Cowbee [he/him, they/them]

Truly the twelfth type of Liberalism, debating online without reading… So much wasted time…

I wouldn’t say Marx is outdated, his analysis and frameworks still hold up. He did not live to see the extent to which Capitalism would shift towards Imperialism, but Lenin and other Marxists consistently applied the frameworks laid out by Marx. I guess this is what you mean when you say you’d be missing foundational pieces by missing Marx, however, so I may be splitting hairs.

In my opinion, Marx is crucial for understanding the basics of political economy, Engels does a great job of simplifying dialectical materialism, Lenin forms the basis for understanding Imperialism, and Mao is the best source for practical applications of theory. Stalin’s works are very easy to read and can be handy, but focusing on Stalin’s works over Marx, Engels, Lenin, and even Mao feels… off. I would recommend reading all of the texts here eventually, but it doesn’t make a concerted effort to teach the real aspects of Marxism in a practical manner, it reads more like a “best of” list than an actual training and learning regimen.

Just my 2 cents as someone with their own reading list.

I like the works, but it uses google analytics which I feel is antithetical to a Communist reading list (thanks for the plug @Edie@hexbear.net ). I made my own personal list with an explicit intent on converting liberals and those sympathetic to ultras and trots towards a more grounded and practical approach, but I do like a lot of the works on that list and used to use it myself before the analytics thing was revealed to me.

Yea, putting Combat Liberalism at the front implies a call to action before reading theory, aka it sets up the reader to go online and debate endlessly without knowing theory. It’s silly, and is totally not exactly what I used to do before taking theory seriously hahahah of course not hahhaha

Truly all the theory teaching I do on my Lemmy.ml account is punishment for years of thinking I knew what Marxism was after reading the Manifesto and Socialism: Utopian and Scientific alone…

Same with Oppose Book Worship, like, at the beginning of a reading list and not at the end, a text focusing on touching grass and really working can be a double-edged sword. The central idea is to do both, read and practice, but with 2 summaries of summaries of the basics under your belt you aren’t at risk of only reading yet, right? Just confusing.

Thanks, comrade

Fascism isn’t strictly related to parties, it’s Capitalism in Decline. Both parties form a sort of fascist-friendly base.

Is she intentionally trying to divorce the DNC from the less fascist end of liberals that still support the DNC?

I’ve seen her on my recommended a lot! She seems very nice. Watched a Trans Meme comp or 2 from her, she’s doing good work