Lysenkoist views of genetics thought, to my understanding, that you could change one species to another, and do other odd pseudoscientific stuff, based on a vulgar view of dialectics. Lysenko had some backing and wasn't a pure crank, but the genetics aspect has been proven false and the gene does indeed exist.
No problem! Glad it's useful for you, and I'd love feedback if you follow it!
Robert Conquest, is that you?!
Goat and lying and misframing, name a better trio. Also nice to see casual homophobia/misogyny goes completely unpunished there, more vindicates us in that terrible people are the ones most mad at us for making fun of people like Robert Conquest inventing numbers for the sake of shock factor.
Sure! I wrote a post that serves as what I hope is a concise introduction. I also have a basic ML study guide I made, the section on philosophy contains this:
3. Philosophy [~2.5 hr]
In order to better understand the later sections, we must understand Marx's materialist outlook and dialectical method.
Webpage/.epub | Audiobook [~1hr / 1hr 42 min]
A clear summarization of the fundamental components describing the materialist outlook, the dialectical method, and applying both to analyze the arc of history.
Webpage | Audiobook [~30 min / 1 hr 9 min]
One of the best primers on the Marxist-Leninist theory of the unity of theory and practice to inform correct understanding.
Webpage | Audiobook [~1 hr / 1 hr 57 min]
Mao explores and elaborates on one of the most fundamental concepts in dialectical materialism, the contradiction.
What are some examples of idealist explanations, and what would the materialist explanation be?
What are some examples of metaphysical thinking, and how does the dialectical method improve upon it?
How can you apply dialectical and historical materialism in your daily life?
Finally, I also really like Maurice Cornforth's Materialism and the Dialectical Method, if you can ignore the Lysenkoist view of genetics that was popular at the time. This will be more comprehensive than my reading list on the side of dialectical materialism, bur won't explain historical materialism much at all, while the reading list does both.
Good luck!
Ultimately it's a lot more complicated than any of us would like to admit, and these are complicated problems that both need addressing and careful analysis. Any decision made comes with tradeoffs. The Hukou system is one of China's larger existing problems from what I understand, and while the CPC is trying to address the urban/rural gap and has made good progress, there's a long way to go still.
Yep, and because the CPC is actively trying to address the very real urban/rural gap, it's merely a matter of time and effort before this gap is narrowed even more, to eventually eradicated. Even if you point this out to liberals, though, they often take the stance essentially opposing the China of the present for not being the China of the future yet. Their tremendous, rapid development still isn't rapid enough, since China is socialist and socialism is treated with religious purity by westerners it must be perfect instantly or else it's sinful.
This is why dialectics are core to dialectical materialism, and vulgar materialism ends up being similar to idealism.
Thanks for sharing!
To add, it isn't simply due to a different mindset, but due to a different mode of production. Western imperialism and China's socialist market economy express clear, demonstrable differences when it comes to foreign policy like this.
It's accurate, though. The Korean Association of Social Scientists wrote Fundamentals of Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism, the juche idea (주체사상) is the essence of Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism. It regards Marxism-Leninism as true, while adding the juche idea, and forms the basis of what we can think of as "Socialism with Korean Characteristics" if that helps explain it better.
In our country, once a backward, colonial semi-feudal society, we could not literally accept the Marxist theory which had been advanced on the premises of the socio-historical conditions of the developed European capitalist countries, or the Leninist theory presented in the situation of Russia where capitalism was developed to the secondary grade. We had had to find a solution to every problem arising in the revolution by racking our own brains and with our own efforts to suit our country’s socio-historical conditions. Immediately after liberation we started building a new society under the situation in which our country was divided into north and south and we were in direct confrontation with the US imperialists; this situation urgently required us to solve every problem from the standpoint of Juche.
Juche socialists still accept Marxism-Leninism as true. Marxism-Leninism is not a dogma, but a guide to action. The additions of the juche idea to Marxism-Leninism is Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism, and thus this is how the DPRK describes their official ideology. For further reading, I recommend Juche Idea: Answers to a Hundred Questions by Pyongyang's Foreign Languages Publishing House. It's basically a juche Principles of Communism.
I wonder why you have such deplorable fans? Maybe it's your history of relentless transphobia that's attracting transphobes?
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