if somebody already has access to your machine, but doesn’t have root privileges

Right, hence there’s no rational reason for Iran not to get nukes now.

It’s also worth noting that Iran could create an atomic weapon (fission based) similar to what the US used on Japan very quickly with their current levels of enrichment. That could be done in around a week, and it does not require being tested ahead of time. It’s a well understood process. With the amounts of uranium Iran is known to have, they could make around 10 atomic weapons. Around three would be enough to annihilate all the major population centres in Israel.

I do not believe so.

Well they killed Khamenei who was the one opposed to Iran getting nukes, so I don’t imagine there’s anybody else particularly opposed at this point.

indeed

I’d argue Krushchev set the stage because he abolished artels which led to all the problems USSR had with light industry. Had USSR retained a mix of state industry and cooperative driven market economy, it would’ve developed in a similar way to China today except without a capitalist class.

It’s an ongoing process that’s currently happening.

Somehow I doubt they’re eager to experience a repeat of Manchuria in 1945.

You’re completely ignoring the contradictions present within China itself here. China still has a capitalist class, and it is still in the primary stages of socialism with the workers having established a class dictatorship over capital, but China is far from abolishing existing relations right now. The collapse of the west is certainly a prerequisite for the transition to any higher stage of socialism, but it will be a long time before relations start meaningfully changing with China itself, let alone the rest of the world.

Let’s not forget that USSR also saw astonishing levels of development under Stalin. The stagnation started after Khrushchev reforms. However, as I noted earlier, China can’t just flip a switch and create some sort of a moneyless society. Dismantling capitalism start with worker ownership of the means of production, and there will be a a prolonged socialist stage where existing relations have not yet been abolished, and the only thing that’s different is which class holds power.

As Stalin correctly explains here, there will be surplus product in a socialist economy and, similarly, the commodity form doesn’t die overnight. Thinking that communism involves slamming a button titled “END CAPITALISM NOW” is just romantic idealist-slop.

when you definitely understand how bilateral trade works

Always important to remind people that none of these problems existed until the US attacked Iran completely unprovoked.

Are there cases of fascists treating others well that you’re aware of?

it’s certainly notable with the US threatening to invade Cuba and blockading it now.

indeed, the workers hold a lot of power here

You just gotta love how liberal ‘democracies’ are now openly doing what they fear mongered about China this whole time.

seriously, Iran has been incredibly restrained here

Given how western economies are doing right now, it’s a question how long the pedo oligarchs can keep doing this.