cars until they are.

    It’s the same logic behind why they built new coal plants even into last year. Coal is unfortunately still necessary to support the grid for now but the new ones are much more efficient and clean and therefore it’s worth investing in their replacement with newer plants until they can be fully phased out.