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Better red than dead
I think there might be other choices
nah, it’s either socialism or barbarism
I bet that you regret not having written ‘it’s either socialism or primitivism’ instead.
nah, I like the discourse
also it’s a quote from Rosa Luxembourg
The word “b*rbarian” is a racial slur invented by the Romans and Greeks to attack non-romans and non-greeks, after the sound “barbar”, which was basically the Greek version of “ching chong” for making fun of foreign languages. You shouldn’t be throwing slurs like that around so casually.
as a barbarian i give everyone the b-word pass.
Ok Barbar.
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I’ve seen the slur used to justify racism across two thousand years of history. I’ve never seen it used by one who spoke as though with the compassion of Jesus Christ in their heart.
You know that 420 is Hitlers birthday and a Nazi dogwhistle right? If that sounds loke a stretch to you you have no right to complain about an even older and less relevant offensive term
So you’re saying we’re just making fun of Italians.
Fuck that’s even funnier.
then explain this
I hope that young lady has accepted Jesus into her heart, but I fear it may be unlikely, as she’s waving the flag of a state that’s actively collaborating with the genocide of the Palestinian people
I’ve seen the slur used to justify racism across two thousand years of history. I’ve never seen it used by one who spoke as though with the compassion of Jesus Christ in their heart.
I could say the same about the pathetic fucking religion of most modern Christians. The same one that you can’t even fucking understand, nor would you care to since you apparently rate things on the “Jesus-O-Meter” in the hearts of people. Two thousand years of history and the legacy of the Catholic church and the legacy of Jesus Christ is the piles of bodies at Canadian residential schools, likely close to millions of children sexually abused (I would know since the church I worked at got shut down over it, no, I’m not a priest) and a regressive, backwards institution dedicated to upholding reactionary and exploitative practices globally.
“uhhh nooo I’m actually a protestant-baptist-calvinist-quaker-latter-day”
You know what Matthews said, get back in your fucking closet.
The “Christianity” of the Romans is truly a plague as you say. It is the most blatant heresy in history. To associate Jesus with Christianity is even fouler a lie than the myth taught to children today that Karl Marx was an authoritarian.
To associate Jesus with Christianity
as above, so below. Gotta lot to learn.
You shouldn’t be throwing slurs like that around so casually.
I will keep that in mind if I meet any non-romans.
I’m not a Roman.
Then I won’t call you a slur
Don’t call anyone pro-roman slurs. Rome is doing enough damage to the world. They were responsible for the Holocaust in the 1930s and they’re doing it again with their new orange emperor.
first of all
second, barbarism is a proper way to describe fascism and what it does to people
weird how Rome and most of the adherents of your religion can band around doing damage to the world despite the “differences!1!!” your book has in interpretations.
Go back to the dark forests of Germania you filthy Goth!
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i voted for hindenburg“We just haven’t done capitalism correctly” is a real deadend opinion, my guy
At a certain point, we all have to put away the mental toybox and grow up to face our responsibilities
have we done Marxism right yet?
Yes plenty of times, that’s why the US empire has to rely on war and coups
where are these utopias?
Who said anything about utopias? I’m talking about states that went from feudal colonial hellholes to industrial powers with raising standards of living
China, the Soviet Union, Cuba, Allende’s Chile, Burkina Faso, Vietnam, all of them achieved an explosion of prosperity that required capitalist states to engage in war, genocide, terrorism and blockades to contain their demonstration effect
I don’t really think of those countries when I think of prosperity
What you THINK is irrelevant, it’s an undeniable fact all those countries experienced an incredible explosion of development and raising standards of living compared to what they had before and after US intervention experienced mass death, crashes and falling life expectancy
Also in what universe is China and Vietnam not prosperous? They experienced the greatest decrease of poverty in human history, are you ok?
who’s “we”
ask cyborgmarx
i’m asking you
I have no idea, he’s the one who said it
yes, multiple times
where?
look no further than the currently socialist countries. they are going pretty well despite imperialist aggression.
some of the past experiences are pretty nice too.
like China is a great place to live? seems kinda rough ; like the states
from the experience of people close to me? yea, pretty decent actually.
Care to elaborate? I’ll preemptively note that capitalism has a tendency to decay into fascism, to which we are all bearing witness
Honest question: Isn’t it the same for communism? My limited understanding is that all communist leaders that have lasted any significant length of time have also trended towards fascism.
No, that is not the case. Where’d you get that idea from?
I’ve had to look it up and maybe fascism is the wrong word, I’m not exactly clear on the differences between that and totalitarian or authoritarian. But I’ve found examples to be Mao, Stalin, Pol Pot and North Korea. They’ve all had highly centralised power that inevitably gets abused. Or am I wrong?
Before we get into a discussion, can I ask you what you think fascism is? By that I mean, given your current understanding, how would you define fascism, and what are the constituent elements of a fascist movement?
I ask because people tend to treat words like fascism, totalitarian, and authoritarian as pure vibes without really having an understanding of what they all mean. I get that sense from your reply, so I want to hear what you think right now without any cursory research.
Firstly, why would you want a worse option than the red one?
Secondly, no, not really. You are probably going to claim ‘liberalism’, but the difference between a liberal and a fascist is a scratch.What other choices address the terminal illness that is capitalism?
