The discussion we are having here. @LemonKemon@lemmygrad.ml was banned for explaining that there are biological differences between women, and men who change gender to become women. How can we have a useful discussion of the topic if mentioning actual facts is forbidden under the rule?
The main difference between men and women isnt in the amount of some hormones, but in the changes that occur during puberty. At that time, major changes occur in the body of women, to allow them to give birth. Compared to men, they store more fat, build up less muscle, have softer bones and wider hips. All of those are disadvantages in sports, and an adult man will retain them even after hormone therapy.
Here is an article which explains this in more detail than I could
Sorry i mixed it up. But i dont really agree with that rule, it is far too broad so it prevents any discussion of the topic.
There is no such thing as an unbiased news source. For example, politicians and newspapers in NATO countries have been spreading misinformation about an “imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine”, which is complete nonsense. There is just nothing in Ukraine that Russia wants.
Your argument seems to be based mainly on anecdotal evidence, and ignorance of biology. Lets look at some facts instead, like world records in athletics. You can clearly see that women’s records are significantly lower than men’s records. Sure we can argue what the reasons for that are, but the fact remains. And so its no surprise that some third rate male athlete can compete at much higher levels against women, which is exactly the problem that this thread is discussing.
I think it is really wrong to ban someone for a difference in opinion, especially as that opinion was well explained and based on facts.
Do ypu really think that pointing out the biological differences between men and women is transphobic? As Marxists we need to base our thinking on materialist facts, and it is undeniable that there are differences between men and women which no amount of hormone therapy or surgery can remove (as @LemonKemon@lemmygrad.ml explained very well).
Ignoring those facts and calling them transphobic is basically denying reality.
I think this mainly depends on how you define leftism, because that term is only used by Europeans and Anglos as far as I know. But we can talk about anti-imperialism, which makes things much clearer.
The resistance movement against US imperialism in west Asia is fighting at the frontlines of anti-imperialism, and is strongly muslim (just like the general population). This includes Iran, Syria, Houthis (Yemen), Hamas (Palestine), Hezbollah (Iraq), Hezbollah (Lebanon).
Venezuela is also anti-imperialist, and is strongly Christian, just like all of Latin America.
Hold up. The article is talking about economics in the United States and in the European Union. Why are you talking about China or comparisons with eastern countries all of a sudden? If you dont know what the topic is, there is no sense in having any discussion.
Vaccine development was funded by tax money, and then countries also paid for buying vaccines with tax money. And surprise, pharma companies are making billions in profits.
And why are you equating Sinovac for example with Johnson & Johnson.
I didnt even mention Sinovac, I was talking about vaccines which are available in western countries. Do you think its a coincidence that we cant get any Chinese or Russian vaccines? Or could it be because that would result in less profits for Biontec etc?
Sounds like you stopped reading before it got really interesting. Are you really suggesting that being against covid vaccination is an “invalid stance” somehow? I always thought that communists should fight against corporations and against the bourgeosie, not defend their money making schemes. I’m not saying vaccines are all bad, but its more than legitimate to criticise them.
It totally makes sense, because most US-Americans dont know that other countries exist.
If the main capitalist countries destroy themselves through pure incompetence, I appreciate that. It gives a lot of opportunities for legitimate protest and organizing.
It was always expected that Covid would get more infectious and less deadly over time. Eventually it will be similar to a flu, and almost everyone will catch it. You can see very clearly in the case of Spain how deaths per day are lowering with each wave, while infections per day increase with each wave.
You can collect a lot of information by crawling the activitypub endpoints. Its all nicely formatted as json, so you can parse it easily. However, the lack of advertising or other commercial aspects means that companies wont waste any thought on it. And for governments its likely still too small to care.
I really doubt that it will still be a single, unified country by 2030. It will probably split into at least half a dozen of states once the central government collapses.
The article claims that there was a financial crisis in 2020, but thats simply not true. If you look at the stock markets, they all went steadily up, in large part thanks to newly printed money which was injected by governments and central banks. The effect is that the financial crisis was postponed, but it cant be postponed forever. So the real question is, when will the next financial crisis hit? I think it could likely be in the next few months already.
Yes thats what they call it. But the question is, who gets to decide what is pseudoscience/misinformation, and what is legitimate disagreement with the mainstream opinion? I believe that this should be decided by the courts, based on existing laws. Instead we have the same governments and corporate (social) media who lie to us every day, deciding what is right and wrong. I really dont think we should blindly trust them to do whats in the best interest of society.
By “misinformation”, you mean “criticism of government measures”, right? I dont know about India, but here in Europe the governments acted pretty terribly during the pandemic, and deserve to be criticized and held accountable. Suppressing such criticism through propaganda should not be possible in a democracy.
“united” states of america, maybe that part of the name should be changed
They are right, mandatory vaccination is a terrible idea.