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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

You don't hate them. You hate the system that educated them to think like that.

When education is not liberating, the dream of the oppressed is to become the oppressor. - Paulo Freire

Our only way out is to study more, to be better prepared when these conversations happen, and to continue organising where possible.

But also remembering that most people won't be reasoned out of ignorance. It's through emotion, commitment and trust from people that understand themselves as equals that they listen. Right now, you feel enlightened and superior to them. This is not the way.

Also, I may be wrong. Happy for comrades to argue against me.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

If you just state it's religious, you open up space for "Muslim bad", or "Christian bad" arguments. Which lead to nonsense and prosecution to specific peoples

If you use imperialism concepts, everything fits well together, and it leads to structural criticism of capitalism, and prosecution (to use the same word) against oppressive ideas and power structures, not against specific peoples.

But I can agree that imperialistic forces oppress religions that are not the same as theirs, if that's what you meant.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (5 children)

It's not a religious conflict. It's an imperialistic conflict.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

https://lemmygrad.ml/post/1710144

I'm making this thing. It's not by any means complete, but maybe it helps?

It's... Dry, and mechanical. But it exists.

And then there's the study group in lemmygrad, which is... A bit slow, but you can start the posts and do your own reviews. Probably will cause people to join you. :)

How would you like to read/study it?

I will agree that many things are really hard to understand without context. I was reading Lenin on what is to be done, and the multiple groups he mentions just don't make any sense to me.

Maybe it should trigger me to make notes and go after the names. But life happens, you know?

Anyway, that's my struggle, you're not alone. :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago
[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Have you seen people overrate "common sense"? That's it.

Don't think deeply, go for common sense, disregard the specialists, we can't understand their areas of study, therefore they are lying.

Also, avoid studying humanities: history, philosophy, sociology, politics. That will make you poor! Stay technical and mathy, don't worry about anything else other than making money! Have a life project! Get rich!

That's the anti intellectual speech.

Who benefits from the smart peoples of the world not questioning the status quo, and the building blocks of capitalism?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

I love it's a nitter link.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That's exactly the point.

How much of our lives can money buy?

What if I wanted to sell my whole remaining time for the benefit of the ones I love, in the form of organs?

Should we allow money to buy anything? Or should we actually make people less desperate so that they are not willing to sacrifice all they have for peanuts?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Who makes the laws?

Do the people making the laws respect the laws they create?

They create the laws for whom?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Citation needed for "most Linux users use adblockers"

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago

How do you guarantee pizza ads if the jesus ministries are pushing that sweet money around, too?

Hell, no! The world is happier without the ad industry. The Internet was run basically on pure voluntary effort, and it was great. The ads didn't make it viable, it always was.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (7 children)

The real question is: can consent be bought?

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What's something low profile comrades say that communicate immediately that they know which side they fight for in the class struggle?

Example: if anyone in the wild speaks "material conditions", or "bourgeois state", out loud, I'm listening.

 

Conheço menos do galo do que gostaria. Sujeito bom!

 

Hello lemmygrad friends!

On discussing China with a friend, he took a beautiful copy of the book in the title as support for "but the Chinese revolution actually prosecuted people", or something. The usual.

Challenge is now I have 700 pages to read, apparently about how Mao bad, China bad, communism bad.

To my questions: anyone out there knows about this book? Anything I should know while reading it? Anything worthwhile to expect about the book?

Thnak you in advance!

 

Boa semana, camaradas!

 

Pessoal da soberana trabalhando impressiona.

Esse é praticamente um guia de estudos, já em formato próprio pra consumo longo. Também disponível nas outras plataformas de podcast e rss como "Audioteca critica".

 

Available on plain rss https://anchor.fm/s/e8b6108c/podcast/rss too

Also, please send me suggestions for articles I should add there, because I have no idea how to approach curation of that library.

Any other feedback is appreciated.

Edit: I just found this https://lemmygrad.ml/post/6319. Looks excellent! I'll work on getting it through.

Edit 2: and then I'll probably come this way: https://dessalines.github.io/essays/dessalines_marxism_study_plan.html

Edit 3: I'll also play with the order, because it feels like a good idea to mix introductions for multiple subjects, so that it feels a little less repetitive. Even though... can't do much about the dryness of AI speech.

 

E como todo vídeo da esquerda q vale a pena, tem mais de uma hora de duração. Beijo no coração, camaradas!

 

Belo início de discussão sobre pautas para um sindicato de tecnologia.

Bastantes definições pra serem trabalhadas nas conversas.

 

Eu gosto porque dá material pra gente que seja acessível pra quem tá fora da bolha. Acho que esse pessoal do kritikê faz um trabalho honesto, em linhas gerais, num nicho mais suave do que o Eduardo Moreira.

Afinal, Jones Manoel, embora genial, não é imediatamente acessível pra parte da classe trabalhadora que passou a vida inteira modelando sua visão de mundo em termos de mérito e negócios.

 

João Carvalho traz aí uma tese alternativa para os motivos pelos quais caiu o avião. Tudo especulação, como pede o calor do momento, óbvio.

 

Polish media has a superficial take, and we know "far left" is meaningless without context.

I'd appreciate if any comrades have suggestion, material or overview about the situation there.

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