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Definitely, I wish I knew some media that covers Africa as a whole. With all of the US's attention on the Russian, Chinese, and Iranian corners of Asia, it has neglected both Latin America and Africa in political struggle. Unlike the former's proximity to the US, Africa is capable of mobilizing decolonial struggle with much more force. I think there is many reasons for this 'sudden' resistance. For one I think racism plays a role in the West underestimating African potential to challenge it (plus there's no chosen big bad boogey man to commit an arms race with). As well as not understanding all the political avenues of struggle due to the negligence and homogenization of the diverse cultures of Africa. But secondly I think the alienation of Africa's natural resources from the finance brained West via industrial middle men countries like China, leads the West to totally negate Africa in the manufactured products they consume, or at least I haven't seen much awareness of it.
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As far as I have seen, he gives me hope for the future of this world, especially considering how young he is.
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Like epic fail as in a pyrrhic victory, or in the mission goal to get rid of them? I honestly don't know that much because I am so distrusting of anything in English about that era of Mao, yet I know a LOT of mistakes were made and don't know a quality analysis of it.
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Thats the one! Yeah Lawrence is crazy you can find some of the whitest most petite bougie crackers to commies tatted up to their ears, both born and raised from there. Sooooo many hippies, such contrast to the other cities and rural obviously, though homesteader types are sprinkled throughout the Northeast.
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There's this one mural of him you see everywhere, he does a t pose lol I think it might have some historical significance but as I kid I always thought it looked funny. Also Lawrence has a whole identity wrapped around being launch pad for the 'Free State', but I hear it's mainly just a bunch of drunk college kids and suburban sprawl now.
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Crazy how many things are named after metals, just the other day I realized Plumber and the latin word for lead Plumbum were related, and the horrifying tangent being all pipes for most of history were made with lead and thus Plumber is just lead worker, and the title carries that history despite modernly being associated with Mario and more than enough sexual innuendos. Wild.
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How does this affect Iran's position against the Empire? I admittedly know little of it's internal politics and I assume Raeisi isn't the strongman glue keeping the anti imperial alignment in working order like Putin, and Iran will still be able to overcome this with comparatively little internal strife to other anti imperialist nations. Such a dumb fucking way to go in a critical time, rest in peace.
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I keep on mixing it up with Hanna-Barbera, as in the Scooby Doo animation studio😭
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Looks like the logo of tech company being slim downed and compacted for a modern look.
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Third time's the charm..
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I completely forgot it was April fool's, I was about to start having a jokerfying moment
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Literally it seems in this case 🙃
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Harambe apparently means communal labour in Swahili
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It's interesting to think about, I believe it stems from whatever perspective of gender roles you grew up in- especially division of chore labour lol- and probably others my ignorant cis ass is unaware of, but you still are affected by how others work within their views so even in a much more fluid upbringing, your immediate community plays a huge role.
HOME LIFE
I had a split family for the middle of my childhood, the age where I really began to question life as is, and thus very different perspectives.
In Both houses I was the eldest son. In my main home with my mother, we didn't have a father figure in the later years, but she was all hippie dippie and gender roles only came into place in practice when i had to do grunt work or my older sister cleaned up. For the most part we never really had chores, we all severe ADHD and , I'm slightly embarrassed to say this word, trauma. But when shit goes down I'm the one who has go deal with stuff, and in that sense I'm considered masculine as I am seen as expendable. It does hurt when I have gripes with my mother, and only because shes the authority figure and - like most people- is a mixed bag of good and bad qualities, she puts my genuine issues with her in the box of "misogynistic hatred". So I never had gender roles until it was productive to put at my expense. The other houses was pretty Nuclear, with my father and stepmom, (tho my Father and gender could be a chapter on its own) I was the kid who had to clean up poop and pee and mow the lawn, but respect was always an us and them with the step siblings with us being the underlings. I hated that house and was the middle child, they always had this cast of me being awkward introvert but really I tried to get away from them as much as possible lol. And thus I was sort of taunted for my lack of masculine aggression by my older sisters and stepmom.
SCHOOL DAYS
I was a very... different child. I was wild, but as caring as I was crazy. The stereotypical spikey hair blonde ADHD boy, didn't get an official diagnosis til covid as my dad didn't want a label but im sire everyone knew. I sorta had a group of guy friends around elementary school, but I ended befriending the warrior Cats kids, not really held together by gender as more our autism. That was my main group up till highschool, not much about roles other than my friend making a bunch of incel comments, she later came out as trans so what do you do lol. She'll come up later if I care to write the sexuality portion ;). I was defacto the only guy in the group but none of them were really gender presenting except for a cis girl. During all of this I was always that kid who would talk to anyone, but once highschool came I drifted from that friend group and into the new uncharted sea of hundreds of people I could meet, I was ecstatic.
I say I would talk to anyone but more and more my friends tended women rather than men, I always felt more comfortable with them, more emotional and mentally stimulating. In the beginning I was always teased by my friends for being their gay best friend or whatever, but as puberty completed during covid I became actually pretty masculine presenting, taller broader suddenly muscular, and became somewhat of a flirt. Never really dated or went on dates but I would dazzle with words so to say. Here I really felt cemented in a masculinity. Though boyfriends certainly weren't shaking in their boots lol.
I also had to deal with girls, especially when we were younger, saying I was the one good man or something, made me uncomfortable being idealized like that.
Guys never made fun of me or anything strangely, I was very loud and never had that self consciousness in the teenage way. I do have a tendency to get giggly around men, take the role of a SpongeBob, and I find myself complementing guys because it never happens to us and I like giving a genuine compliment. And so I was never really self conscious about bro and dude stuff, but feminity isn't something I ascribe to or even care about. Infact most of the people in my life who had gender roles on me were cis women but that could also be because most of the people in my life ARE women. I think I'm too extreme of an individual to get your average view point but it's interesting none the less.
SOCIETY AS A WHOLE
Being a cis boy raised lacking gender roles and having the world defaulting as masculine. I never really HAD to think about presenting my gender, it just was. I knew of those cartoonish Manospheres but they seemed so out of touch ideologically i never really ascribed to it. I knew of gender but I didn't know them personally. So I don't really care for the extremes but still sometimes think about feel uncomfortable with the idea of being a woman, but not in the girls have cuties way. Gender expression does make me wonder if young men trying to present masculine is toxic or is it the specific trends of those communities, I'm sure someone much smarter could answer.
I think it's also interesting too, being raised immersed only in English, gender isn't really something I think about, and I'm interested to see if dysphoria rates are higher in places where the language has stricter gender grammar.
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Oh I'm fully aware they are frothing fash, but I am pointing to ahem ">ruins leftism (thanks for that one)", like do think they are left or something, even for western standards it reeks of right wing.
EDIT: Oh okay so that wasn't a sarcastic "thanks for that one", just so confused why they would even include if they were complaining "muh trans folk ruining my things", though probably shouldn't be trying to hard to understand the the inconsistency of fascist "arguments". Aye aye aye.
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Wait I'm sorry were nerdy leftist spaces never trans spaces? My friend group back in middle school begs to differ
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But Sun Tzu said appear weak when you are strong 🤓
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You haven't seen pictures of Xi in his younger years 👀
So as I've had my fair share of a lurking/grass-touching period and my brain being the 3 year old philosopher it is, I have collected questions overtime that I haven't quite be able to fit in anywhere. As they would have no use to me wasting away in a notepad, I decided I would share them with you guys in order to develop opinions. You can answer any or none at all, just releasing the valve so my brain doesn't explode. -Even though the Scots-Irish are now culturally absorbed into American "Whiteness", is there still a subconscious bias against them/colonial scars?; Of course not the "Irish" politicians and oligarchs, or someone refusing a Big Mac because it was made by a Paddy--the slur, not to be confused with the bun, which is reasonably rejected as that middle bun is but a cosmetic deviation from a McDouble to make you spend more and causes serious TMJ upon unhinging the jaw for consumption-- but the bias against the Scot-Irish in the guise of classism, with treatment of rednecks and "white trash". Now I myself have never lived in the south, but I have my own experience of being poor and surrounded by rural fly over America. Forgetting the transference of ethnic prejudices into classist ones, the actual territory of predominately Scots-Irish aren't known for their economic strength. Appalachia and the South are still deeply poverty stricken and lagging behind the rest of the States. I do not mean this blurb to be whining as an "irish american"(mutt) or anything, but more so an example for the colonized and marginalized of how being "accepted" by the state isn't the same as empowered and liberated with reparations. The libs will just come up with new terms for stereotypes and ignore any real change. Wasn't much of a question was it hahaha. Sorta ties into second question (you'll see) -Does being blue collar or "working class" (American sense) tend to bring social bigotry itself, or has the state purposely planted seeds of bigotry into the minds of manual labourers knowing they posses a revolutionary character which would be in deadly combination with liberation groups for the marginalized? Frankenstein question, has the petite bourgeoisie and intelligentsia been "focused" on social change because it separates them from the working class? (In the image sense for their own classist reasons, but also in the political solidarity sense with pressure from the state). Why you find bigotry in areas heavy with the working class and poverty, regardless of the demographic make up there. Also the natural drag of the rural behind the urban. This one is less of a theory question but more of a personal one. -For you guys in the imperial core with me, do you ever wonder why it was us who happen to be the lucky few who have become Marxist Leninist and have managed to dodge all the propaganda, especially with the "left" bootlicking? Is this some weird destiny of being born in the Empire, Living through the empire's death, and actually being able to see it while others around can't. To be ahead of the tides as Imperialism turns inward. Why us be the seeds to plant and grow the resistance within the bloating belly of the beast before it bursts? I know it's not using DiaMat, but it feels surreal. Not just in this weird destiny talk, but seriously what made us able to be radicalized materially? We are so few, but what was the common thread? I think I was supposed to have more, but if I come across some I'll let you know, feeling burnt out from this lol. Edit: Knew I was forgetting something >:) -How come the Far Right have enough emotional intelligence to parrot leftists talking points, or misconstrue them, while being absolute bigoted pieces of shit themselves?
I've been very curious about it, and I believe there is no better way than to ask you computer geniuses for information.
www.youtube.com
This was recommended to me via the same channel where I am watching a doc about Mountain Dialect. Nothing explicitly special, but it's nice to put faces and real human connection to the struggle. Also these videos have been making me realize just how much of classism against rednecks and hillbillies is left over from anti Celtic sentiment. (but that's more of a sidenote) EDIT: Spelling
Another question is what socialist countries could become AES?
Okay so I have been doing some thinking about the Americas and remember something about a Quebec independence movement? How can we utilize this?
Well, first of all this is an assumption I can afford college, which before then is an assumption I can pass high school. Actually I have lots of questions around this idea of even having a career. I feel lost right now, and really only feel working for the revolution is my calling in life. Is there ways to get there? Is it possible to be a professional revolutionary in the States? How can I build around this purpose?
I am having issues finding a pdf that doesn't have me sign up for a pdf library membership, do y'all have one? Are these memberships safe?
Im sure theres a whole rabbit hole with the imperial countryside, especially with the anglo sphere. Okay so a lot of things here: Due to the revolutionary potential of the periphery, most of the theory written about the rural areas revolves around the feudal or semi-feudal relations with the peasants. In the core we know feudalism has been abolished, so what is the class nature of the people there, I assume they aren't peasantry, right? Are tactics changed with the Imperial countryside as compared to the periphery? What are features of the rural folk that go past classist caricatures? Im spitballing here, this is just an area i haven't seen addressed, and honestly most class relations in the core. Didn't Huey say something about the lumpen being the revolutionary force in the core, and particularly the black lumpen? Again I am mainly asking about the rural relations.
Yes, I know there's the Parenti book, I'll read it, but I may or may have not procrastinated all of my essays for school and time is of the essence. Love y'all
I don't really have a name or genre but it's certain games like 40K, Fallout, Civ/HoI/all the other ones. Am I the only one to notice these weird trends of political distribution? Is it just me?
Chrome lists prolewiki as a dangerous website... Lmao No but is this anything to worry about that isn't google trying to avert us from radicalization?
Okay so I was scrolling through the PSL's info page, and it is stated that they are to denuclearize the power grid. Why is this? I was under the impression that Nuclear Energy is the much more sustainable and frankly realistic source of power--even without Molten Salt Reactors and Thorium based ones. Im finding it most orgs tend to stay away from Nuclear energy due to fear mongering from fossil fuel industries; Thus its stain in the imperial core, reaching from liberals to western "leftists". But I am surprised the PSL, a radical organization, is anti-nuclear. FYI this isn't a deal breaker or anything--they seem to be taking the lead for vanguard party--just was curious of the stance on nuclear energy.
My mom bought this random from a sale at the library for a buck. As it turns out, it's a Marxist work, at least it seems like it. Started off in the Foreword quoting Marx, and talks of the bourgeoisie pushing for railway due to the Corn Tax and efficiency. And now there's a Railroad community. all in like 3 days what's the odds? Just wanted to share, the book's pretty good so far.
cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/297928 > As you have all noticed, this seems to be a point of contention here. This is a good thing, since it means someone will learn something. > > Now we seem to be all over the place, with this general area of thought, provoking many questions. Whether or not PatSocs are socially conservative, what is position on social conservatism? Many of us are very young, both in age and ML experience, so an online discussion would be a great learning tool. > > 1. Are socially conservative individuals allowed to be apart of the leftist movement? > - A. Are socially conservative individuals victims of bourgeois propaganda? > -B. If socially conservative people are turned away by the left, where do they go? > -C. How high of a position would a social conservative be allowed in a ML party? > -D. How has or will MLs educate socially conservative folk? > -E. &tc, &tc. > > 2. What exactly is Patriotism? > -A. Does patriotism depend on culture? > -B Is possible for a distinction between patriotism for a country and wanting to abolish the state? > -C. Is patriotism corrupted in the Core? > -D How have post imperialist countries with Communist experiments built patriotism? > -E. &Tc &TC > > 3. Who even are the PatSocs? > -A. If the label is too convuluted, should we make a distinction between Maupin and American exceptionalists? > -B. Who of the leaders do we consider MLs? > -C. Should patriotic socialist be distinct from socialism or is inherent in socialism? > -D. How much do WE even know if PatSocs? > -E. &Tc, &tc > > We can look at the USSR and GDR for these questions. Remember the Hammer and Sickel came from somewhere. > > Things to look out for about the US: > -It is the imperialist power, AND a settler state. > -Low levels of cultural development > -The culture that is there is taken from marginalized groups. > -Americas are the most propagandized people in the World. > -It is huge and incredibly diverse > > More questions about the US could follow: > -Should the US be balkanized? If so how does patriotism be built in balkanized regions? > -How does land back go about? Will indigenous countries emerge, and if so should we reconsider American MLs as different MLs for the Regions in North America. > -If see different nations and regions in North America how does that affect culture? Is the question of how we view the land a prerequisite to discussing patriotism, is it contradictory to call yourself an American Patriot if you decide to divide up the land until regions? > > There is so much potential for deep political for North American based Comrades, this is a rabbit hole I do want to delve into. I'll cross post this to GZD but I want it mainly on Leftist Infighting.
As you have all noticed, this seems to be a point of contention here. This is a good thing, since it means someone will learn something. Now we seem to be all over the place, with this general area of thought, provoking many questions. Whether or not PatSocs are socially conservative, what is position on social conservatism? Many of us are very young, both in age and ML experience, so an online discussion would be a great learning tool. 1. Are socially conservative individuals allowed to be apart of the leftist movement? - A. Are socially conservative individuals victims of bourgeois propaganda? -B. If socially conservative people are turned away by the left, where do they go? -C. How high of a position would a social conservative be allowed in a ML party? -D. How has or will MLs educate socially conservative folk? -E. &tc, &tc. 2. What exactly is Patriotism? -A. Does patriotism depend on culture? -B Is possible for a distinction between patriotism for a country and wanting to abolish the state? -C. Is patriotism corrupted in the Core? -D How have post imperialist countries with Communist experiments built patriotism? -E. &Tc &TC 3. Who even are the PatSocs? -A. If the label is too convuluted, should we make a distinction between Maupin and American exceptionalists? -B. Who of the leaders do we consider MLs? -C. Should patriotic socialist be distinct from socialism or is inherent in socialism? -D. How much do WE even know if PatSocs? -E. &Tc, &tc We can look at the USSR and GDR for these questions. Remember the Hammer and Sickel came from somewhere. Things to look out for about the US: -It is the imperialist power, AND a settler state. -Low levels of cultural development -The culture that is there is taken from marginalized groups. -Americas are the most propagandized people in the World. -It is huge and incredibly diverse More questions about the US could follow: -Should the US be balkanized? If so how does patriotism be built in balkanized regions? -How does land back go about? Will indigenous countries emerge, and if so should we reconsider American MLs as different MLs for the Regions in North America. -If we see different nations and regions in North America how does that affect culture? Is the question of how we view the land a prerequisite to discussing patriotism, is it contradictory to call yourself an American Patriot if you decide to divide up the land until regions? There is so much potential for deep political for North American based Comrades, this is a rabbit hole I do want to delve into. I'll cross post this to GZD but I want it mainly on Leftist Infighting. Edit: spacing issues
Sorry Im a little baby ML from the US, who has a LOT of geopolitics to catch up on. EDIT: The reason I'm asking this is because, at least what I am getting is, that the general consensus is Greece will most likely go socialist next, but also that KKE has some issues.
Can you comrades explain why Belarus is not like the other Post-Soviet States?
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