games ZoomeristLeninist • 1 month ago • 100%

the server is intended for hexbear and lemmygrad users. to get on the allow-list and get the ip, just dm me. i do a quick vetting of acct so if ur acct is new or ur a lurker you’ll have to wait while i figure some stuff out (ill update this post when we’re accepting new users and lurkers) the modpack were using is [here](https://modrinth.com/modpack/create-hexes) thank you to the owner of the server for being so generous and hosting us! and thank you to the two users who worked on the modpack! happy minecrafting gaymers!!

food ZoomeristLeninist • 1 month ago • 100%

 recently inherited these cast irons that are at least 40 years old. they were sitting in a cabinet for a few years and nasty with rust and crusty, old seasoning. i scrubbed the shit out of them with steel wool and lots of soap, then applied 4 coats of new seasoning! feel free to roast my seasoning, i have no idea if it’s good since it’s my first cast iron and would like to know. for each coat of seasoning i just wiped the pan with peanut oil then set the oven at 435F for 20 minutes, then 460F for 10 minutes ive been using only stainless steel for a couple months and im abt to give away my nonstick cookware. nonstick cookware is counter-revolutionary

chapotraphouse ZoomeristLeninist • 2 months ago • 100%

yes, xqc is wearing a shirt of trump wearing a grill

chapotraphouse ZoomeristLeninist • 2 months ago • 100%

trump and adin ross in a cybertruck listening to music. very romantic

games ZoomeristLeninist • 2 months ago • 100%

the results of the poll on [this post](https://hexbear.net/post/3128743) show that modded has won 14-12. we will still ensure that mods are not resource intensive so that our users with low spec computers are able to enjoy the server too! the owner is working with another user with experience with this stuff to make a custom modpack. will update with a post asap! in the meantime, if you havent dm'd me already and want to play, send me a dm w ur MC IGN and ill forward it to the owner. 

games ZoomeristLeninist • 2 months ago • 100%

in the announcement post for this, i lacked critical information regarding the mods. the modpack being used is Create Extra, which appears to be mostly performance, minor aesthetic, and QOL mods. it shouldn’t result in a performance decrease compared to vanilla if you want to check out the mods contained in the modpack, [here is a link](https://moddermore.net/list/Hh2Tx-uNMxoh) so again, the options are vanilla+ (server-side mods only) or modded (server- and client-side mods)  for vanilla+  for modded voting will end Monday, Aug 5 at 5 PM UTC (1 PM EST) sorry for the confusion  also this server will be pirate-friendly

games ZoomeristLeninist • 2 months ago • 99%

EDIT: im creating a new post just for voting bc i did not have the proper information to share with you in order to cast an informed vote, now i know more abt the modpack a user here was kind enough to host a server for all of hexbear (and lemmygrad too)! ill make an update post when the server is up, but in the meantime, dm me with your MC username bc the server will be using an allow-list. i will be vetting accts to ensure no wreckers join (sorry new users and lurkers, maybe we can figure out an alternate vetting process for you). ill be the middlewoman for the allow-list for optimum opsec, so the server owner will remain anonymous and i won’t share the association between HB usernames/MC username with the owner. also, if ur interested, you can vote in the comments for whether the server should be vanilla+ (server-side mods only) or modded (both client- and server-side mods)  for vanilla+  for modded voting will end in 3 days EDIT: for those asking, yes it will be pirate friendly, and the modpack will be lightweight and “should run on a potato” according to the server owner

indigenous ZoomeristLeninist • 2 months ago • 100%

kslnewsradio.com

the president mentioned setting up roadblocks bc the company, Energy Fuels, failed to fulfill its promises of notifying the tribe before sending shipments of uranium through their territory. the tribe did not know abt the shipment until the trucks were already gone

games ZoomeristLeninist • 2 months ago • 100%

i tried getting into ESO like 4 years ago but i got bored, but ive been playing it every day (a lot of the time just logging in for the daily login reward) for like 2 months. i normally hate MMOs but the elders scrolls universe and combat mechanics make me really like it. also the economy is surprisingly not broken after over 10 years of this game existing. ive been getting into trading to make gold. there are a limited number of traders and each trader can only support one guild which helps limit the number of merchant players. also, every transaction sends 3.5% of the proceeds to the guild and 3.5% goes *poof*, and this helps prevent inflation. but there are some mats that are crazy expensive. ive been doing alchemy to make money and reagents are normally 100-500 gold each, but columbine is on average 2000-2500 each bc they are a necessary ingredient in a lot of popular pots. anyways, i just spent 1M gold on 600 columbine bc it was a good deal, but i only had 1.2M so im kinda broke until i sell these. it should take less than a week tho and my revenue will be almost 2M (profit is only 350K, but i have most of the reagents already, so ill end the week with 1.7M) its a fun game! if ur into elder scrolls, get it! there's a bundle for $60 that gets you the base game plus every single expansion. DLC is separate from expansions tho, but if you want to get into trading you have to get ESO+ for the unlimited mat storage. ESO+ comes with all the DLC, so you can buy the $60 base game + expansion packs, then spend at most $15/month on ESO+. i did 3 months so it was $14/month, but when it lapses i might drop $130 for the year (<$11/month) bc i got a bunch of steam gift cards several months back and havent used them all.

traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns ZoomeristLeninist • 2 months ago • 100%

so i just started hrt and im doing diy E monotherapy injections. im abt to do my 5th weekly injection. im planning on lowering my dosage bc i think i started too high. i was aiming to suppress my T fast but i think it happened already bc my cum is clear and watery and i ejaculate a small volume. my first week i was planning on doing estradiol enantate 11 mg every 14 days, but i didn’t like the huge difference between peak and trough that it would cause so i have been doing 5 mg weekly but that should put me around 300 pg/mL which i dont think is uncommon for monotherapy but it’s working so well i think a lower dose would be better. i was considering doing 2 mg weekly enantate injections plus 2 mg daily oral E bc ur liver turns some estradiol into estrone and there’s some evidence that E1 helps feminize. is this a reasonable regimen? would planned parenthood prescribe me oral E as well as a testosterone cream/gel to prevent penis atrophy and help with performance ive been struggling since starting hrt? planned parenthood is prob my best option in my area. would they prescribe me 6 months of E if i act like im doing two 2 mg daily instead of one? like they prescribe for 90 days but it will last me 180

indigenous ZoomeristLeninist • 2 months ago • 100%

Minnesota keeps its place as the least bad state

chapotraphouse ZoomeristLeninist • 2 months ago • 92%

after he was bullied into dropping out, i have been radicalized into voting blue no matter who. which is why im voting for biden and not whoever stabs him in the back by running in his stead. if you vote for kamala, thats p much a vote for trump. any vote other than for biden is a vote for trump. im camapaigning for biden right now, going out and telling ppl they are bigots if they dont vote for biden. if they say "but he dropped out" i will call them russian shills

food ZoomeristLeninist • 2 months ago • 100%

it’s my go-to order for Indian food. its vegan, delicious, and cheap! i need to learn to make it myself tho bc i crave this stuff way more often than i can order food me and my gf had a chill night with our puppy eating and watching tv. we started watching this cartoon called miraculous. it’s super cute and is kind of a magical girl genre but it’s a French cartoon. one of the minor antagonists is a rich girl named chloe bourgeois

chapotraphouse ZoomeristLeninist • 2 months ago • 100%

someone on tiktok predicted that biden drops out tomorrow afternoon. amazing prediction abilities if this happens. who will replace him? i dont think copmala is popular enough. the liberal wet dream is michelle obama, but i just have a feeling that wont happen. my guess is the silly option that hillary runs again because shes been so patiently waiting for her turn. pet-killer pete as running mate

traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns ZoomeristLeninist • 2 months ago • 100%

been doing estradiol injections for 2.5 weeks now, and there are noticeable changes already! unfortunately theyre mostly annoying lol. my nipples are super sensitive and my shirts are irritating them. also the meat of my breast (what little exists rn) is a bit tender. cant wait to get growth! gotta remember to take my multivitamin to keep my B12 and folic acid intake high my dick dont work. it does actually but its harder to get it up :( i heard that continues until you add progesterone so im going to start P as soon as i get my first blood tests in a couple months. if anyone has good DIY source for prog powder pls DM me. its nice that i dont get random erections anymore tho also my ejaculate is so thin and low volume. i thought it would take longer for sperm production to stop but ig thats good right? i decided to change from enantate injection every two weeks to weekly. i did my first shot at 11 mg, but the last two were 5 mg. i feel good. it feels good to be working towards becoming myself

news ZoomeristLeninist • 3 months ago • 100%

i think the chances of a civil war are very low. there will probably be a lot of protests, but there have been protests from the left and the right under  so  also New Popular Front has a decent chance of getting a plurality. unfortunately, Ensemble is more likely to work with National Rally and keep pushing France right, but that might improve Pop Front's popularity

traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns ZoomeristLeninist • 3 months ago • 98%

nothings happened yet wtf! where’s my instantaneous magical girl transformation? seriously tho, i expected some mental change based on how ppl describe the euphoria of being on E, but ig that takes time just like the physical changes. i can wait tho, i was so indescribably happy last night after injecting. i was tearing up and cuddling with my gf and had amazing sleep. it feels like a new chapter of my life that im more optimistic and joyful for than ive ever been! been waiting almost two years for this moment 🥹 thank you hexbear! i dont know how much longer it would have taken for me to discover my transness if i wasn’t a part of the site with the best trans community on the internet! and im moving to a medium sized city in a month so ill be in a good place to transition compared to the rural area where i live i am DIY and made four vials a couple weeks ago. then yesterday i sterilized them at 130C for 30 minutes, pretty easy in oil if you have a digital probe thermometer (i think ppl call them candy thermometers). my regimen is 11 mg estradiol enanthate stabbed into my butt every 14 days. im planning on getting a blood test in 3 months and adjusting. p sure ill have to up the dose bc im 6’ and 200 lbs. prob gonna try to add progesterone in 6 months to a year even tho the studies on that haven’t been too promising in it helping transfems. prog can actually be pretty cheap if you DIY and mix a powder with coconut/cocoa oil and take it rectally.

music ZoomeristLeninist • 4 months ago • 100%

just discovered this guy. hes honestly really talented, im pretty sure he does the production himself. his album "eroica" is a perfect mix of silly and serious and i think hes got major potential. he covers a lot of serious topics like toxic masculinity and capitalism juxtaposed with humor that gives his songs this wild polarity; hes also genuinely funny

news ZoomeristLeninist • 5 months ago • 100%

www.indianpunchline.com

this was from monday, but i didnt see this round of aid posted on this comm $60 billion, but its different this time in that they are going to use *frozen Russian assets* to partially fund it. this is actually a crazy move that flies in the face of the neoliberal rules-based international order. more than that, it’s sets a precedent for economic warfare. the US has seized assets from enemies during war, but *the US is not at war with Russia*. this is an egregious faux pas with deleterious consequences for the US (Russia doing the same to US-owned assets in Russia), but it may also mean the US intends to directly declare war against Russia (unlikely). what’s more likely is that the US strong-arms european allies to do this. ukraine simply doesn’t have the manpower to continue for much longer. the article notes that this asset seizure is illegal. the author also hypothesizes that the US will force the EU to act similarly. this will lead to an even deeper rift between “the west” and Russia that will be near impossible to mend. this illegal asset forfeiture was enabled by bipartisan support (vote of 360-58 in the house). [the global times](https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202404/1310994.shtml) agrees with this perspective Putin will be visiting China soon, and Blinken just finished a 3-day visit that seemed rather [unproductive and uneventful](https://www.state.gov/secretary-blinkens-visit-to-the-peoples-republic-of-china/). blinken was tactless and the topics he brought up were the usual “China bad” drivel. among these topics was “concern” about China supporting Russia’s military industrial capacity the US is also sending more of its troops as “military advisors”. so less than a quarter of this $60 billion is going to weapons for Ukraine, 11 billion is going toward the US troops, and the rest is to replenish the US weapon stockpile. $50 billion just handed over to the MIC. basically, they’re not sending enough for a counteroffensive, which is probably the best thing for ukrainians considering how much of a failure every single one of those has been. the most “exciting” new toy ukraine is getting is the ATACMS (attack ‘em up real good). this missile system brings Crimea into range. [however the US is running into problems meeting its goal of 100,000 shells per month by 2025](https://archive.is/o3c1o). the deindustrialization of the US has consequences?!

chapotraphouse ZoomeristLeninist • 6 months ago • 100%

discovered this guy tonight. he thinks he’s gonna be the next president of China but is campaigning in English on western social media. def not a psyop! /s he says he’s gonna democratize China and his first action as president will be to apologize to the world for covid  “once China becomes a democratic country it will give american entrepreneurs and companies lots of opportunities in the Chinese market”  he “respects” the “special requests” of the LGBT community but will enact legislation to “protect the children” 

fakenews ZoomeristLeninist • 6 months ago • 100%

Baltimore, MD- Early this morning, Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed when a container ship struck a support column. Intelligence sources say the ship was captured by Russian special forces. Putin put out a statement only viewable to me that confirms this and includes a statement about intending to kill all Americans and end freedom forever.

ive been thinking abt this for a while now: a comm for caffeinated drinks. im a big coffee drinker and rlly enjoy the process of brewing. this could be for tea too, and energy drinks ig. theres a lot of knowledge in brewing coffee (and im sure its the same for tea). im a bit of a novice, but i have a decent amount of experience to share involving espresso, cold brew, pour-overs, water hardness and temperature, grind size, bean selection, etc. we can also recommend each other gear. my first post would be talking abt my manual espresso machine that i highly recommend for quality espresso on a budget as im already on the mod team, i could mod this comm, and im sure i could find other users passionate abt coffee or tea to deputize

games ZoomeristLeninist • 8 months ago • 100%

ive been playing this game since 2011 when i was in middle school and im still coming back to it. im sinking hours into it after work while my puppy sleeps next to my desk and my gf is working evening shift. its such a cozy game and reminds me of when i spent all day after school playing MC and other games w friends. its not just nostalgia tho, its just such a cute game that can be whatever the player wants. after all this time, i still derive so much joy from exploring a new world, building a sprawling estate, spelunking, and even just mining. even tho MC doesnt track ur hours played, im certain its my most played game just wanted to share that i love this game 

technology ZoomeristLeninist • 9 months ago • 100%

chose Mint with Cinnamon DE bc its easy. its been a great experience so far and i dont think ill ever look back. Victoria 3 works and thats the only game ill care abt before TES 6 comes out

Pets ZoomeristLeninist • 9 months ago • 100%

my last post abt her was when she was 4 months old https://hexbear.net/post/435569 . shes now 8 months and over 50 pounds! she has a much more developed personality now, shes so friendly and playful but can be sassy (prob her being a puppy, we are trying to train her but, both of us being first time puppy owners, we are still figuring it out). she takes up training really quickly tho, its just hard to get her to not bark and snap at us when she’s not getting non-stop attention shes the best tho! i love her so much and try my best to spoil her w toys, treats, and playtime

chat ZoomeristLeninist • 9 months ago • 100%

update to https://hexbear.net/post/1251794 i passed! it was an oral swab test and the last time i smoked was a week before the test. unfortunately, i was talking with some of my coworkers who are already internal employees and the company does a lot of random tests, so ill prob only smoke on the occasional friday from now on (no biggie, i took a 4 month break recently and after coming back to it i only smoke twice a week max). if i wanna smoke more, i just have to wait 8 months to when i start grad school (pending acceptance 🤞 ) thanks for all the reassurance comrades! ive been MIA from hexbear for a couple months but i wanna be active here again 

chat ZoomeristLeninist • 10 months ago • 100%

i recently applied to go from a contractor to an internal employee and got the official job offer last week. my drug test is tomorrow and the form says its an oral fluids test, which i will pass, but i have this gnawing anxiety that ill go in and they spring a urine test on me (i would not pass this). i have powdered urine from testclear, and ive used it before and passed a urine test two years ago, but this test will be given on the jobsite and will be harder to pull off. wish me luck that its a saliva test, i really dont want to lose this job :(

games ZoomeristLeninist • 11 months ago • 100%

trying for council republic by 1875

games ZoomeristLeninist • 12 months ago • 100%

as soon as they stopped being marginalized, my trade unions formed the first fascist party. there's already a social democratic party led by the rural folk (that used to include the petite bourgeoisie) and a communist party led by the armed forces. its especially weird considering the ideologies my the trade unions IG are proletarian, egalitarian, populist, anti-slavery, and socialist. how do they go fascist w that set of ideologies?! oh well, they have half the clout of the communist party, and a quarter of the clout of the socdem party

food ZoomeristLeninist • 12 months ago • 100%

there are a few elements to this dish other than the lack of meat and dairy that stray from the traditional bolognese: i use garlic and red wine, while bolognese usually has no garlic and white wine. i like garlic too much so that was intentional, but i only had red wine when cooking and its not too drastic of a deviation. i found this plant based ground sausage at the grocery store for $2.70 for 14 oz!! excited by this price (and on a pasta kick lately) i was inspired to make a bolognese. i would have used plant based ground beef too, but it was like triple the price. i used to make bolognese all the time since lasagna is one of my favorite dishes and its a great pasta sauce. but this is the first time ive made it since going vegan in january of this year. it turned out great! the plant based sausage i used was 96% lean!! so i had to add my own fat. i used coconut oil in this dish instead of olive oil bc it acts more like animal fat. i cooked 28 oz of vegan sausage in 5 oz coconut oil to bring the “meat” to ~17.5% fat. ingredients: - 28 oz (784 g) 96% lean plant based ground sausage - 9 oz (252 g) coconut oil (5 for the “meat”, 4 for the veggies) - 225 g onion, finely diced - 125 g celery, finely diced - 150 g carrot, finely diced - 1 bulb garlic, very finely diced - 250 g wine - 170 g tomato paste - 450 g low sodium vegetable broth - 350 g oat milk - spices: salt, pepper, thyme, basil, sage, marjoram, oregano, rosemary, cumin, paprika 1 .in a stock pot, heat 5 oz coconut oil on medium heat and add the vegan ground sausage. mash the sausage as it cooks to break it up. when it starts to brown, but before it gets crispy, transfer the sausage to a bowl. 2.heat 4 oz coconut oil on medium heat and add carrots a minute before the onions and celery. add garlic a few minutes after that. then add healthy amounts of thyme, rosemary, sage, oregano, and basil. cook until onions get translucent and soft. 3.add wine and deglaze the pot. then add the sausage and tomato paste, and mix while the wine reduces. 4.add the oat milk and a quarter to a third of the total vegetable broth. bring the heat to low 5.allow to simmer for 4 hours, adding the remainder of the broth throughout. if you run out of broth and the bolognese is drying up before 4 hours, add water 6.once the bolognese has simmered at least 4 hours and is sufficiently concentrated, add salt, pepper, cumin, and paprika to taste

games ZoomeristLeninist • 12 months ago • 100%

i feel like i could have done a lot better if i didnt get lazy during the last 20 years and just let the automated private construction build whatever it wanted-- big mistake, it caused my GDP to plateau for the rest of the game. other than that my game went very well, population was 200 million! literacy was lower than i wanted bc i constantly procrastinated university building. my population was overwhelmingly loyal and my taxes were at the lowest setting with zero consumption taxes and i still had 2.5M budget surplus. 1B in gold reserves and 2B in the investment pool. i couldnt find enough shit to spend money on lol    as you can see, i went heavy expansionist, leaving Mexico w like 4 states, taking most of central america, half of Colombia, and most of the Congo. call me a colonizer, but my standard of living is #1 in the world, and check out how drastic the SoL difference is between my African states and the rest of Africa  even the lower strata is "prosperous"!  the laws are cool too except i was in the process of enacting collectivized agriculture when the game ended. i ended slavery super early, like 1850 or smth

games ZoomeristLeninist • 12 months ago • 100%

lol at the intelligentsia who are still clinging onto liberalism in a socialist state  doesnt matter since trade unions have 50% of the political clout. im pretty mad at the trade unions tho bc they wont join the Communist Party 

food ZoomeristLeninist • 1 year ago • 100%

made this for dinner last night. my gf found the recipe online but i modified it bc it was written by mayos who only seasoned with salt, pepper, and celery seed. i also substituted diced celery with diced carrots since i like carrots, but my gf told me she would prefer celery so ill prob do half and half next time. i also didn’t add green onions bc i didn’t wanna go to the store, i will prob add them next time ingredients (this makes a good amount, prob 6 sandwiches worth): - 4.5 cup dry chickpeas (45 oz if using canned chickpeas) - 2 large carrots - 6 cloves garlic - 6-8 tbsp vegan mayo or cashew cream (less if using canned chickpeas) - 4 tbsp lemon juice - 1 tbsp celery seed - 1 tbsp thyme - salt - pepper - cumin - turmeric - paprika 1. soak dry chickpeas in lightly salted water for 12-24 hours 2. you can get the skins off chickpeas after soaking them by rubbing them together w ur hands and decanting the water (skins will stay at the top of the water longer than the chickpeas). there are other methods of deskinning chickpeas, find something that works for you 3. put chickpeas in pot of salted water, bring to rolling boil then bring heat down to a simmer and cook covered for 2 hours or until the chickpeas are soft. as soon as the water comes to a boil, you will notice foam. this is aquafaba, formed when loose starch mixes w the boiling water. you can just scoop the foam and discard it (or keep it as an egg substitute). once you scoop out all the foam from the first few minutes of boiling, it shouldnt form any more and you won’t have to worry abt boiling over. 4. drain chickpeas and mash them. i just used my hands to squish them 5. dice carrots into small chunks (under 1 cm) and finely dice garlic. add to chickpeas 6. add vegan mayo/cashew cream, lemon juice, celery seed, and thyme. mix well 7. salt and season to taste i spread this between slices of toasted bread with onion and tomato slices. makes a great sandwich and is good by itself too!

news ZoomeristLeninist • 1 year ago • 90%

on Thursday, Ukrainian forces "liberated" Robotyne, a village that had a population &lt;500. according to Rob Lee, a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, [it took 10 brigades to take this village](https://nitter.net/RALee85/status/1694585117480538139). thats anywhere from 20,000 to 35,000 soldiers needed to advance a small area of the front half a kilometer. to make matters worse for Ukraine, b points out that the positions taken by Ukrainian soldiers in Robotyne are troublesome. Ukrainian forces are about 300 feet lower than Russian forces. a considerable high ground makes Russian artillery more effective than Ukrainian artillery. it also makes any attempt by Ukraine to charge the line considerably more dangerous. previously, b estimated that, due to the artillery superiority of Russia, Ukrainian casualties outweigh that of Russia by 10:1. this is made even worse by the substandard military medicine practiced by the Ukrainian forces. sometimes it takes [10 hours](https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/ukraines-real-killing-fields-an-investigation-into-the-wars-first-aid-crisis/) to transport Ukrainian soldiers from the front to a hospital. thousands of Ukrainian soldiers who were wounded are dying due to incompetence. their supplies are also of poor quality bc of corruption-- Volodymyr Prudnikov, the head of Ukraine’s Medical Forces Command’s procurement department payed his daughter-in-law's company 1.5 million british pounds for tactical medical kits; these kits, however, were much cheaper than promised and tourniquets from these kits have failed to hold pressure and have resulted in deaths. while it takes several hours for Ukrainian medical evacuation, [it takes Russian forces 10 minutes to apply first aid, and only an hour to reach field medical units](https://ria.ru/20221221/letalnost-1840280695.html). this is truly a tragic conflict. it seems that the demons who rule NATO will prolong this war. on the bright side, NATO weapon stockpiles are being depleted and western manufacturing cant even begin to keep up with Russian manufacturing. [Russia manufactures 2.5 million artillery shells a year, while the US produces 93,000](https://nationalinterest.org/feature/time-and-logistics-are-working-against-ukraine-206740). if the Pentagon meets its goal, the US will still only be producing 1 million shells per year by 2025

news ZoomeristLeninist • 1 year ago • 100%

ive seen ppl mention this 2024 BRICS expansion here, but i had no idea it was coming so soon! Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates are joining January 1!!

videos ZoomeristLeninist • 1 year ago • 100%

youtu.be

this dude is pretty interesting. he makes a weird non sequitur abt drug use early on in the vid that comes off as unsympathetic but i can look past a bit of 

chapotraphouse ZoomeristLeninist • 1 year ago • 100%

this is Rena! shes the best puppy ever :) my gf and i adopted her a bit over a month ago and she has been such a wonderful part of our lives from the moment we met her! the humane society guessed that shes a shepherd/lab mix, but my gf thinks shes german shepherd/great dane mix. shes only 4 months old but shes doing great with house training! i love her so much 🥰 heres her a few minutes ago with a toy and a treat 

sino ZoomeristLeninist • 1 year ago • 100%

en.people.cn

 > Some Western media outlets have recently hyped up the so-called "debt trap" theory once again, attempting to shift the blame for some developing countries’ debt problems onto China. > This is a blatant lie and another attempt to smear China. > In the past 10 years since the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was proposed, fruitful cooperation has been carried out in various fields, bringing tangible benefits to the people of participating countries. > Africa's Macro-Economic Performance and Outlook, a report released by the African Development Bank in January 2023, showed that the total debt service payments suspended by China under the G20's Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI) have exceeded the total amount from G7 countries. it doesnt take long to search the internet for many instances of debt forgiveness of structural loans from China. when has the IMF done this? > Research results released by the China Africa Research Initiative at Johns Hopkins University in the U.S. indicated that China contributed 63 percent of debt service suspensions. thats quite a lot of debt suspension for a country that makes up less than [20% of the worlds GDP (adjusted)](https://www.worldeconomics.com/Share-of-Global-GDP/China.aspx#:~:text=Over%20the%20past%2010%20years,easy%20comparison%20with%20other%20countries.). > In fact, the debt issues of developing countries are closely related to Western countries, especially the U.S. > World Bank statistics showed that multilateral financial institutions and commercial creditors account for nearly three-quarters of Africa's total external debt. > The U.S. is the largest shareholder of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), while American and European financial institutions serve as the dominant commercial creditors to African nations. oof. and to make things worse, western loans that go toward extractive and manufacturing industries give way to horrible working conditions while superprofits are whisked away to the imperial core. otoh, loans from China go toward a more balanced development plan including schools, hospitals, and infrastructure as well as industries (where a significant smaller portion of the profits go to China, and only to pay back the loan) > It is evident to the international community who are the reliable partners of developing countries and who are the instigators of their financial issues. damn right!