And to understand why liberals are like that you read Gramsci and then ignore them.
Groucho and Harpo Marx were the best. They have writen a book?
It’s true but weak at the same time:
- Have you read bible/quran and the other books in christianity/islam? No? Then you can’t criticize it!
- Have you read at least some books about astrology?
- Have you read books about flat Earth?
- Have you read Mein Kampf?
- … and so on
It’s true that if you want to have a deep down discussion about Marxism, you need to read the book, there’s no way around it. But at the same time it’s unrealistic to expect that most people will read at least some books for every ideology to form an opinion
Yep, that’s why I try to keep my discussions around Marxism-Leninism free from large quotes. Used to do that, but people just shut me out, so I adapted and now I just recommend my intro Marxist-Leninist reading list if I think it’s relevant, and instead focus on explaining the relevant concepts as concisely and as best I can.
Used to do that, but people just shut me out, so I adapted and now I just recommend my [intro Marxist-Leninist reading list]
My instance has a community that dedicates a thread to just about every post you make without reading anything you’ve written, so this meme does have a little bit of extra context.
I’ve seen them, haha. MWoG is basically a Nazi bar with Zionist mods that troll around communist spaces for screen grabs. I can’t really do anything about that, but at the same time I don’t really take it personally either, just like I don’t value MAGA opinions or Flat Earther opinions. I can do the best I can, and I do get people thanking me over DMs and whatnot, so that keeps me going!
Also, some absolute bangers have come from MWoG comments about me (no links nor usernames included for privacy reasons):
OP , I tapped this several times trying to downvote the .ml commenter I have labled for being a tankie… only to realize each time that: nope, it was still a screenshot. I am not a smart man.
Another:
Cowbee isn’t just another tankie. He knows his theory and will use it to dazzle you with bullshit.
Honestly super funny when these happen.
OP , I tapped this several times trying to downvote the .ml commenter I have labled for being a tankie… only to realize each time that: nope, it was still a screenshot. I am not a smart man.
That’s an objectively funny visual, but also a level of honesty worth appreciating.
Yea, it’s pretty harmless, I left out the username because I don’t want to incite any harassment or anything.
I’ve read so many books in the past few years and I still feel like I don’t know anything.
But liberals can take a political compass quiz once in highschool think they’re fucking experts.
The communist manifesto was written for a different historical moment but so much of it is still spot on.
I mean come on, it opens basically like “Everyone in the current status quo has already painted communism as their biggest most powerful enemy, may as well unite and make it become that.”
Feels pretty topical given that multiple countries are thinking about naming antifa, which isn’t an organization, a terrorist group.
Yep! All the people that shy away from the name “communist” or “socialist” purely due to optics end up hurting their legitimacy. They’ll get slandered as such anyways, and disconnect themselves from the working class.
More of a fan of The Principles of Communism though if we are talking introductory theory. The Manifesto of the Communist Party is good, but more of an agitprop leaflet than an actual work of theory.
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