If "getting rid of the USA" is all you think the is to life, might I suggest getting one?
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If “getting rid of the USA” is all you think the is to life, might I suggest getting one?
Seems like a good advice... that is, for people whose lives are not being destroyed by USA :)
I kinda like the depiction of a man, visually disconnected to life and focused on wealth/social norms, asking for the meaning of life from a guru instead of seeking out his own meaning, highlighting the consumer/capitalist mindset of the man in suit. And the guru is taking advantage of the flaws of the man to radicalize him and eventually making bringing death the meaning of the man's life. Assuming the man is American, potentially even bringing his own death.
The perversion of life itself in the society that we all know too well.
The Wanting is the source of all suffering
aren't marxist-leninists supposed to be against all empire?
From what I've seen here they are fine with Russian and Chinese empires.
Marxists see Imperialism as laid out by Lenin as the final stages of Capitalism as the number one contradiction that must be fought for Socialism to take hold. This doesn't necessarily mean other systems can't be bad as well, but that the effect of Imperialism is what pushes the imperialized countties towards revolution and weakens the strength of Anticommunism.
The United States is the largest Imperialist Power in the world, currently, and it's nowhere close. If you track the rate of export of industrial and financial Capital to states with resources directly, you'll see that the US is in the lead, and it isn't close.
why are you defining imperialism as the export of capital and not, idk, the use of force against other nations?
I told you, because Marxists use Lenin's definition of Capitalism as it becomes Imperialism.
I outright stated that other things can be bad as well, but it is necessarily this Capitalism at its death throes that prevents socialism and yet brings it about.