[-] muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

The state's role is not to "mitigate" or "settle disputes" or "act as referree" between classes, that's only a fiction that liberals believe about their governments. Its to act in the interest of one class against the other.

The PRC is a worker's state, which is why they harshly punish these execs found to be committing financial crimes.

[-] muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml 19 points 17 hours ago

Kinda funny considering during the first US war on Iraq, they tested a lot of experimental vaccines on the troops :

So they clearly have no qualms about experimental vaccines, only trusted / established ones.

[-] muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml 22 points 17 hours ago

Iranian mr. bean joins the US army

[-] muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 day ago

I recently learned about this. I wonder if ppl also tell you to drink hot water when its really hot outside?

[-] muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 day ago

I've read this, and while its okay, its worth noting that its not a Marxist work, and she's more concerned with the symbols and religious ideology put in place feudal religions. IE mostly superstructure, and not about the economic base for women's oppression. For that Lise Vogel - Marxism and the Oppression of Women is much better.

[-] muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 day ago
  • Lise Vogel - Marxism and the oppression of women
  • Silvia Federici - Caliban and the Witch
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Hey comrades, I'm looking for some non-fiction book recommendations that aren't explicitly Marxist, but still interesting or engaging or entertaining.

I've re-read a lot of my favorites too many times, so what are your faves? Any topic really.

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We're in the process of switching images to a new host, as our old one is shutting down.

I got most images transferred over (we have > 150 GB of images), but they pulled the old image host a month before I was expecting it. I don't know if (or how long) it will take to restore the old one and transfer the rest of the images.

If your profile pictures or other important images are missing, re-upload them for the time being, since I don't know if our old host will accomodate us.

Sorry about this everyone.

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[-] muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml 80 points 7 months ago

Breaking no-violence-against-whites rules I'm guessing?

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I'll do this in a few hours, just wanting to give everyone a heads up.

[-] muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml 76 points 2 years ago

It's like that "meta/optics" analysis you see news commentators do. They completely ignore the actual content of the topic, and obsess over which person had a more powerful stance or talk about which person's suit had better big dick energy.

A liberal told me a while back they didn't like Parenti, and when I asked why, they said they hated the style of the writing. He's not writing fiction lol, the content is what matters.

[-] muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml 80 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

A lot of it is the western left's fetish for defeat, as Jones Manoel pointed out in that great article, and which Losurdo is really good at highlighting.

Another part is western chauvinism, that communist expertise must come from those in western europe or the US (who've never had any victories and so are talking out of turn), and that eastern communists / (insert whatever racialized term like hordes here) can't comprehend and apply Marxism.

Anarchists are the biggest offenders for both of those.

Another big part is the short-term mindset that's unable to see the bargain (ie the tradeoff of temporary low wage exploitation for long-term technology and expertise) , for what it really is: a long-term strategy to end colonialism, transfer control of production out of the hands of western capital, and a way out of the low-wage trap every global south nation is suffering under.

The Long Game and Its Contradictions is probably the best introduction to SWCC, and outlines what this strategy entails.

[-] muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml 78 points 2 years ago

Pokes the US with a stick

Cmon, balkanize already

[-] muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml 89 points 2 years ago

Oh you think its okay to defend yourself? Authoritarian tankie

[-] muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml 78 points 2 years ago

Thank you for all your efforts in combatting western chauvinism, its been wonderful to see your channel gain the traction it has.

I'm sure we all feel like we're fighting a losing battle against US propaganda, especially recently given the increased racism from liberals against China and Russia. Do you think there's any hope of overturning that ideological stranglehold within the imperial core, or will the engine of revolution continue to be located in the global south?

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