I like to think of it less as “heres a bunch of stuff, everything is stuff God literally did” and a bit more like “here is a bunch of stories, some more allegorical, some based on real events, where we try to explain what human life, the world, and divinity is”

There are plenty of political battles which can and should be fought, but opposing new means of production in principle outside of the specific impacts is fundamentally reactionary

Hi comerades. Finished Capital Vol II this weekend. Gonna take a short break before the next one.

Remember, we are on the side of the working peoples true interests, and the development of the productive forces. Therefore, we as a movement have a historic advantage, even when times get tough or when nothing seems to get anywhere, because through hardship lies victory, and even still waters can be stirred. Keep up the good work comerades!

Fuck it, give me the estrogen goa’uld

I can’t give you adviae related to mental health conditions or anything, but here are aome thoughts on anger in general.

Anger is an energetic feeling. What you need is an outlet for that anger, you need to do something. Because the source of your anger is political, it can be a great source of energy to do political work (done in a measured manner) like organizing, agitating, or reading tough-to-read theory. A healthy amount of exercise is also a great outlet and will objectively make you a more capable revolutionary because it imprives your health, energy, and mood.

Anger, like many emotions, can be a component of ruminating thoughts. You also need an outlet for those thoughts. That can be something like political writing related to an issue or other agitprop, journaling for yourself, art, or venting and dark humor with a comerade. However, if you are still stuck no matter what and feel like the thought isn’t progressing, don’t feed it by giving it undue attention.

I’ve really been getting into painting this year. I feel like it’s a great way to work through emotions. Hopefully I can find a way to use it for politics and just so share, maybe by making agitprop. I was thinking of making a zine about a “socialist version” of the city I live in with some tongue in cheek visuals and at least somewhat more serious city planning/slice of life stuff

Three reasons:

Childcare costs is very expensive now and also largely individualized

The actual way we raise children is very individualized and intensive putting a massive burden on parents

The future is very uncertain. Before, people had to worry about war and exploitation, now we have that and WMDs, climate change, fascism, and whatever other technological horrors we manage to create

Whenever I am uncertain about something regarding my political work, I try to think about Combat Liberalism by Mao, Mao’s principle of no right to speech without investigation, and the principles of unity, crit/self-crit, and democratic centralism. I find it often clears it up for me whether I should forge on ahead or change course and backtrack.

Best of luck, comerade!

Lenin walks around the world. Frontiers cannot bar him. Neither barracks nor barricades impede. Nor does barbed wire scar him.

Lenin walks around the world. Black, brown, and white receive him. Language is no barrier. The strangest tongues believe him.

Lenin walks around the world. The sun sets like a scar. Between the darkness and the dawn There rises a red star.

• Langston Hues

Tell me more about your joke reference to the Eliza chatbot.

I’ve been working on this pamphlet for the last couple weeks

I also got an e-ink reader and I love it so far. So much easier than dragging around a big book. I also find it comfortable to hold, so I can change seating positions more when I read. Reading PDFs or long webpages on a computer has always been a bit exhausting for me so it’s nice to get it on another type of display

What’s next, the moon?

Although I definetly think that in general class interests rule societies, I do think that specific mainfestations of class rule can be more or less rational with respect to their interests. I’d say that I definetly think the current administration and for example Tsar Nicholas’s regime were examples of less rational manifestations. That doesn’t change the fact that the entire bourgeoisie class is the problem, of course. But I do think we should be careful with assuming that just because the Trump-administration does something, then it is in the rational self-interest of the Bourgeoisie, it could just as well be a very poor attempt at that. But of course proletarian class rule is the solution anyhow.

I agree in general, but I do think it doesn’t help that the leadership is irrational specifically (not just Trump of course)

The future might be uncertain comrade, but that means potential for change aswell. We’ll probably never see a Red Western Europe as long as our continent is built on the exploitation of other peoples. But through their emancipation we can eventually build a brighter future for proletarians in our part of the world too!

It’s of course morally fine to pursue medical treatment with the means available to you. It’s not like you’re taking a job for Lockheed Martin for health insurance or something, right :P

Well there are plenty of english podcasts already if you are looking for audio theory! :D

Hi, I’ve been trying to make a norwegian-speaking marxist theory podcast, because I felt it was lacking in our language. If you are a norwegian comerade you can check it out at: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2468064

You mean the checks contributing to the balance in the politicians bank accounts?

JPDON Grahom 🙏