I am knowledgeable in a field or two. But the most important knowledge was to understand that there will be tons who know better in any given field.
This leads to humility.
Being the smartest person in the room leads to hubris and stagnation. That then leads to getting humiliated for trying to apply the same smug attitude towards fields one is no expert in.
If you're the smartest person in the room, you're in the wrong room.
How are multilingual people dealing with the fact that governments are pushing the most outrageous propaganda and the people have vastly different informational background depending on their main language?
For me having german as my main language, it is like entering the loony bin. People in germany believe insane bullshit because they get zero intl information.
Even marxists in germany are from the stone age. They have on average zero ability to analyze correctly or make correct predictions.
#palestine was how we broke the imperial cores belief in its corpo media apparatus. #Epstein will be how we break its belief in its law apparatus.
I cant find the quote but it goes roughly like this: we must thoroughly show the people that the bourgois state is unable and unwilling to provide fair and equal treatment despite its lies. Only then a revolution can be successful, when all other means are exhausted.
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Why banks, not guns are the problem:
- lenin - imperialism, the highest stage of capitalism
How to make sense of the world without falling for lies:
- j. Stalin - dialectical materialism
- mao zedong - on contradiction
Why mamdani wont save you:
- lenin - left communism, an infantile disorder
Why this crisis wont end and YOU must act:
- lenin - state and revolution
Why feminism under capitalism is just equal exploitation:
- alexandra kollontai - the woman question
I have to admit that i decry the absence of german sources for actual marxist content a lot but i have to admit as well that there is no actual marxism on the fedi to be honest. That is a huge problem.
Here are some book suggestions. You can reed them for free or listen to them on youtube mostly:
To understand the ongoing palestinian genocide:
- frantz fanon - wretched of the earth
Why trump is a symptom:
- michael parenty, black shirts and reds
- vijay prashad - washington bullets
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Yesterday, I've learned about Gabriel Rockhills book "who paid the pipers of western marxism?" in this episode of rev left radio.
Rev Left Radio: Western Marxism and The Imperial Theory Industry https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/western-marxism-and-the-imperial-theory-industry
Its really good! Please give it a listen! The podcast is also great in general!
But the book seems to be the actual kicker: it describes how western #marxism was shaped as a weapon against #socialism as a whole and promoted by the empire itself.
The author explains it well.
Der deutsche Arbeiter kann eine Frau sein, kann nichtbinär sein, kann in der Türkei oder in Syrien oder sonstwo geboren sein.
Der deutsche Arbeiter kann jede Hautfarbe, jede Religion und jede körperliche Besonderheit haben.
Der deutsche Arbeiter kann arbeitslos oder im Ruhestand sein, kann Krank oder zu stark eingeschränkt zum Arbeiten sein.
Wir sind deutsche Arbeiter.
Wir lassen uns nicht mehr ausnutzen.
I might need to update on my current reading habits and political ideology:
- washington bullets - v. prashad
- black shirts & reds - m. parenti
- imperialism, the highest stage of capitalism - v.i. lenin
- left communism, an infantile disorder - v.i. lenin
- foundations of marxism leninism - j. Stalin
From these, i derived the following facts:
- monopoly capitalism is satan
- the cia is worse than any spy movie
- the reich was an experiment by capitalists
- nato is a covert continuation
So today I opened #loops again, got logged out and cant log in again. Just getting "error" with no description.
I thought, maybe I need an update. Looked in fdroid: nothing, google store: nothing. Like, no app. Not only no update.
Moreover: there are more than 100 apps that are displayed instead of loops. Not a great situation, sadly.
The help page of loops shows 404. I'm on lineageOS without google services (duh!). Anyone have an idea how to proceed before I look on git?
One of the most underrated but great solutions for #repairability and #privacy in #entertainment devices is #kodi.📺
With Kodi you can use any old computer, raspberry pi or laptop to run your #smarttv completely private and independent from big tech.🖥️
It of course is #opensource and has hundreds if not thousands of addons (which are also open source).
It's a healthy alternative to #firetv and #appletv and to your native smarttv apps.
Get or make one today! 💖
Finally! I managed to get the custom instance option into the #peertube #kodi plugin! :)🎉
I might wait with the official release since someone was so nice to make a PR for favorite instances! I'll likely try to merge that wirst.
But you can git clone the repo from https://forge.giftedmc.com/haui/plugin.video.pt
#Deutschland ist quasi das letzte (sowieso, aber anderes thema) europäische Land dass hinter dem völkermordenden israel steht und es gibt immernoch deutsche, die aktiv versuchen gegen #palestina solidarität vorzugehen, sie zu verunglimpfen und "beide seiten zu betrachten".
Die Sachlage ist glasklar. Wir sehen den #Völkermord live, in Farbe und teilweise sogar in 4k. Selbst die Regierung von #Israel spricht offen über ihre Vertreibungs- und Auslöschungspläne.
Neutralität ist hier fehl am platz.
Falls ihr euch fragt wie es auf dem weg zum #faschismus in #deutschland so läuft:
Vor rund einer Woche wurde Marxismus quasi (wieder) verboten.
Das Bvg entschied dass die marxistische Lehre nicht mit der demokratischen Grundordnung vereinbar sei.
Ihr wisst schon, die Idee dass Menschen grundlegend alle gleich sind und die Früchte ihrer Arbeit verdient haben.
Das war schon mal so. Als #hitler an die Macht kam.
Ich wollts nur mal sagen. Da "wählt" sich so schnell auch keiner mehr raus.
Anybody here who understands #Marxism AND Code #licensing? Whats the closest to the marxist idea of breaking wage theft and worker exploitation?
So far I'm thinking GPL might be closest but I'm not really sure. :)
