Liberals Beware; I will crawl on your face.

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Cake day: January 25th, 2022
  • Arachno_Stalinist@lemmygrad.mltoShit Reactionaries Say@lemmygrad.ml•Lawl
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    7 months ago

    A conservative talking point that takes anti-Capitalist sentiment and twists it into Reactionary crap. (i.e., “The Wealthy Elites do stuff at the expense of everyone else worldwide” turns into “DURRR THE WOKE GLOBALISTS WANT TO ERASE STRAIGHT WHITE PEOPLE REEEE”)

    My guess is that it diverts attention away from the Bourgeoisie and instead turns it into Chauvinism (which the Bourgeoisie can more easily handle)

    Also the “Globalist” rhetoric reactionaries like to use is loaded with antisemitic dogwhistles iirc

  • Arachno_Stalinist@lemmygrad.mltoComradeship // Freechat@lemmygrad.ml•Parenting under capitalism is a fuck
    3·
    1 year ago

    i hope a certified psychologist appers in here to explain better, my reading in the subject is quite low ans i don’t know how to walk the line to criticize modern midia without looking like reactionary talk.

    I am not a psychologist, but Reactionaries only attack the technology itself and falsely claim that the progress of technology by itself is the problem, failing to (or even refusing to) realize Capitalism is to blame for the problems associated with technology. The real problem is how Capitalism affects the current technology; Capitalists seek profit over everything else, so they will use technology to do exactly that.

    Technology has so much potential to bring a better future, but it is held back and used inappropriately under Capitalism.

  • Arachno_Stalinist@lemmygrad.mltoComradeship // Freechat@lemmygrad.ml•[rant] Too many liberals these days.English
    161·
    1 year ago

    Like what @ImOnADiet said, it’s better to ask these questions at !communism101. But for the sake of answering your question:

    Wall of Text Incoming

    Lowly US workers would seem to have a slightly better chance of a secure life if the US democrats could get and maintain a majority, and it would be an opportunity for more meaningful change.

    Unfortunately the Democrats won’t do anything meaningful that can’t simply be undone by the Republicans. They also had many chances to make a better change already, and yet they didn’t do that either. On top of that, while their rhetoric may be different, a lot of their policies are actually really similar, if not the same. Did Biden ever free those who were imprisoned by the US-Mexico Border under Trump? What about Obama and his 500+ drone strikes on civilians? Is he any different from Bush?

    I don’t see capitalism as evil, but it is obviously a successful model that has largely taken over the world.

    Yes and no; While yes, Capitalism was a necessary step in overthrowing and replacing Feudalism, it has also come with the exploitation of the Proletariat (Working Class) via the extraction of surplus value, as well as the worker’s lack of ownership over the Means of Production. Capitalism in its late stage (which we live in nowadays) has also lead to the destruction of the environment, the alienation of humanity from society (via excessive and unhealthy individualism) and nature, and even the decreasing quality of products (due to a thing called "planned obsolescence)

    Capitalism is successful in a sense that it allows the Bourgeoisie (Ultra-Wealthy Ruling Class) to accumulate wealth and power at the expense of the masses.

    I wonder if there are viable alternatives that don’t involve pitchforks, along with a transitional path to them.

    […]

    I can’t imagine a wholesale abandonment of the current capitalist system, a big revolution, and any kind of stable or fair system coming from it. That whole human nature thing, I guess.

    As great as a peaceful transfer of power would be, it is pure schniff idealism, unfortunately. The Bourgeoisie have, historically, employed force to suppress workers’ movements. You can’t simply talk them into giving up their power. Hence, revolution is necessary to establish Socialism. (or at least its transitional stage)

    We also acknowledge that a sudden change from global capitalism into global communism is improbable and extremely impractical. We are not Trotskyists. This is why AES (Already Existing Socialist) Countries still have capitalist elements in them, (i.e. China and Vietnam operate using market economies and have their own private enterprises.) although these capitalist elements will gradually fade away.

    As for the “Human nature” argument, while yes, we are quite a selfish species, we are also a social and altruistic species. What parts of our nature get emphasized are the results of our upbringing, socioeconomic conditions, etc., and what matters is that we build those conditions needed for altruism and egalitarianism to flourish. It is only Socialism/Communism, not Capitalism, that can build those conditions.

  • Arachno_Stalinist@lemmygrad.mltoComradeship // Freechat@lemmygrad.ml•Before leaving Lemmygrad, I want to have a discussion on my "weird misogyny takes". No drama, just possibly a simple closure.
    7·
    1 year ago

    I keep a very tight hold on what views are shared there, selectively discarding anything that goes too conservative. These tubers are not incels or MGTOW, but closer to a mix of redpill/blackpill, mostly hovering around centre or centre-right

    Even if you try your best to keep yourself from having views which you consider too far right, as the political overton window shifts more to the right, what ideas do you truly consider to be “centrist” or “centre-right” and not just right wing (if not far right) ideas which have recently become acceptable in mainstream/liberal media?

    Also, usage of the terms “redpill” and “blackpill” in these contexts was popularized by the MGTOW (and Anti-SJW) movement. (I was once part of those circles back in 2014 even if I was still very young back then. Once you’re in there, it’s not very easy to get out; You need a lot of self-reflection to truly escape it. In fact, while my old views were largely toned down over the years by a supportive community back when I was in Junior High School, it took an entire pandemic to get me to reflect and escape, and I was still at risk of returning to some more dangerous views before I finally got into Marxism.)

    Self-reflection is not an easy thing, and hopefully it shouldn’t be too late for you.

  • Arachno_Stalinist@lemmygrad.mltoComradeship // Freechat@lemmygrad.ml•Did society seemingly change ever since covid, in your eyes?
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    1 year ago

    As a student (although I’m graduating on the 25th of this month. Going to College afterwards) I have observed that we are more reliant on our phones, likely due to the pandemic (although we no longer undergo online learning, at least where I’m in), and it seems like capitalist media is taking advantage of that in some way.

    Class announcements (Including required activities) are now made almost exclusively on Facebook’s Messenger, which imo absolutely sucks when you’re trying to avoid mainstream social media. (Reason being, it was absolutely draining as fuck when we had to sit in front of a screen for more than 8 hours a day with an extra 4 hours spent on completing activities online, with some extra hours checking for announcements or attending group meetings that could reach well beyond 12AM, back when we were still quarantined. Not a fun experience, especially with particularly shitty internet. Would never do it again.)

    As a side note, several of my classmates used ChatGPT to finish their assignments, though I don’t find this too surprising considering that it makes the process a lot faster. (I’d rather memorize notes, though I also sometimes memorize the lectures themselves if they’re especially short or easy to summarize, but maybe I’m just old-fashioned lol)

    As for the worsening political environment, yeah. It’s also happening here in the Philippines. On top of the whole “Red-Tagging” stuff, the establishment of US military bases here via EDCA is being welcomed by Marcos Jr. and his supporters. (despite him still claiming the “enlightened centrist” stance here)