Socialist Pessimism It seems every single year, we have a new pessimism grow within the American socialists about our own people. The idea seems to be that we'll never have a revolution so long as the American public is "stupid", "brainwashed", "hostile", "lazy", "right-wing", "broken", or even "petty-bourgeois". But what about self-sufficient, independent, duty-bound, efficient, full of integrity... » Continue Reading
On the Politics of Bourgeois Science Science contains many intellectual pitfalls created by political affiliations within the society in which scientists operate. There are occasions when science keeps the same names of things after an incorrect understanding of it is overthrown by a correct one. Sometimes it's clearly politically motivated and sometimes it's unconscious. Overall, a social weaknes... » Continue Reading
There's no doubt that Marxism-Leninism is the scientific study of societies, social contradiction, and has the correct understanding of the development of socialism. Basically, Communists are legit. But there's a problem. As I see it, very online MLs that rarely interface with real human beings often forget to treat people like humans with real emotions, morals, and feelings. The most basic purpos... » Continue Reading
I can't believe I have to say this. Teachers and nurses only own their labor power to sell to capital. They don't own the means of production. The "PMC" or "Professional Managerial Class" is only a class in name, not materially. And at this stage in imperialism, the manual laborers some of you consider the "real" working class are just as bogged down by bourgeoisie ideology as the so-called PMC. R... » Continue Reading
During the period of imperialism, the working class (as the proletariat) stands in contradiction to the owning class (as the bourgeoisie) to put it into the simplest terms. Things are not often so simple. As any contradiction begins to resolve, the unification of opposites creates a multitude of complexities. Stalin said: "The dialectical method regards as important primarily not that which at the... » Continue Reading
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