I don’t think there’s an easy answer here tbh, like yes they’re taking advantage of a healthcare system without providing a lot in return for China, but at the same time it’s still good that people are getting treated. Also, I feel that this helps the westerners see the Chinese system’s achievements firsthand, which creates a more favorable picture of socialism in the long run, so it’s worth it imo. That being said, we don’t know the numbers, so no easy definitive answer.

For the second year in a row, the House of Representatives has tried and failed to close a loophole that has allowed the neo-Nazi “Azov family” to receive U.S. military support.

Tried and failed sure is a way to describe it.

2020: HOMOPHOBIC China KILLS femboys live on TV. SAD! 2025: WOKE China FORCEFEMS their PROUD and MASCULINE MEN. SAD!

What he said here is shit and I think it’s worthy of criticism, but I still think that his work is great and what he’s doing is great. Also, I get it. I get breaking down and just having A Moment about America, especially when your country is on the receiving end of imperialism. He certainly should have vented in private but I do get what prompted him to act this way.

While certainly an option, unfortunately, I’m almost as far away from Belarus as possible - I’m a southerner from Odesa, and Belarus is on our northern border. So that makes this significantly more complicated. Sorry to hear about Trump, and happy to hear it’s going well otherwise!

1. sadly not yet, but I’ve been meaning to learn, though, since I quite literally work 7 days a week, learning stuff is difficult
2. I live close to the border with Moldova, so I don’t have to cross half the country, fortunately.
3. For now, the US - my wife and her polycule live there, they’re fortunate enough to just barely afford owning a house. Afterwards, not sure yet, but either Japan(most of us know the language at least partially, and some have work connections, so it’s an easy place to start), Costa Rica, China(assuming we find a way in), or Vietnam.

I am a teacher, but I teach Russians and Ukrainians English, so techniques might not translate 1 to 1, but I would suggest looking out for media and building a very basic vocabulary using a dictionary and translating the words to your native language. Then, once you’re comfy with a base, ditch the dictionary and get a chinese-only one - a dictionary where new chinese words are explained using simple chinese, so that you build up a habit of thinking in chinese eventually (this process will take a long while, possibly years). As for the base that you have to build up before that - can’t exactly say how much you’ll need. Look for media in chinese with english or native subtitles and try to listen to it multiple times, piecing together what stuff means. Additionally, try to look for pirated textbooks. IIRC chinese grammar is simple and elegant, but you still will have to learn it.

He genuinely sounds like he’s on life support at all times, like he’s having a Biden Moment TM.

I know it’s corny, but my dream is to one day study in one of these Chinese unis once I get out of Ukraine and get my wife out of the Yankeestan with the polycule. Probably will study art if possible, since art is the only (side)income I have that doesn’t make me wanna turn to dust, tho I’m not holding my breath on being actually able to get in.

16k is like pretty average tbh, I’ve been told it could cost me 20-25k for getting out of Ukraine by car. The lowest one went down to 8k, which is long and by foot. Even this sum is impossible to afford for a lot of the regular people, though some manage to take gigantic credits and just never pay them because they’re not coming back ever.

Leader of the(currently) most powerful nation on earth, everybody.

That sounds awesome, I’m kinda jealous. I wish you and your wife a good trip!

Rebuilding the west Ukrostan economy by investing all our funds into making grapes and wine. Watch out Putin, you’re about to be #owned 😎

Yeah, it’s bleak here. I’m not a Ukrainian despite being born here - yes I have legal ties to this country and I speak the language and have lived here all my life, but the people feel alien to me, their culture is not mine and I do not intend to practice or remember anything from it, I don’t use the language to actually talk to people as I hate every moment I am forced to interact with them. It’s liberating knowing that I’m devoid of culture and nationality in a material sense, but also weird. I wonder if I would feel different had the things gone better.

He lashes out against the world that rejects him and threatens even his European vassals with war. I wonder how many of his recent pr stunts he is willing to follow through.

My heart goes out to the people of Venezuela, may this be the final nail in the coffin of the American empire.

Would love to see data comparison on how cost and fuel efficient they are compared to other vehicle types as well as safety-related statistics.

Here’s me hoping that this is the final nail in Ukraine’s coffin.

But ultimately it is Ukraine, not Russia, that is better placed to win the peace, even as it concedes some losses in the war

I can’t, Russia won but here’s how Ukraine is STILL winning 🤣

“President of Ukraine Volodymir Zelensky responded to the electronic petition that requested to pay attention to actions and speeches of Odesa’s mayor Genadiy Trukhanov. Petition’s author, Rodion Burlatskiy, accused the city’s head of loyalty to the invaders, lack of desire to remove the monuments to Empress Katherine the second and Suvorov, sabotage of the decommunization process, returning the communist names to Odesa, removal of the names honoring Azov and other dead warriors, and ownership of Russian citizenship. The petition was signed by 25440 ukrainians”

"In response, Zelensky stated that “reviewing legality of Genadiy Trukhanov’s actions, putting him on criminal trial, revoking Ukrainian citizenship and removing him from the position he was elected to does not belong to the constitutional duties of the president of Ukraine” "