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I don’t think his beard would look like that. His hair seems thin. Usually when someone looks better with a shopped beard or haircut, it’s because their hairline or hair quality was improved in the process

But they will take credit for the same accomplishments next election cycle

It probably looks awesome, don’t stop wearing it. Tan looks really good when done well. Just hard to wear solid tan, like a suit. It’s better when broken up (e.g. wear a tan top or bottom but not both) or accented with darker browns

Should I bother reading Nietsche?

I feel like it’s time better spent on Hegel or maybe some Frankfurt School thinkers. But a part of me feels irresponsible to not study Nietsche since he inspires so many fascists

Doing a land acknowledgment while doing nothing about it, indeed actively supporting anti-indigenous policies

Thesis: Nuking your reddit account is good for your mental health

Antithesis: If everyone nuked their reddit accounts, a lot of invaluable information (especially in niche communities) would be lost, and this would primarily hurt average people and not reddit as a corporation

Synthesis: Nuking all reddit accounts is good for society’s health. Reddit is a trash website. In the short-term it will hurt, but long-term we are better off moving these communities to decentralized platforms. There are ways to archive the important information from reddit. Reddit thrives off the free contributions of countless users who are paid nothing, and reddit claims ownership and monetizes all content freely published to it. If you don’t like reddit, simply stop posting to it, no matter how juicy the bait

Why did they make her look white

Compare it to the famous Obama Hope poster which at least preserves his complexion (to my eye)

Oh that’s it!! Been many years since I listened to this song… no wonder I couldn’t figure it out.

Time to psychoanalyze myself I guess.

Many thanks!

Right? If communism were already in place, then appealing to selfishness would be a reason to keep it in place. 99% of people would be worse off moving from communism to capitalism, so being communist is the best for virtually every person.

Remember when BLM protesters interrupted Bernie and he actually shut up and let them talk?

He may be flawed but the US is still worse off without him

No disagreement here!

Yeah saw those comments in the fb group I stole this from. I can see both ways. The original way makes sense if you think of the lagrangian as the uglier one that is effective because it gets its hands dirty, no concern for elegance or style.

A channel I subscribe to just posted an explainer on spin, for anyone interested

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYeRS5a3HbE

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I fully concede that reading won’t work for everyone. Only some types of people, I suspect especially (but not exclusively) college educated types, which describes many liberals.

Anyone is susceptible who genuinely works at developing their political thought. Even if right now they are obsessed with Libertarianism or some other vulgar economics, someone who is already book-smart will be more likely to grasp Capital.

People not matching the above description might be better swayed with direct organizing. I think that the vast majority of Marxists across the globe, historically, have understood the basic conclusions of Marxism intuitively from their own experience and not from reading a book.

Anyway, perhaps your issue with the style of Capital is due to the translation you read?

Any book translated from the original language has to trade off between precision and flow. I personally like the style of the original Aveling and Moore translation that is free on marxists.org, but I think many people prefer the more modern English of the Penguin edition (Fowkes). I haven’t spent enough time to know if one is objectively “better.”

I assume they are elaborating the last sentence I wrote, not commenting on the way I personally stated things

Normalizing Marxist theory as an approachable thing to read is important for onboarding a certain kind of person.

Many people never even read the Manifesto because they think it’s akin to reading Mein Kampf. It doesn’t help that many associate the word “manifesto” with unhinged ravings a la Ted Kaczynski.

Literally just reading Marx with an open mind is what it took for me. I’m sure I could psychoanalyze some more from my past, but ultimately, Marxist theory stands on its own and is proven to connect with many types of people around the world.

In order for something to be normal, it has to be casual. So my suggestion is don’t be afraid to talk about communist ideas, but also don’t be weird or aggressive about it.

Yes I would like to try