Exactly, being able to see the root causes and then trace how they connect to the symptoms we observe is at the crux of actually understanding what’s going on.

The State and Revolution was the big turning point for me as well because it dismantles all the arguments regarding reformism. And what really struck me about it was how relevant it felt because you see these exact same debates playing out today. And tha made me realize that Lenin hit on an invariant in the system. After a whole century of capitalism, we’re still at the exact same place.

What I find interesting about Marxism is that it inoculates you from capitalist propaganda. Once you understand a certain amount of theory, then the whole system is laid bare, and you can see exactly what’s happening and why it’s happening. You start realizing how elections work, why ‘progressive’ candidates never win. Why supposedly left parties always betray their promises. All of a sudden, it’s not just random bad luck, or people not voting hard enough, you start seeing it through a structural lens, and these become necessary outcomes which are the only ones possible within the system. And I think that’s the real power of dialectical materialism, it creates a level of understanding that makes you immune to the sophistry that the propagandists use.

same

and I’m here for it :)

reveals a lot about the true nature of the German state doesn’t it

and then you look at China and think of what could’ve been

let’s just say satanic is an accurate description of the atrocities

Yeah, we it tends to be used more on the right to describe western hegemony since they don’t want to call it what it is.

I mean did you read the Epstein files?

I really love the quote how an egg broken from the outside is food, but one broken from the inside is life. It’s such a perfect allegory for why values cannot be imposed from the outside.

Seems like they can just wait for the south to collapse at this point. There’s a huge demographic crisis there. Soon they’re not going to have enough of a working age population to even field a proper military or run their society.

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pro tip, it really helps to read the article before commenting

lmao

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Anarchists being the left version of libertarians is a hill I will die on.

It’s hands down one of the best games ever made.

Oh haha no, just sharing

@CriticalResist8@lemmygrad.ml recently moved to Zorin, might have some tips.

yeah that’s very on point