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It’s very funny to me that liberals, the most politically and historically illiterate group of people of all time, are so self-assured that they speak of communism with the confidence of a PhD (hexbear.net)

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“Communism bad”

“Why?”

200 year old tropes so ancient they were debunked by Marx himself

Of course, you go through the motions of explaining the most basic political concepts that could be grasped by skimming the cliff notes for literally any Marxist works

“Friedrich Engels? Is he like the president of Germany or something?”

It’s like a kindergartener trying to teach you calculus.

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[-] [email protected] 83 points 2 years ago

Even PhDs aren't great. I've had history professors tell me directly that communism in practice is the same as monarchy. One time a sociology prof I had was having a casual chat with me about why socialists can't achieve their aims unless they integrate within American Protestantism. Then he called Marxism a religion.

For the life of me I just want some educated liberals who know their class position and I want them to be openly evil about it. That would be so much easier. I thought that's what self-identified neoliberals would be, but even they're very confused.

[-] [email protected] 60 points 2 years ago

Part of growing up is realizing that degrees don't make a person smart or knowledgeable.

[-] [email protected] 24 points 2 years ago

They are usually knowledgeable within their field, but not necessarily intelligent or aware of their lack of knowledge in other fields

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

After all, they learned from a fucking idiot who thought those ideas were worth nurturing for another generation

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