• @PolandIsAStateOfMind
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    1 year ago

    Michael Parenti is also for U.S. patriotism.

    That’s pretty irrelevant in that discussion. I also don’t think everything he ever wrote and said needs to be cancelled because of it, even if that’s true.

    is not an authoritative theorist

    Agree, good that i never said that. What he is though, is influental and popular debunker of bourgeois myths and popularisator of basic marxist theory. And as such literally everyone here already heard of him and most likely read some of his books or articles - the most popular being “Blackshirts and Reds” which is where he made that conclusion about China. Which furthermore looks entirely like glossing over the topic in literally one sentence precisely because being misled by the US information bubble.

    • Makan ☭ CPUSA
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      -101 year ago

      “Influential”

      Which means nothing

      “popular”

      also means nothing

      • @EnchantedWhetstones
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        21 year ago

        idk why everyone is beating ur ass omg parenti has big problems in his scholarship in some of his books!!! he’s better than chomsky but his popularity and influence is really not an indication he’s authoritative he’s just a nice writer and beloved