General to Informed Tankie · 10 months agoAll over the world, wherever there are capitalists, freedom of the press means freedom to buy up newspapers, to buy writers, to bribe, buy and fake "public opinion" for the benefit of the bourgeoisieimagemessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1103arrow-down16file-textcross-posted to: quotes
arrow-up197arrow-down1imageAll over the world, wherever there are capitalists, freedom of the press means freedom to buy up newspapers, to buy writers, to bribe, buy and fake "public opinion" for the benefit of the bourgeoisieGeneral to Informed Tankie · 10 months agomessage-square44fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: quotes
cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/1892258 Source: https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1921/aug/05.htm
minus-squareSovereignStatelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·10 months ago This is bad because the government is exclusively self-interested and evil. I love me some tautological nothings!
minus-square新星 [they/them/🏳️⚧️]linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-210 months agoTautological means that it’s a true statement in every possible case, but the government being evil isn’t.
minus-squareSovereignStatelinkfedilinkarrow-up12·10 months ago This is moreso how I meant it. “This is bad… because [they’re] evil.”
minus-square新星 [they/them/🏳️⚧️]linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·10 months ago This is bad… because [they’re] evil Ah, I see the tautology now lol
I love me some tautological nothings!
Tautological means that it’s a true statement in every possible case, but the government being evil isn’t.
This is moreso how I meant it.
“This is bad… because [they’re] evil.”
Ah, I see the tautology now lol