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Jp here seems to always pick the weakest arguments. Prepare for tears again.
I wonder why that is. He’s the greatest thinker of our generation. He’s just so goddamn good at thinking. Yet everything he posts could be easily replaced by an AI whose inputs are just transphobia, randomly arranged cultural buzzwords, Disney movies, and Canadian slang.
He knows that his audience doesn’t care. Most of them believe that he won the ‘debate’ with Žižek. They buy into JP’s claim that triggering ‘woke lefties’ are how he makes his money, without ever pondering that it’s not ‘woke lefties’ buying his books ,subscribing to his patreon or enrolling in his sham college.
I have a long time friend who somehow became a Peterson fan. He blames the drugs for Peterson’s poor debate performance. This is somewhat of a positive, because he seems to feel that if Peterson can’t handle these drugs, then no one can.
100 million plus one might be enough… :thinkin-lenin:
That’s amazing you lucky goose !! I always watch his anti capitalist chronicles and learn a lot pretty much everytime. Personally his work helped me in a substantial way in reading reading volume 1 of capital with his chapter by chapter (if I recall correctly) lecture read along series . And no I have not read the other volumes because [relatively] I haven’t read that much theory 😭 . And to be honest I don’t understand vol 1 of capital in a truly meaningful sense despite having read it a couple years ago 😆🤭 . (Not to be “me me me”) but that’s why I don’t call myself a “Marxist” for the most part. Of course I understand materialism and in a general sense Communism/Socialism/Capitalism (have roughly had the same politics sense I was ~18) and other ism’s but I don’t really fully understand the “science” of Marxism . 🙈.
Great post thanks for leveling with me .
“I am still an anarchist and I think the word Marxist connotes a specific flavor of communism in conversation with other leftists that would misrepresent my principles.”
I stopped calling myself an anarchist for reasons I assume you can guess, but I don’t think we are on opposite sides of the barricade . Stand against western imperialism, the bourgeoisie and the landlords and reject right wing reaction to put it simply and we are in arms . That’s why I always just say “pan leftist” or simply “communist” if anyone asks, not that it really matters .
And “Marxian” is a cop out but that’s academics for ya 😆 . I’ve seen your other post tho. In internet speak you are definitely “freakin based 😮” in my humble opinion lol.
And holistic urban design is fascinating. Venezuelan communes have done a lot of interesting things with new urban design. Talking outta my ass but the dichotomy of a planned economy and a local more holistic economy needs to be figured out. (the Soviet Union had good experiments on this) , skeptical whether academics will really bring it in the end though .
Yes haven’t read Socialism Utopian and Scientific yet but definitely need to . Engels The Principles of Communism is also a great introduction because it literally breaks down the basic tenants of Communism in a way that pretty much anyone can understand (easily translatable too) . Same with Mao’s Red Book .
Someone really needs to write The Black Book of Capitalism using all the same methodology the original used.
You’re in luck, someone did this in r/fullcommunism a while back (absolutely shocked that the place is STILL around)
the google doc for the sources isnt around anymore sadly
