@danieldersch
@BowesChay
You can criticize it - with all the talking points given to you by corporate media. Once you criticize a western government from the perspective of organized labor or because of the wars and genocides theyโre involved in, youโll see how much โfreedomโ you have in the west.
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@TrashPandaGirl
She stands for genocide. Of course I actively want her to lose. I do not buy the premise that this implies that I want Trump to win (although this does have the benefit that shitlibs would hit the street again and would have a lot of explaining to do why they spent the last
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@TKBidsa
@Venitroll
@justsandyyy
Rechte: *meinen, sich in anderer Leute Leben einmischen zu mรผssen*
Nicht rechter: *macht deutlich wie unsinnig das ist*
Rechte: Warum mischst du dich in unser Leben ein???
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@Romefrom6mile
I am horrified how many people *still* fall for that shit. I hope Trump gets reelected and all the fake leftists try to revive their "we want to overcome the system that gave us Trump" spiel so the real leftists can say: "where have you been the last 4 years?"
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@danieldersch
@BowesChay
You can criticize these things in hindsight when even corporate media has admitted as much. Try protesting against Palestinian genocide right now or against the proxy war against Russia or against the plans for war with China
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@Hoxhaist_TDM
Yea, it's almost like we're taught to read even bourgeois theorists selectively in such a way that it benefits the interests of the ruling class, but that's probably just coincidence or something
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@Beardington
"Nor can we regard as an answer the opinion of other half-baked Marxists, who think that the thing to do would be to assume power and to expropriate the small and medium rural producers and to socialize their means of production.
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@IsidoreCarrault
Western history lessons be like: โyes, the current system does exist because of revolutions, and it may not be perfect so you may think of doing another one of these, BUT revolutions are just sooo messy theyโre basically not worth it even if they bring minor improvementsโ
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@RevBlackNetwork
You guys had Haz on, didn't you?
You guys work with Jimmy Dore, don't you?
I thought you understand that the working class is in this together and that we can only defeat the empire by cooperation even with people we personally don't like.
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@anthonyzenkus
In 2016, the polls didnโt even predict his victory. Seems almost like a done deal then. Looking forward to the libs no longer being comfy at brunch but finding that theyโre not welcome at protests anymore either bc theyโre were mia for 4 years.
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@Ocelot53034362
โRede mit deinem Chef oder kรผndigeโ - klingt nach Erpressung durch die Chefs wenn das die einzigen Optionen sein sollen. Reden ist bettelei und hilft null in einem massenbetrieb
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@mrks122
Gehen drei Logiker in eine Bar. Fragt der Barkeeper: "Wollt jeder von euch ein Bier?" Sagt der erste: "Weiร ich nicht." Sagt der zweite: "Weiร ich nicht." Sagt der dritte: "Ja."
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@_juliaschramm
Ist nicht die feine englische Art, wenn Groรkonzerne sich in demokratische Prozesse einmischen (was sie sowieso immer tun, aber wenn es mal so plump ist, kann man sie gern dafรผr abwatschen). Als โLinkeโ einen Groรkonzern zu verteidigen ist eine Bankrotterklรคrung. Den Angestellten
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@KNIFEMAXXING
You may become a communist eventually. But right now, you come off as entitled, spoiled and unwilling to actually engage with the unwashed masses you claim to want to help. Do better. You are using your privilege as a protective shield right now, hoping that you might get spared
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@ComradeStu
My biggest disagreement with this sentence is the word "man". In fascism - capitalism in its decaying form - WORKERS are slaves of the state. In communism - or in particular in lower stage communism, the DotP - CAPITALISTS are slaves of the state.
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@Sophieistrans
Simpel: die pdl ist ein Haufen von Opportunisten, die sich reflexartig in allen wichtigen Fragen wenn es wirklich drauf ankommt mit den anderen Parteien gegen die Arbeiterklasse verbrรผdern, da sie allen ernstes glauben, jede echte Opposition wรผrde letztlich der AfD nรผtzen.
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@Pinko69420
The petty bourgeoisie has contradictory interests. Some of them are gettable, others arenโt. We should treat them on a case by case basis
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@razielthered
@PamphletsY
So actual leftists belive in
- a meaningless ideal
- a lie
- another meaningless ideal
- something only tankies have got right
- another thing that only tankies have got right
- something that is largely corrupted by the ruling oligarchy
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@TheSpaceSoviet
A socialist state is not magic you know. They have to exist in the real world where things arenโt perfect. The important thing is the little guy wins the struggle.
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@tazgezwitscher
@IlkoKowalczuk
Ihr habt den Begriff Nazi halt so entwertet, dass ihr euch nicht wundern braucht, wenn die Leute heute fragen: โja, und?โ
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@PamphletsY
Absolutely correct. People forget how long slavery, serfdom and monarchy existed when capitalism was already dominant. Shit takes time. Best we can do is to install dictatorships of the proletariat that will enable seizing the means of production when the opportunity arises
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@FromPetersburg2
I want proletarian democracy to be just as much of a cacophony as bourgeois democracy where all the different factions can't even agree what the problems are and are more busy fighting each other than actually addressing the problems
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@omgkringeh
So muss das!
Bloร nicht einreden lassen, dass die alle rechts wรคren! Kleine und mittlere Bauern sind natรผrliche Verbรผndete der Arbeiter gegen die Agrarkonzerne!
@Fianna_Saoirse
Thereโs virtually no such thing as German left wing media. The most notable exception being Junge Welt maybe. We donโt even have those big streamers/youtubers like the US do, unless you count Tilo Jung or Wohlstand fรผr Alle (the latter being kinda based, but niche).
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@MrPeeled
@westernexile
@michaelsobolik
Correct. Churchill only mass slaughtered brown people and fucked up the Middle East so hard that it is a mess to this day. Hitler on the other hand killed white people who werenโt quite white enough. I mean, thatโs a difference like night and day, right? Brown ppl donโt matter
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@CommieDirtbag
Please point out where exactly heโs wrong. Have you even read the entire thing? Or is it just the vibe you get out of the first few lines that pisses you off?
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@PobEir
Agitation in this stupid country is really difficult. Zero class consciousness, most people actively buy into bourgeois propaganda and virtually no proletarian counter-media exists. Itโs maddening.
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@khrachvik
How is median skewed exactly? In contrast to average, median is at least guaranteed to refer to something real and it means 50% do better, 50% do worse
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@BadSocialisms
Itโs actually an interesting dynamic here. Fascists try to distract their armed forces from the cruelty of war so they donโt even begin to question what theyโre fighting for. Communists on the other hand tell their soldiers exactly what theyโre fighting for.
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@Fianna_Saoirse
The racism is too deeply rooted in this country. And itโll only get worse if we are to believe the polls among the youth. Weโll be the epicenter of reaction once again when the west goes for socialism(really hoping for something in the US once faith in the institutions collapses)
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@LongLiveGrenada
@LotusAbii
From what I hear from trans people in the US, they fear that they may be next when the republicans win.
Iโve seen three reactions to this fear:
1. go hard core republican in the hope that you get spared
2. support the democrats in the hope that the republicans lose and you get
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@Beardington
Marxists cannot adopt this senseless and criminal course either, because it would destroy all chances of victory for the proletarian revolution, and would throw the peasantry into the camp of the enemies of the proletariat for a long time.
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@VenturCommunist
@herakleytus
You mean the Trotsky who was busy wrecking morale?
Or the Trotsky who smeared Lenin?
Or the Trotsky who exaggerated his own importance in the October revolution and couldnโt stay in his lane?
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@_SecondThought
Given the pace of history at this moment, I wouldn't be totally surprised if the UN fall apart over this and a counter-UN is founded by BRICS
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@khrachvik
There's a strange dialectic going on in the US rn.
To be clear, I don't think that the dispute between TX and the federal govt over the border will lead to a civil war. But this dispute intensifies the *chatter* about another civil war, which needs analysis. 1/
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@LongLiveGrenada
@LotusAbii
I have the utmost respect for trans people who do the third thing, though it can be awkward if they insert themselves a bit too much. But I do think their fears are rooted in reality.
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@Modernmarxist05
Then still Friedrich Engels bc he actively fought in 1849 in a bourgeois revolution and even wrote extensively how the bourgeoisie taking power was a necessary step forward at the time
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@khrachvik
The good news is that today we penetrate every political bubble. We did not have that with the George Floyd protests. We can tell both liberals and conservatives what weโre really all about. Now itโs a matter of revolutionary discipline, patience and courage.
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@LongLiveGrenada
@LotusAbii
spared
3. make it about something bigger than yourself and show up eg for Palestinians and make sure they know you had their back, hoping that other people will have your back when things get rough
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@rollingcommie
Die Gedanken der herrschenden Klasse erscheinen uns als natรผrlich und selbstverstรคndlich. Darum kann sich ihre Ideologie so hervorragend im Alltag verstecken. Dank der Macht der Gewohnheiten verharrt selbst derjenige meist im bรผrgerlichen Denken, der die offiziellen Verkรผnder
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@BadSocialisms
Bรผrger is the German variety of Ravioli (Maultaschen). We also call them Herrgottsbescheiรerle (god cheaters) bc not even god knows whatโs in them.
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@danieldersch
@BowesChay
If you follow how these protests are treated, you should be aware that theyโre regularly harassed by the police, people are being locked up arbitrarily, and there have been abductions with black vehicles without license plate. The media apparatus is unanimously demonizing them,
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@thinking_panda
American games are mostly designed to create trust in the military industrial complex and to train future soldiers/strategists (depending on genre).