Haven’t tested but I’m sure that’s how it works. The effect is basically the same as Gyardos EX but is just 2 vs 1.

Definitely risky if both happen to hit you but I’m going to be using mantyke for acceleration anyway so shouldn’t get burned too often.

It’s pure

Nah REDACTED him

Fucking terrible news to wake up to.

Really hope the revolution can survive without him.

Feel like that’s a bit of a straw man - Lenin didn’t claim that his contribution to Marxist theory constituted naming a new ideology after himself.

It was after his death that the idea that his work had advanced understanding of Marxism enough and that it had led to a revolution that that it should be an ideology.

There’s plenty of authors of Marxist theory that don’t end up in -isms but still have very valuable contributions.

This is coming from someone who thinks the “anarchist don’t read theory” thing is overplayed as most of the IRL anarchists I know do read theory.

Yes I agree Stalin rolling back the LGTBQ rights was a massive mistake and is a good example of why we need to be diligent in our work even after a revolution as reactionary ideas can try to come back.

Once Communism is reached it will be fully emancipatory but the path to getting there (socialism) still has many challenges and can have setbacks as contradictions between classes (and groups) still exist.

Measure to fight pollution take years to pay off. China had in fact been battling bad air for decades before cleaner skies became tangible. By the 2008 Olympic Games, pollution abatement equipment had been mandated and installed on the vast majority of its thermal power plants. This was technology that removed up to 95 percent of Sulphur Dioxide emissions. Nitrogen oxide-removing tech was next to become widely installed.

Through a combination of closing or upgrading coal-fired brick kilns and other polluting industries, enforcing strict vehicular emissions standards, transitioning to cleaner energy sources like natural gas and renewables, and promoting electric vehicles (EVs), Beijing’s air was gradually, not suddenly, cleaned.

In 2014, China updated its environmental protection law to give local authorities the power to detain company bosses who failed to complete environmental impact assessments. The law also removed limits on the fines that firms could be subject to for breaching pollution quotas.

Very interesting article on the steps they took to reduce air pollution! The last paragraph (emphasis mine) really shows how serious they take it and how serious other countries should as well.

You’re really coming on an anti capitalist instance and pearl clutching over intellectual property theft lmao?

I agree! the key point is stability as when people’s basic needs are increasingly met they aren’t as susceptible to reactionary ideas and propaganda that their issues are due to X group.

It takes time and education to change opinions on this stuff unfortunately. Even with Castro’s public support it was still a few years before the constitution was changed because as you said the voting populace still has contradictions.

Capitalism will eventually lead to crisis tho and reactionaries will use those to strip away these rights and target these groups which is why I still think the meme is correct that the only way to get lasting rights for all people is to reject capitalism.

A counter example is Cuba is now one of the most progressive countries when it comes to LGTBQ+ rights. Good Communists push to support all sexualities and genders but the material conditions of the country can limit and slow that development.

Russia has been capitalist again for 20+ years and yet it isn’t a bastion of freedom for these groups.

The new one Crimson Blaze!

WSWS is run but trots, you can say a lot about trots but being pro CPC is definitely not one of those things lmao

Congrats!

You’re not helping them long term which was the point of the Sankara quote.

It forces these countries to be dependent on food aid rather than self sufficient which means that if they try to go even somewhat against neoliberalism and actually raise the living standards and wages of their people the US then pulls the aid (as well as likely aiding armed groups to kill the leadership) in order to force the government out and installing comprador regimes in its place.

Damn best of luck while you work through everything! Really enjoy a lot of the communities you have.

Thought it was a really interesting concept and it could go a lot of different ways!

Lmao if I ever use it in a deck I’m only going to think of this now

Nice pull! Gyrados is the first mega I got as well!

I have an extra Mega Blazeken EX if someone has a Mega Absol or Mega Alteria they’d trade.

From old boosters still need:

Secluded Springs

4D

• Entei EX

Wisdom of sea and Sky

3D

• Kangaskhan