Left-Wing Discussion Thread III

[Democratic Communist Federation]

Socialism is open only to the bourgeoisie and academics, it is not a movement of the proletariat.

Does anti-intellectualism make you feel important?

[MERIZoC]

How are these exclusive in any way? If Indian peasants can read Marx, Lenin, and Mao, there's no reason anyone else can't.

What is the literacy rate of literal peasants?

Tripura and Kerala, both controlled by the Communist Party of India have either the top two or very close to it literacy rates of all states in India. But I don't really follow your logic. You can read, therefore you can read theory.

[Democratic Communist Federation]

I never suggested such

Okay, then my apologies.

[The Parkus Empire]

What is the literacy rate of literal peasants?

Tripura and Kerala, both controlled by the Communist Party of India have either the top two or very close to it literacy rates of all states in India. But I don't really follow your logic. You can read, therefore you can read theory.

I can, but I fail to see why I have to read academic theory to support the laborers owning the means of production

[Cekoviu]

Socialism is open only to the bourgeoisie and academics, it is not a movement of the proletariat.

Does anti-intellectualism make you feel important?

Lol, I'm very much opposed to anti-intellectualism. The joke was about socialism, not academics.

[S i t k a]

Hello.

Not sure if I'll be saying much on this thread, but I think I'll keep an eye on it in case I ever have anything to say.

[New Emeline]

Hello.

Not sure if I'll be saying much on this thread, but I think I'll keep an eye on it in case I ever have anything to say.

Hello to you too.

[Cekoviu]

Hello.

Not sure if I'll be saying much on this thread, but I think I'll keep an eye on it in case I ever have anything to say.

Hello to you too.

Hugs are banned. They detract from the tension and anger in this thread.

[S i t k a]

Hello.

Not sure if I'll be saying much on this thread, but I think I'll keep an eye on it in case I ever have anything to say.

Hello to you too.

Perhaps belong here, perhaps I don't. I'm not sure if I consider myself left-wing or not.

We need a wishy-washy indecisive people discussion thread, or something like that.

[New Emeline]

Hello to you too.

Hugs are banned. They detract from the tension and anger in this thread.

Comrade, why must you be this way? Hugs should be shared along with all other resources

[New Emeline]

Hello to you too.

Perhaps belong here, perhaps I don't. I'm not sure if I consider myself left-wing or not.

We need a wishy-washy indecisive people discussion thread, or something like that.

There's a centrist thread somewhere around here.

[S i t k a]

Perhaps belong here, perhaps I don't. I'm not sure if I consider myself left-wing or not.

We need a wishy-washy indecisive people discussion thread, or something like that.

There's a centrist thread somewhere around here.

Probably. I was just trying to be funny.

And besides, the centrist thread doesn't have that 'Committee for Proletarian Degeneracy' I saw here once.

[MERIZoC]

Tripura and Kerala, both controlled by the Communist Party of India have either the top two or very close to it literacy rates of all states in India. But I don't really follow your logic. You can read, therefore you can read theory.

I can, but I fail to see why I have to read academic theory to support the laborers owning the means of production

You don't at all.

[New Emeline]

There's a centrist thread somewhere around here.

Probably. I was just trying to be funny.

And besides, the centrist thread doesn't have that 'Committee for Proletarian Degeneracy' I saw here once.

Tis true, tis true.

[Democratic Communist Federation]

Lol, I'm very much opposed to anti-intellectualism. The joke was about socialism, not academics.

Okay, perhaps I should just go to bed.

[Cekoviu]

There's a centrist thread somewhere around here.

Probably. I was just trying to be funny.

And besides, the centrist thread doesn't have that 'Committee for Proletarian Degeneracy' I saw here once.

Just to be clear, you don't mean the evil Committee for Proletarian Morality, right? We can be friends if you don't.

[S i t k a]

Probably. I was just trying to be funny.

And besides, the centrist thread doesn't have that 'Committee for Proletarian Degeneracy' I saw here once.

Just to be clear, you don't mean the evil Committee for Proletarian Morality, right? We can be friends if you don't.

Of course not. I would never associate with such persnickety bourgeoisie capitalists.

[Liriena]

Authoritarianism, religious conservatism...

>Authoritarianism
In what way?

https://www.politico.eu/article/poland- ... patriotic/

[Cekoviu]

Just to be clear, you don't mean the evil Committee for Proletarian Morality, right? We can be friends if you don't.

Of course not. I would never associate with such persnickety bourgeoisie capitalists.

Ah, good. Welcome to the fold, ☭ ☭ ☭ c o m r a d e ☭ ☭ ☭.

[Aillyria]

It's a colourful way of saying that you're too black and white in your thinking, not an ad hominem attack.

Sick in the head means I engage in black-and-white thinking?

No. My opposition to nationalism comes from Rosa Luxemburg, perhaps the most fervent opponent of nationalism among the early communists. I am a Luxemburgist and, in many respects, I think like her.

Many people in this thread claim to be communists or socialists. Yet, they don't even know the basics.

I've read works by Sorel (obviously), Proudhon, Bakunin, and Marx....so I know a great deal more than the basics of socialism, thank you very much. I'd say Sorel has played the same role for me as Luxembourg has for you.

[Cekoviu]

Sick in the head means I engage in black-and-white thinking?

No. My opposition to nationalism comes from Rosa Luxemburg, perhaps the most fervent opponent of nationalism among the early communists. I am a Luxemburgist and, in many respects, I think like her.

Many people in this thread claim to be communists or socialists. Yet, they don't even know the basics.

I've read works by Sorel (obviously), Proudhon, Bakunin, and Marx....so I know a great deal more than the basics of socialism, thank you very much. I'd say Sorel has played the same role for me as Luxembourg has for you.

Switzerland personally played a much larger role in my views than Luxembourg, but Monaco is even further down on that list.

[S i t k a]

Of course not. I would never associate with such persnickety bourgeoisie capitalists.

Ah, good. Welcome to the fold, ☭ ☭ ☭ c o m r a d e ☭ ☭ ☭.

later...

"Dad, I think I accidentally defected to the Soviet Union or something last night."

[Cekoviu]

Ah, good. Welcome to the fold, ☭ ☭ ☭ c o m r a d e ☭ ☭ ☭.

later...

"Dad, I think I accidentally defected to the Soviet Union or something last night."

Конечно, мы не Советы, что может дать вам эту идею?

[S i t k a]

later...

"Dad, I think I accidentally defected to the Soviet Union or something last night."

Конечно, мы не Советы, что может дать вам эту идею?

Heh heh.

But seriously, one of these days I should start carrying a copy of the Communist Manifesto or something around the house and see what my dad does.

Then again, he's used to my antics at this point and probably wouldn't bat an eye.

[Cekoviu]

Конечно, мы не Советы, что может дать вам эту идею?

Heh heh.

But seriously, one of these days I should start carrying a copy of the Communist Manifesto or something around the house and see what my dad does.

Then again, he's used to my antics at this point and probably wouldn't bat an eye.

For some light reading that will get past his scrutiny, read The Conquest of Bread. Tell him it's a cookbook if he asks.