Comradeship // Freechat Ronin_5 • 9mo ago • 90%

Why do Brits make so much better content than Americans on YouTube?

I’ve been on a bit of a video essay binge as of late, and most of the good shit has been from Britain, whereas American content creators are mostly reactionary. What gives?

A censored film released in the 1970’s. The premise is that political prisoners are given the option of carrying out their sentence, or to participate in an asymmetric game to reach the end, at which point they are given the promise of freedom. Actors are chosen for their political beliefs, including both reactionaries and progressives. So, a lot of scenes aren’t scripted, but rather it’s really how they would behave. See interview with Peter Watkins here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jxb0ed9izis

Comradeship // Freechat Ronin_5 • 10mo ago • 98%

The most reactionary shit I’ve seen

A while back, I infiltrated a far right message board. I happened upon a conversation between two Neo Nazis arguing about the holocaust. One of them was arguing that the number of victims were exaggerated. The other was arguing that it didn’t happen, that it was a fabrication, but it should have happened. First as a tragedy, then as a farce.

Late Stage Capitalism Ronin_5 • 10mo ago • 100%

The most overwhelming piece of evidence for world systems theory. (Sort by country)

If you click the countries tab, you’ll find a table with countries, and the number of cases as a respondent state vs cases that corporations in their state have taken out against foreign states. If you put it in excel, and sort by largest number of cases as a claimant state, you’ll find that the US, the Netherlands, and the UK as the biggest exploiting countries. (Which actually explains how the Netherlands got so rich, their tendency for nationalism, and why the bourge was pushing so hard for brexit) Sort by most cases as a dependent state and you’ll find that Argentina, Venezuela, Mexico and Egypt as the countries that are the most exploited. Some countries like Spain and Russia are both exploiting and exploited. China has surprisingly few cases despite the breadth of its operations.

Late Stage Capitalism Ronin_5 • 10mo ago • 100%

United States Distribution of Personal Income (with annotations)

There’s nothing I love more than using company time to analyze stats. Today’s subject of analysis is the income distribution in the US. We can tell who the bourge are, from where their income comes from. I’ve highlighted the boxes showing that the top 10% (of households) gets most of their income from business earnings and dividends. Similarly, we can see the massive difference in monthly income from the 70-80% bracket to the 80-90% bracket to be 3400/mo, and the jump from labour aristocracy to the bourge to be 21000/mo, generated through capital and the exploitation of labour. Information is from BEA. Search “distribution of personal income”. The accuracy of these figures are corroborated by Table 2, showing annual mean household income to be $106,000. I have no idea why the popular narrative is that median household income is $76,330.

videos Ronin_5 • 10mo ago • 100%

An academic, an economist, and a trader explains how the financial system works (in Britain)

m.youtube.com

This guy is the most subjectively based person I’ve ever witnessed

Comradeship // Freechat Ronin_5 • 11mo ago • 100%

Stories, Our perception of self, and its propagation

It’s not too far of a stretch to say that our ideologies are derived from the examples around us. After all, it is the basis for materialism. But when those examples are based in ideals, then we wrap ourselves in a lie and our ideology is manipulated to the benefit of others. Why am I writing this? Because propaganda doesn’t work if you know it is propaganda. Or maybe it does. But either way it’s worth a shot. ____________ **Stories** The prevalent ideal, and the structure which we are taught to perceive ourselves, (in the west) is the monomyth; the hero’s journey. The hero’s journey is a story about individualism, where answering a call to adventure will result in the hero coming home not only better off but the struggle results in his transformation into a “great man”, tying into great man theory, which states that great men are heroes who are able to rise against the odds and defeat rivals while inspiring followers. ____________ **our perception of self** So as this is repeated throughout media, we start to apply this story structure to ourselves. (since our ideologies are derivative of the examples around us) We become potential heroes who need to undergo trials to become great men. These trials may be something direct like answering a draft, or indirect like working overtime. Refusal of the trial, by this framework, will lead to stagnation. His flowering world becomes a wasteland of stones. (Yes, I’m being purposefully politically incorrect because it’s written in a sarcastic tone) In other words, the hero’s journey stops becoming just a framework for fiction but a framework for life; a perception of life. And as an idealistic framework, it can be molded into whatever the propagandist sees fit, with convenient subsections and tools to do so. _________ **Propagation (propaganda) of ideals** … is done through media. All Hollywood writers, up to the recent modern era have followed the framework of the hero’s journey. That’s why it’s so predictable. Any deviation will be considered a “risky endeavour” and will not be accepted. (I’ve been meaning to do a write up on risk in the future) As per Chomsky and Herman’s propaganda model, other story frameworks are filtered out through ownership. ___________ **An alternative** Society is a self referencing system. As part of that society, you are both the observer and participant in the system. As you, the observer, is impacted by the system, you will react accordingly to the system and seek to influence it. As such, your life is not set in stone and your life will not play out like a story with an intro, climax, and resolution. Your life in capitalism will be, at best, you using the opportunities **given** to you to create more opportunities. If you don’t have any opportunities, then be prepared to beg for them. And I put emphasis on the word given, because unlike the ideology where hero’s are born or they are made through struggle, in capitalism, you are selected by other great men to be a hero. There is a common saying that you must prove your worth in order to better your position, but that worth itself is subjective. The result is that bettering your position is completely subjective. __________ **why did I write this? How can we use this?** What I provide to you is a paradigm for criticism and self criticism. In addition to understanding, analysis and criticism of society as a whole, you may also analyze yourself through this lens and identify any ideology that you have that you might want to rethink your position on, as chances are that you’ve been exposed to this media.

Guns for Leftists Ronin_5 • 11mo ago • 80%

Defeating Level 4 Body Armor part 2 - requirements

The methodology to calculate the level of penetration of a projectile has is to divide its momentum by its area. This number is then squared to make a kind of penetration index. The units are (J*g/m^2)/m^2. An alternate way is to multiply kinetic energy by sectional density, and divide by cross sectional area. It should be noted that this simplification holds true for harder materials that’s not assumed to deform, like tungsten carbide penetrators. https://www.longrangehunting.com/attachments/penetration0802-pdf.274645/ What I then did is watch a whole bunch of YouTube videos and took note of which calibers, at which velocities, penetrated the level 4 plates. What I learned was that not all plates rated at level 4 are made the same. And there are some plates which are rated higher than level 4. My findings are below:  Please note that the different values come from different barrel lengths, bullet weights and velocities. In summary, a bullet needs to be 1. Made of a tungsten penetrator with a copper jacket. 2. Have a penetration index of greater than 2800. Or 1. Made of a hardened steel penetrator (>60 hrc), 2. have a penetration index > 3200. You’re not penetrating any armour with lead bullets. Note 270 WSM is off the charts. If this round is given a tungsten carbide or steel penetrator, of which you can shape using electro-discharge machining, then it has the capacity to penetrate level 4 armor at range. The length of the cartridge also makes it easier to design semi auto and auto firearms. (Shorter stroke length) though its bulk suggests less ammo capacity. https:~//m.youtube.com/watch?v=czCgWDuHHOY Also note that the PLA can make an effective tungsten AP round in their standard caliber without needing any equipment upgrades. (Unlike the US) Though their current copper/steel round isn’t effective with level 4. Now look up who’s the world’s leading manufacturer of tungsten. As a final note, most law enforcement or military wear level 3 or 3+ plates, because it’s half as heavy as level 4. So this analysis is probably overkill.

Guns for Leftists Ronin_5 • 11mo ago • 100%

Defeating Level 4 Body Armour

Level 4 armour plates are specifically designed to protect against armour piercing rounds without pass through. This is the most advanced type of personal protection we have, and it’s important we understand the technologies behind it, especially in CQB and urban warfare environments. It is currently able to withstand a M80A1 and m2AP bullet pushed to >3000 fps in a 300 winmag cartridge. The M80A1 round is a non-lead round that’s normally pushed to 2600 fps in a 308 cartridge. The M2AP contains a steel penetrator. But because the bullet diameters are the same, this YouTuber loaded it in a 300 winmag to give it even more energy and velocity. https~://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KHFJ5Gdmy8s What has been proven to work is a tungsten carbide penetrator seen in the M993 round. Penetration is seen when reaching 2600 fps on some plates and 3000 fps on other plates. https~://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_edfr1i6LMU https~://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yH8Sls4hxoo The US has fielded a new rifle shooting a new caliber, the 6.8x51. As the video shows, it is able to defeat level 4 armour in two shots without AP rounds, with standard non-lead ammo. https~://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BGL9wP8_-LI Using a steel-backed casing, it’s able to use a fast burning powder to push a 140 gr bullet to 2900 fps in a 13” barrel. Higher velocities and longer effective range against armour can be achieved with a longer barrel. To be continued.

Guns for Leftists Ronin_5 • 11mo ago • 92%

How to choose a gun

So, you want to buy a gun. Which gun should you buy? There are so many! To answer that question, you first need to answer: which caliber are you shooting? And to answer that, you need to answer the following: **What are you shooting? ** Squirrels? Coyotes? Deer? Elk? People? **What distance? ** 20m? 50m? 100m? 300? 800? 1000? 3000? Let’s start with what. Choosing what you want to shoot will determine the distance. If it’s squirrel and small game up to the size of a bunny, it would take only roughly 10 ftlbs of energy to dispatch. However, it presents a very small target, so you would need to be up close or very accurate. Small game can only be reliably taken up to 100m. So, viable calibers include rimfire calibers, air rifles and shotgun pellets. A well set up slingshot can produce 6-8 ftlbs of energy, which is barely enough to take small game. Coyote and deer necessitates a larger cartridge. Generally they need 100 ftlbs of energy to take down reliably. And even then, shot placement is crucial. So, this moves you up to pistol calibers, straight wall cartridges, and intermediate cartridges. Some air rifles meet this requirement. Humans fall within this category. Because of a larger hit area, the maximum range is moved out further to 500m. Though if full sized or magnum cartridges and/or specialized guns are used, this can be pushed out to 1 km. Larger deer and elk necessitate at least 1000 ftlbs of energy. This moves you up to full sized cartridges like 308 Winchester, 7.62x54R, 30-06, 7mm winmag, etc. At this point, the range is dependent on your accuracy. But if a magnum cartridge like 338 lapula or 6.5 PRC is used, it can be pushed further. ________ **Cartridge and accuracy.** Faster moving, slimmer cartridges are more accurate than their fatter analogues of similar energies. I’m not entirely sure of the sciences behind it, but it is a trend I’ve noticed. 17 hmr is more accurate than 22 wmr. 223 is more accurate than 7.62x39 30-30 is more accurate than 45-70 6.5prc is more accurate than 308. More accuracy not only means longer range, but also means you can punch above its weight class, as you can more effectively target organs. However, heavier bullets are more accurate at longer distances because they negate wind. So, if you want the ultimate accurate bullet, then it needs to be long, fast, and heavy, like the 50 bmg. __________ **guns and accuracy** The more money you spend, the more accurate your gun will be. What you’re spending money on is the following: 1. Precise chamber tolerances. How the chamber holds the bullet and how it precisely and accurately aligns the bullet with the rifling has a big effect on accuracy. Not only should the chamber consistently align the bullet the same way every time (precision), but the axis of the bullet should be at the same angle and with zero offset to the axis which it’s going to be rifled (accuracy). . 2. Crown. The end of the barrel and how it terminates. How well the crown is made affects accuracy greatly . 3. Action and cycling. Whether it’s bolt or semi-auto, loading rounds from a magazine, when too much force is used, will deform the round and misalign the axis of the bullet from the axis of the cartridge. The accuracy standard is bolt action and hand fed loading is considered the most accurate. The reason that semiautomatic is considered to be less accurate than bolt is that to increase reliability, the design of the chamber is looser, and the action and cycling is performed with more force than bolt action. 4. Stock, ridgity and resonance. I’m going to consider this the final item because it doesn’t affect accuracy all that much. But as your gun shoots, the forces the bullet imparts will resonate the barrel, and cause it to slightly deform. And increasing the ridgity of the stock will cause it to deform the same way every time, giving it more consistency. This is also where barrel length comes into play. A longer barrel will resonate more, but a shorter barrel will result in a slower, less accurate bullet _____________________ **Accuracy and you. Expectations and practice** If you’re into fun culture, you’ll encounter 1 moa as the standard for accuracy. This is a lie. Most guns you get off the shelf will typically shoot 2-3 moa on average with bulk ammo. That’s including bolt actions and precision rifles. If you want to get sub-moa, then not only will you need a precision rifle, but also either match grade ammo or custom reloaded ammo suited to your gun. For rimfire, you’ll need to do extensive testing to find the type of ammo that shoots best. And even then, it’s rare to find a pairing that shoots below 1 moa. The point of saying this is: don’t get upset because you’re not getting tiny groups. It’s probably not you, it’s how your gun is set up. So how do you actually shoot a gun accurately? Avoid using your muscles as much as possible. The more you use your muscles, the shakier you are in aiming. Every joint between the earth and the gun is a source of deviation. So if you can, lean against something to steady your aim. prop your gun up using branches or tables. Use something solid like spare magazines to prop up the stock if you’ve already rest the barrel. If you don’t have anything to rest against, I recommend the crossed legged sitting position. You’re essentially leaning against your legs, which stabilizes your upper body, as long as you’re able to relax all your muscles. If you don’t have time to get into position, you can use something called the hasty sling, where you use the sling to pull the gun against your arm, and you can relax some muscle groups to get a more accurate shot. But nothing beats practice.

shitposting Ronin_5 • 1y ago • 100%

Mao’s works summarized

On Contradiction: “actually fucking talk to your comrades and your enemies, and maybe you’ll find some common ground instead of coming to fisticuffs” On Practice: “touch grass”