This is a marker for an argument that I may or may not make at more length later. But I think the fundamental fact about the Soviet Union is that it was, for most of its history, a brutal dictatorship. Not that it was a planned economy.

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yeah i mean, that makes sense to me tbh

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just saw 'it is is inherently problematic to be attracted to someone'. that's the bluesky stuff right there

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When Pew call you up and ask if you get your news off Bluesky are you supposed to say yes if you often first hear about a story on here but then follow it up by reading reports on reputable news outlets or do you only say yes if you just scroll until you have a vague sense of what the story might be

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From "Enough Police, but Not Enough Police Work: An Institutional Explanation of Under-Policing in the U.S.” with @robmickey.bsky.social & @dziblatt.bsky.social ungated: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/35o94...

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