Ahh, Che.

Yes, you’re right. It is fucked. I’ve just been told off by my friends sometimes like “yeah dude that’s life” or other shit like that so I’m always hesitant to call it like it is

He seems to be a decent candidate comparatively, though. Yeah sure he sucks in some ways but so did/does Bernie.

I don’t think it’s very beneficial to sit and nitpick whether this guy is the best embodiment of socialism or piss and moan because of online beef with the People’s Party. We could utilize this election as a way to broaden support for socialism (or, like Bernie, at least popularize being against the status quo).

Yes, he’s said stupid things about the Soviet Union and Reagan. But he still seems like a pretty decent candidate when compared to others in the US, and while he has no chance of winning under the two-party dictatorship, we could use this to give awareness of socialism a boost.

Correct me if I’m wrong.

But were not sustainably creating that food. We can’t keep going the way we are

Sustainably?

Industrialized food practices are not sustainable… how can we?

“Medical debt” or “alien” when referring to humans

Based, nothing to add.

So are you saying we should wait and prepare for the right moment instead of constantly trying to create engagement?

So what do you suggest I do? What should we as Marxists in America do? That was a God-tier comment but I still just am not sure on whether I should engage and try to get others to engage or just leave it.

My apologies if I misunderstood, it was a very long comment and my brain is still recovering from the copious amount of drugs I did

Well yeah, but like I said below/above, it’s just never brought up by others and I don’t know when the right time is

Can you elaborate why? I have trouble understanding how bringing it up is not a good thing. Especially when it’s literally never brought up by others

I find myself rolling my eyes around my friends more

YES. The amount of cringeworthy things they say is wild. Anti-socialism (sometimes without even knowing it), some borderline racist/sexist things… they’re distancing themselves from me each and every day. I need new friends (more accurately, to replace a few of them)

It’s definitely affected them. Some people agree with me and we’ve found a greater bond over it; some people don’t really care; some people actively disagree and it caused a bit of a rift.

A few things that I have sensed are a general apathy compared to my enthusiasm for the subject, and, like another commenter said, the difficulty of not being welcomed to bring up communist politics up to others.

Cuba. Closest socialist nation and Spanish is easier to learn.

China is a close second, but I know the culture there is far different and I’d be afraid to try to assimilate. Maybe that’s just because I see how Americans treat foreigners, idk.

As Camarada Forte said, though. I’d prefer to stay in my home country (US) and live/die for socialism

Owning the tankies (I can’t read)

Yes yes, how else should they protect and serve the people other than shooting them

Glad to have the validation, thank you.

What sparked this post was a guy last night in game chat of a CSGO game literally typing hard r n-word, along with (there was a guy with an accent in the game - not sure exactly where from) “oh Jesus, another foreigner”

Maybe it’s gotten worse, maybe we just notice it more because we aren’t that and have grown up past that

Right? There’s still so much shit talk and disgusting stuff on there

I really miss competitive gaming and still like it but it’s just not the same now with being older and seeing all the bigotry as a marxist instead of a 12 year old

Makes sense to me. I love multi-player, but its getting harder to enjoy ever since I grew up a bit and started recognizing how disgusting some of these people can be.

I wonder how this is handled in other cou tries that aren’t obsessed with hate freeze peach

I like me some single player but I’ve always liked the pvp and just interacting with randoms (when they’re not assholes or racists lmao)

You’re right, thank you

It’s just sad because I like competitive pvp a lot, mainly because when I was younger I used to play a lot and was super nerdy and good at them and now I’m not. It’s a nostalgia thing.

Good take. The only reason it’s a meme is because people think it’s edgy and bad, kind of like the Nazis.

If it were understood by people for what it was it wouldn’t be a meme, it’d be a pride anthem

Edit: other very good perspectives I see here. I revise my opinion originally stated above

Lol. I know CSGO is not the best fan base but shit I didn’t remember it being this bad

Unironically they share some great shit

Based, average printer hating Chad ^

One of my pet peeves is when libs say something political or talk about politics, and then say it isn’t political.

Yes, or the constant “you inject politics into everything” when it’s something overtly political (as most things are).

A non-Marxist related one would be people saying Vetran instead of veteran. Lmao.

Welcome back! :)

I’ll start with my background and material conditions, because of course that is pretty important.

I grew/am finishing growing up pretty privileged. Still working class, to be sure, but you know. Straight, white, male, and never have had to worry about money issues. Progressive liberal single mother, worked hard to take care of me. She never had the time to really dive into the why and get a great understanding of it all, just meant the best for people and kind of that well-intentioned social Democrat type.

I had always been interested in how we organize our society, though. Liberalism/Social Democracy, which I had subscribed to until the Ukraine/Russia conflict, still left me with so many questions. I really had no understanding of the world around me.

A very small but impactful moment was when I was watching Bo Burnham’s Inside in 2021 and he sang a line about private property being inherently theft and neo-liberal fascists destroying the left and it was like “whoa. I’m a liberal. What’s wrong here?” It also didn’t help that I didn’t know the difference between personal and private property then, so it caused a lot of anxiety.

That kind of kick-started a little exploration into the real left and sticking my toes into some Second Thought. Watched all his videos, read some of the Manifesto, and got on Lemmygrad.

Since then, I’ve read State and Revolution, Blackshirts and Reds, watched tons of informational videos, and am getting into ‘What is to be Done?’

I am now a developing Marxist.

If anyone made it this far (apologies for taking up so much space, I don’t know how to do the spoiler thing), can you help me understand Dialectical/Historical Materialism a little more or recommend some reading? That’s really the only part of all of this I don’t understand fully, and I’m aware it’s one of the most important.

This question seems out of place, with no context whatsoever. What is the point of your question? Who knows. But oh well.

Sorry? Lol I don’t mean to be annoying I just want to know if there’s actual criticisms that aren’t 100 trillion dead nonsense…

Anyways, thank you very much. Very informative

War between China and US by 2025 anyone?

I’m assuming it’s a media whirlwind after looking a little more into the historical context of this situation. It’s happened a few times before and has been fixed last minute.

Let me know if I’m wrong

Why is polygamy (or in your words promiscuity) inherently worse than monogamy?

As long as it is acknowledged and agreed upon by everyone involved, there should be no issue. The only problem comes when one person thinks it’s monogamy and the other breaks that trust.

The social player thing is not just a woman problem, in fact I’d say it’s worse coming from men. As another commenter said, men do that shit all the time and only when women start to engage in similar behaviors does it become a problem. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with holding certain values for yourself, I myself could never be a social “player” (meaning casually sleeping around, if I’m interpreting that right) and am not interested in anyone who is, but that doesn’t give you or me the right to pretend we’re morally superior in that regard. I guess the only time I’d feel comfortable shitting on someone is if they’re sleeping around while their partner is unaware. But that could just be trauma on my part, someone educate me if I’m wrong lol.

Anyways, I really suggest you take the time to read what some of our comrades here are recommending and digest/think where these thoughts are coming from.

Suboxone for H and Naltrexone for alcohol

Thank you:) I was a poly-addict, but my main drugs of choice were alcohol and heroin

LMAO Lenin obliterating some old conservative on Facebook

@ArtBot@lemmygrad.ml Poop emoji on the United States flag

Very very good bot :)

@ArtBot@lemmygrad.ml Armed Chinese forces storming Washington DC

@ArtBot@lemmygrad.ml Recovered drug addict with socialist flag in hand

Yeah, I agree with you. But what is the method nowadays? How do we fix this situation in time before climate change ends us?