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New comment by thiagoharry in "The case against boolean logic"

thiagoharry — Fri, 22 May 2026 12:49:57 +0000

Yes, in some contexts absolute truth/falsity exists. For example, in a list of exercises about Boolean logic. Or circuits modelled after Boolean logic.

New comment by thiagoharry in "Cuba says it has run out of fuel, blames U.S. embargo"

thiagoharry — Thu, 21 May 2026 21:53:42 +0000

As a sovereign country, Cuba has the right to nationalize economic activity if it deems it necessary. It compensated all countries whose businesses were nationalized, such as Switzerland, France, and Canada. Except the United States, which refused the compensation and began attacking its neighbor.

New comment by thiagoharry in "Iran starts Bitcoin-backed ship insurance for Hormuz strait"

thiagoharry — Tue, 19 May 2026 11:24:09 +0000

Because neutral ships also need permission to cross the strait, even if they have not been explicitly banned. Because the status of the blockade has changed and continues to change according to tensions in the region. Several countries have obtained permission to cross: China, Russia, India, Iraq, Pakistan, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines. Even so, it is understandable that ships are hesitant to pass through there and are seeking less uncertain routes, because of the tensions, risk of war and because in addition to Iran, the United States also claims to have imposed a blockade and has attacked ships.

New comment by thiagoharry in "Iran starts Bitcoin-backed ship insurance for Hormuz strait"

thiagoharry — Mon, 18 May 2026 19:56:54 +0000

It is not the world. Only Israel, USA and their direct allies are explicitly banned. Most of the world is not.

New comment by thiagoharry in "US inflation jumps to 3.8% as energy costs surge from Iran war"

thiagoharry — Wed, 13 May 2026 16:35:58 +0000

Ukraine import mercenaries from all over the world. So, you mean that they have no organic support for fighting?

New comment by thiagoharry in "DeepSeek v4"

thiagoharry — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 23:02:38 +0000

> Many of us (worldwide, I'm not American) watched China massacre thousands of its own children at Tiananmen Square. The US is descending into totalitarianism, but it hasn't reached that level yet.

Wasn't the US bombing its own children just 4 years earlier in Philadelphia?

New comment by thiagoharry in "In the AI propaganda war, Iran is winning"

thiagoharry — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 23:50:58 +0000

Since the beginning of the war, the American presence in the region has weakened, with military bases having their infrastructure destroyed or even being expelled and attacked by local groups, as in the case of Iraq. Many of the dictatorial regimes that are allies of the United States are learning that the United States will not effectively protect them if they host American military bases on their territory. This makes such bases a huge disadvantage, as they drag these regimes into a war they never wanted to start. Meanwhile, Iran has grown stronger by effectively controlling the Strait of Hormuz without anyone being able to stop it, while the American hope for a change of government in Iran to one more docile to its demands is further away than before the war.

To me, this looks something very close to "winning." Which isn't much of a surprise. The United States has never been very good at winning wars against those who can defend themselves. Of course, Iran cannot survive a total war with the United States. But a total war would also be too costly for the United States and the global economy, making such a scenario more difficult to pursue.

New comment by thiagoharry in "Cuba's Fragile Power Grid Finds a Powerful New Partner"

thiagoharry — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 16:50:49 +0000

Sure. But why only DR? We also have Jamaica and Haiti near Cuba.

The Human Development Index:

Dominican Republic: 0,776 Cuba: 0,762 Jamaica: 0,720 Haiti: 0,554

Only Cuba is socialist. The other three are capitalist. Considering that Cuba suffers from sanctions, like Haiti, it is impressive how they managed to achieve an HDI almost as high as the DR, a value considerably higher than the average in the Caribbean.

New comment by thiagoharry in "Chuck Norris has died"

thiagoharry — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 16:47:22 +0000

And yet death was defeated. And with that, Chuck Norris took up its mantle.

New comment by thiagoharry in "Cuba's national electric grid collapses, leaving millions without power"

thiagoharry — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 22:46:03 +0000

Yes, they are already doing that. Tourism, exporting skilled workers (doctors), exporting rum and cigars. Exactly the economic activities that do not require external raw materials. And with that, they have achieved social indicators vastly better than all their neighbors. So I don't really see the basis for your accusation of incompetence: Cuba does well what it can.

But what it can do is fragile. Without industrialization, there is no way to have stable wealth. China and Vietnam themselves only industrialized and followed that path after trade blockades were lifted. Without that, the Chinese reform and its opening to the market would have come to nothing.

Moreover, it is strange to defend a crime by naturalizing the idea that the criminal will always act that way. That may well be the case. In that case, it is morally necessary to turn against him and stop him.

New comment by thiagoharry in "The US-Israeli strategy against Iran is working. Here is why"

thiagoharry — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 12:39:36 +0000

Sure, starting a prolonged war, having the Strait of Hormuz closed and its military bases destroyed while having the largest aircraft carrier forced to retreat, is all part of a larger plan. Everything going as predicted.

New comment by thiagoharry in "Cuba's national electric grid collapses, leaving millions without power"

thiagoharry — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 12:27:40 +0000

You are forgetting the criminal economic and trade embargo against Cuba. With what money would they buy these Chinese solar panels? How exactly would they obtain the dollars? What economic activity do you propose for them to industrialize and become internationally competitive, given that they are an island with very few natural resources and, thanks to the embargo, have to pay much more for any resource compared to any other country?

New comment by thiagoharry in "New farm bill would condemn pigs to a lifetime in gestation crates"

thiagoharry — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 17:47:24 +0000

No, the private ownership of the means of production needs to be created and maintained by a state. There is nothing natural about it; if you see it as natural, it is because you naturalize the society you live in. First of all, like any type of property, it is a social construct that must be upheld by laws and instruments of coercion. And speaking of the means of production, to ensure wage labor, a process or arrangement is needed that guarantees one group of people holds ownership while others do not. In the case of land, for example, this requires enclosure, the destruction of the concept of land as something communal.

New comment by thiagoharry in "The United States and Israel have launched a major attack on Iran"

thiagoharry — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 15:38:36 +0000

I don't think the American people can change their country's policy oriented toward a constant state of war, aggression, and invasions of other countries under the current system. This is a constant state policy, regardless of the party or the president. So it can be said that the United States is not a democracy. Money and capital rule, not the people.This can only be changed by a fundamental shift that empowers people over capital.

Of course, I agree that Trump is worse because, by removing the mask of civility and attacking others without first bothering to create propaganda and a narrative about how it is for the greater good and justice, he made the plundering and crimes faster and more efficient.

New comment by thiagoharry in "Can you reverse engineer our neural network?"

thiagoharry — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 13:39:07 +0000

We let the market dictate how society's resources are allocated. And we see, as a result, how the market is actually not at all interested in the satisfaction and well-being of the people in society.

New comment by thiagoharry in "Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes"

thiagoharry — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 20:46:49 +0000

It will not. Chavismo did not end with the death of Hugo Chávez. Nor will it end with the kidnapping of Nicolás Maduro.

New comment by thiagoharry in "Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes"

thiagoharry — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 20:42:26 +0000

That was the policy that allowed him to build a social welfare state for people tired of being exploited. Famine decreased, life expectancy increased, and the HDI became high. Unfortunately, this ended when the country was sanctioned and embargoed.

New comment by thiagoharry in "Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes"

thiagoharry — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 20:37:23 +0000

They just do not want colonizers to steal their country and interfere in their internal decisions. Unfortunately, this is the story with every First World colonizer: they do not agree with that.

New comment by thiagoharry in "US Removes Brazil Supreme Court Judge from Sanctions List"

thiagoharry — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 00:39:13 +0000

Well, putting Supreme Court judges on this list solely to try to force the release and acquittal of a criminal never made any sense.

New comment by thiagoharry in "US Removes Brazil Supreme Court Judge from Sanctions List"

thiagoharry — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 00:37:03 +0000

Source?