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Eugen Leviné, assassinated on this day in 1919, was a German revolutionary communist who briefly led the Bavarian Council Republic, giving luxury apartments to the homeless and factories to the workers during his short reign in power.

Eugen Levine was born to wealthy Jewish parents in St Petersberg, Russia, and became exposed to radical politics after moving to Heidelberg, Germany at a young age. In 1905, Leviné returned to Russia to participate in the failed revolution of 1905 against the Tsar and was arrested and exiled to Siberia.

After World War I ended, Leviné joined the Communist Party of Germany and helped to create a socialist republic in Bavaria. Leviné eventually rose to power as the communists assumed control of the government.

He attempted to pass many reforms, such as giving the more luxurious flats to the homeless and giving workers control and ownership of factories. Leviné also planned reforms for the education system and to abolish paper money, but did not get the chance to complete either.

The German Army, assisted by the right-wing Freikorps paramilitary invaded and quickly conquered Munich on May 3rd, 1919. Leviné himself was arrested and shot by firing squad in Stadelheim Prison.

Ex-Soviet agent Whitaker Chambers cited Leviné as an inspirational figure, writing "During the Bavarian Council Republic in 1919, Leviné was the organiser of the Workers' and Soldiers' Soviets. When the Bavarian Council Republic was crushed, Leviné was captured and court-martialed. The court-martial told him: "You are under sentence of death." Leviné answered: 'We Communists are always under sentence of death.'"

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[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'm just gonna be posting videos in comments now

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[–] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

If you were going to be macarooned on a dessert island and you could only bring one item what would you bring

[–] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 6 points 6 days ago

stalin-comical-spoon i know what id bring

[–] HarryLime@hexbear.net 3 points 5 days ago

The Pacers will probably not win, but I have to believe great things are possible

[–] WizardOfLoneliness@hexbear.net 9 points 6 days ago (2 children)

get up go water your plants and take a shower then go take a nap like you had a hard day

couldn't be me

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[–] Goblinmancer@hexbear.net 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

They should bring back a primarch back and in 5 seconds he got eaten by a t rex as a trailer to exodite eldar.

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[–] RedWizard@hexbear.net 11 points 6 days ago

Another Mega, another foot in the grave, yet I persist.

[–] blipblip@hexbear.net 8 points 6 days ago

Gonna be too hot for my usual beanie soon. Really gotta figure out how to keep my hair out of my face without it in a way that doesn't look terrible 😔

[–] SterlingPooper@hexbear.net 4 points 5 days ago

Do I want to be manipulated?

I am a bad girl, as in I am bad at this, categorically speaking, and horrifically so

[–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)
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[–] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 6 points 6 days ago

Kinda cooked how gen'AI' is effective at making short video (but falls apart the longer the video runs) while short-form vid is the predominant social media format

[–] take_five_moments@hexbear.net 8 points 6 days ago (2 children)

time to see if i can get nightreign cracked and working online

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[–] CocteauChameleons@hexbear.net 4 points 5 days ago

The fact that a shitty country cover of Jkwons Tipsy is one of the biggest songs of the last 2 years is so incredibly sad lol. Every time someone plays it at the bar I work at I wanna puke. The chords they added to it are straight out of a pharmaceutical commercial

[–] Bruja@hexbear.net 11 points 6 days ago (2 children)
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[–] TerminalEncounter@hexbear.net 5 points 5 days ago

There should be more comedy games, like joke first comedy games. The best example I can think of recently are Untitled Goose Game, Jazz Punk, Kingdom of Loathing, Stanley Parable even (contempibly) the south park rpg games or High On Life. I guess Yakuza or Saints Row kind of fit into that

There's plenty with funny moments or funny arcs or whatever (Baulders Gate 3 has plenty of funny lines and moments), but not a lot where the whole point is to laugh and not other game things - like power fantasy, mastery, playing a role, etc - and everything in it is there with the intent to make you laugh.

[–] UmbraVivi@hexbear.net 11 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I would pay money to see an Ethan Klein vs Brace Belden debate.

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[–] AernaLingus@hexbear.net 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I was uninstalling some software when I encountered the most baffling thing: as soon as you hit "Uninstall" it prompts you to find the setup executable...as in the original multi-gig offline installer which no reasonable person would keep around. It refused to proceed until I re-downloaded said installer, and then it STILL didn't work. Impressively terrible. Thankfully, I'll be wiping this machine in the near future and replacing this Windows 10 install with Linux, so I'm just going to leave it be.

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[–] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 6 points 6 days ago

Blackredguard is going as a delegate to the DSA convention, good for him, he is also a member of liberation causus the one that made dems like cuomo mad by calling the embassy shooter a political prisoner

[–] Cimbazarov@hexbear.net 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I was reading Chip War by Chris Miller, and throughout the book he throws so much shade at China (a bit at the soviet union too). And then i get to the chapter where he talks about the more modern day when Xi Jinping became leader, and its so comical how he tries to portray China.

He talks about how the semicomductor companies are a under a tight leash by the CPC. I realize that that only sounds bad if you assume CPC = evil therefore bad.

He also spent the first half of the book talking about how chip companies needed heavy subsidies and intervention from the government. So put it together, his point is that CPC is bad because they are subsidizing their chip industry (which America/South Korea/Taiwan already do) while also maintaining control over it. A complete contradiction of free market principles! So which is it? Government intervention is required to build a strong chip industry? Or government shouldnt intervene in semiconductor companies except to give them blank checks? As he has shown in the American semiconductor industry, the latter has caused them to fall behind twice.

He also talks about when Taiwan was going through a crisis, Morris Chang ensured that the government would bail TSMC out. This is portrayed as a good thing though.

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 8 points 6 days ago

I'm feeling really good, I read something someone said somewhere about how they quit smoking and adapted it a little bit for me, and so far it's helping me cut down like nothing else has. I haven't gone to bed with a headache or chest ache in a week, and I can feel more energy. I'm doing more spontaneous exercise (typing this from a plank rn) and am becoming better at finding the time to do important stuff like gardening. Just planted two currants in big pots, one yellow flowering and one red.

[–] Carl@hexbear.net 10 points 6 days ago

ughujzlfkbglisaoubnytuifaeosh graveyard shift really fucks you up just gotta last a few more hours then I can go to bed during daytime

[–] ghosts@hexbear.net 4 points 5 days ago

I feel bad for scrolling through my news feeds as if I'm waiting for news to happen deeper-sadness

treatseeking for outrage

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