@gewittrderrosen
The Israeli contestant was asked if she thought her presence put the other contestants and the event at risk, and when she was told she didn’t have to answer he yelled “why not?” Pretty hilarious ngl
Forget the Marx thing, let’s remember that Friedman’s brand of monetarist macro relies on a factor pricing theory that fails after more than one capital good is included in the model
I find it hilarious that of all people, Thomas Sowell - after his conversion away from Marxism and toward Neoliberalism, mind you - has a better take on Böhm-Bawerk’s “refutation” of Marx than many current self-proclaimed “Marxists”
XI JINPING (2021):
"Karl Marx and Frederick Engels did not envisage the possibility of a market economy under socialism. Thus they could not anticipate how socialist countries should treat capital. Though Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin led socialist development in the Soviet
You 1000% do not need to read Capital before doing practical work, and doing so has a better chance of turning you into a book-poisoned moron who runs a viewerless web paper than actually helping you as a Communist in any serious way.
@ProductOfLabor
I remember Alex telling me on a zoom call that capitalism is self-regulating and his proof was environmental policies imposed by the state💀
'How China Escaped The Shock Therapy' was a terrible book and just like price control, her recommendations in that book will bring developing nations to a ruin.
When white people start talking about “reality” in their critiques of religion it’s a sign for me to bail. Some of our lifeworlds consist of metaphysical realities beyond the material and it doesn’t make us any less committed to materialism or anti-capitalism.
I’d like to apologize to SNL, King Bach, Matt Rife, Lily Singh, or anyone else I’ve declared unfunny in my life. Compared to Israel’s
#1
satire program, you’re all Patrice O’Neal
@jonnysocialism
Terry Pinkard says this about Hegel as well; so does Žizek. It’s really not an insane take but I understand you have to disagree with everything MWM says
Yes, that's why Israel has come to the table multiple times in the past to negotiate a two-state solution. Palestinians walk away because they're encouraged by terrorist groups and leaders to continue fighting for the destruction of Israel. (:
@FromKulak
Under Communism everyone will have their own plot of land to call their own, both on earth and on colonized planets. This “problem” you describe will be completly avoided
Israel’s evil is so potent that this time around, Frankfurt school professors are getting arrested with student protesters rather than calling the cops on them
WATCH: Among those arrested today were Noelle McAfee, Chair of the Philosophy Department at Emory University.
I’ve asked for a comment from Emory on this arrest, no word yet.
This video provided to us by an
#Emory
PHD student. You can hear him in this video.
@ATLNewsFirst
We're in a unique moment in time where people are hearing about anarcho-capitalism but may not know much about it. Here's a useful list of reading material for anyone interested. If you're already an ancap, which of these books have you read? I'll respond with mine in comments.
As a Marxist who finds Hayek kind of interesting and challenging at times, please stop citing the Swedish Central bank prize as some achievement of his. He might as well have done this:
There is a common misconception among communists that Marx’s primary subject is anyone who is isolated from capital and therefore ‘oppressed’. Thus students, marketers, baristas, etc, hold the same significance to Marx as those employed in materially productive work. 👇
A surprising amount of replies talk about Mexican food, which is hilarious. "We are so good at putting slop on a tortilla, whaddaya say about that, Frenchy!" is posting an L. Nobody outside the US or Mexico cares about Mexican food lmao
It’s so jarring to read this. 3/4 of it just read like a modernized restatement of the 1844 Manuscripts, and then he closes it out with “it is difficult to reconcile this under communist theory.”
@ProjectLiberal
People saying workers are missing the point. The question is that you have people who have produced capital that other people need to use to preduce goods. One group owns the means of production of another group. It is difficult to reconcile this under communist theory.
I am for Kamala getting the slot because
A) its funny
B) i want a reason to force millions of Americans to learn about Piero Sraffa and Sraffian economics
This is like saying “without the cobalt miner, the Foxconn worker can’t produce the iPhone. It’s true but it doesn’t imply that the worker in the more direct stage is unproductive. MAGAcoms need a brush-up on their Marx, per usual.
@VenturCommunist
@PaulCockshott
@PureThe0ry
@DrLeoMarvin5
1. No, without the farmer a single cup of coffee cannot be made, rendering the barista entirely superfluous.
2.production is a process of aggregate processes.
3.youve clearly and evidently never read capital, not a single volume and I can site relevant chapters from all 3.
Sometimes I delude myself into thinking I’m serious and above the internet drama. And then I hear that Steven Crowder’s wife is leaving him and I’m a child on Christmas morning
People can cope all they want but his Marx book is still better than most Marxists until the last few chapters. Everything else I’ve seen from him is BS though
I love the idea that someone who can afford a $15,000 fursuit could be considered lumpenproletariat. It literally just means “gross person” to these idiots
In a highly unusual move, the White House has requested for it to be able to conduct arms deals with Israel in complete secrecy, without oversight from Congress or the public.
You can tell from watching the whole video that this is a man, and a whole people, who have lost the luxury of mourning. Death and destruction are so expected, that to cry a second longer than time permits is to put yourself in harm’s way. Nothing can justify that.
Heartbreaking: Wael Al-Dahdouh, Al Jazeera’s chief correspondent, bids farewell to his son who was killed along with his mother and sister by Israeli occupation air strikes.
“They take revenge by killing our children. They kill our children.”
The nuclear family is the last remnant of community we have in neoliberal society.
Communists would be wise to re-orient our entire political lines to the defense of traditional families, the home and the fulfillment of the American dream, only made possible through socialism.
@HonorAndDaring
@0xAlaric
Marx and Keynes have a special spot on my shelf hidden underneath Menger, Hayek, Mises, and Friedman. They’re repugnant, but I still had to see for myself.
You are libeling Varoufakis here. Your word choice “no different from” is telling here. He made a valid comparison which de facto places Hamas in the slot of the ANC, ie the entity in charge of governing colonial victims, NOT that they are morally equal. Take this tweet down.
Real talk: We’ll never get progressive policies like universal health care if we don’t nuke our growing extremism.
No one is going to toss the government keys to a movement screaming, “Globalize the Intifada!” and pretending Houthis are oppressed and not terrorist fanatics.
The reason prices are so inflated for EVERYTHING…
The reason wages cannot rise, and prices seem to rise whenever they do, making it so that even when we earn more dollars, those dollars can purchase less…
Is that actually making and selling commodities is no longer how our
@jonnysocialism
So what? He inadvertently said something at least defensible, am I supposed to clap like a seal at your tweet because you’ve read Wikipedia?
Israel now has its own Abu Ghraib.
The investigations into the horrible state of affairs in Sde Taiman was instigated due to international pressure. Human rights organizations and the foreign media had amassed a large amount of incontrovertible evidence that detainees in the
@Awsfavagain
Production of commodities by means of commodities, and post-Keynesian price theory. Those are the only two books on price theory ever written. Some will tell you Theory of Value by Debreu, but that one isn’t real.
Yet further proof that "democratic socialism" simply doesn't work.
Imagine if Bolivia had a militant Marxist-Leninist vanguard to push back against this.
Idea: Sokal hoax 2.0, but I submit a paper called “The History of History: A Historiographical Account of Historicity and Historicism Among Historians”