• sleepykitten@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
    10·
    6 days ago

    Fuck the academia gatekeeping and paywalling. Isn’t science supposed to be open source so people can learn from it and advance it fuck this shit man fuck capitalism.

  • TabularTuxedo@lemmygrad.ml
    8·
    6 days ago

    On one hand, it’s nice to be young. On the other hand, it’s annoying as hell to be treated as a child whenever I deviate from doomerism.

    • cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml
      14·
      6 days ago

      There is nothing more childish than doomerism. Doomerism is easy. (Realist) optimism takes effort. Doomerism is a way to avoid having to deal with the emotional pain of disappointment, it gives you license to do nothing and pat yourself on the back when things don’t work out. An adult understands that disappointment is part of life, but that the only mature choice is to keep trying.

      As Gramsci said, as revolutionaries we must have pessimism of the intellect but optimism of the will.

      • Damarcusart [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
        10·
        6 days ago

        I appreciate this, I needed to read something like this today. It’s hard dealing with people who seem almost joyful that horrible things are happening because it allows them to pat themselves on the back like you said instead of actually looking into the why of a situation and trying to understand it better. It just leads back to empty liberal “good guys vs bad guys” great man history narratives where we, the people, are just the audience to history.

  • TabularTuxedo@lemmygrad.ml
    8·
    6 days ago

    Any sufficiently advanced anarchist revolution is indistinguishable from a socialist revolution. – Vladimir Lenin, probably

  • pronounced ɱɐɢ @lemmygrad.ml
    9·
    7 days ago

    I was thinking about making a post in ask lemmygrad about people’s reactionary takes that they still held.

    Then I realised that if I were to do so, even if I tried to prevent a flame war (ergo not relating to AI, or other contested topics on grad), the mere notion of reactionary takes will start a flame war all on their own.

    I admit it was partly so I could vent about some traumatic things that are still bothering me, but writing this I know it’s healthier to talk about them directly, but there is still a part of me preventing myself from talking about my issues with anyone, or even directly addressing things (in the sense of things that could cause conflict, as I am utterly terrified of it).

    If anyone is still willing to share a reactionary take or two, do so here, but please keep rule 3 in mind at all times. I’ll avoid commenting on those takes.

    • Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml
      11·
      7 days ago

      As Marxists if we knew ideas were reactionary we would not cling to them. Its like asking what unknown unknowns we have.

    • chinawatcherwatcher@lemmygrad.ml
      8·
      7 days ago

      i am super guarded with personal information i share here, but it’s also often a space that people are welcoming and supportive. ultimately, do whatever you feel comfortable with

      and yeah, part of the problem with reactionary takes is that there’s debate on what those are now, and people are unlikely to be self-critical enough to believe they have reactionary takes haha. it’s kind of a dilemma

      • pronounced ɱɐɢ @lemmygrad.ml
        7·
        7 days ago

        It’s partly in light of recent events (why the the rule 3 pin was put up), and partly because I believe that we should always be striving to eliminate our own as well as collective reactionary rhetoric. Though on another hand, in the best-case scenario, we could use this as an opporunity for selfcrit and development of our ideas.

        • KrupskayaPraxis@lemmygrad.ml
          5·
          7 days ago

          I agree, although it’s hard for people to know what their reactionary positions are and in what degree they are allowed to disagree

    • ArcticFoxSmiles@lemmygrad.ml
      7·
      7 days ago

      Everyone here is a Marxist-Leninist and choosing to support the ML means to do away with reactionary positions. I myself used to be conservative and then right-wing libertarian and so used to have reactionary takes, but I have choose to do away with them as well.

    • amemorablename@lemmygrad.ml
      6·
      7 days ago

      A sort of silly one that I think of is probably my interest in fashion (silly in that it’s a pretty minor thing overall). Though I’m not sure it’d be called reactionary, so much as individualist. Anyway, the individualist brain worms part is that a part of me holds onto some of the stuff about good fashion = cool, important, good status. Stuff like that. Not to say I’d consciously treat somebody different on account of fashion, but unconsciously is harder to say.

      I don’t tend to embrace fashion much in RL because I don’t really have the money to throw at fashion, so it’s mainly been a thing I’ve expressed in video games, historically. This isn’t to say the entirety of my interest in fashion is individualist bougie thought, but some part of it is. I don’t think there’s anything inherently wrong with being interested in fashion and understanding the practice of it could go toward collectivist causes too, such as in uniforms in a war or design that seeks to promote a certain kind of culture. But I haven’t really put my interest in it toward that, so it’s kind of just this old paradigm hobby.

  • rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml
    33·
    12 days ago

    Wow Lula won! Not bad.

    Even though I dislike him because of what he did to Venezuela with BRICS, he is a better choice than Bozonazi.

    • KrupskayaPraxis@lemmygrad.ml
      19·
      12 days ago

      Yeah, the left hasn’t reached their full potential in Brazil yet. But at least the communist movement has space to grow now. Especially if Lula decides to ban Meta

    • Makan@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
      9·
      12 days ago

      Well, uh, I know comrades have opinions about Pedro Sanchez here in Spain, but I am kinda hoping the snap elections don’t result in a right-wing victory at the moment. 😭😭

        • Makan@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
          3·
          9 days ago

          Just now getting my insurance. I hope they don’t change anything about how to become a full Spanish citizen later (I am only an EU citizen atm)

          • Maeve@kbin.earth
            4·
            9 days ago

            Think positive thoughts, be prepared for anything. I have the utmost confidence in your ability to navigate complexities and heal, simultaneously. Of course, I want to take concerns seriously, and you can address them, with online and 3D comrades, a therapist with whom you work well, all of the above. Always with an eye toward, “I’ve come through the worst. I am strong, healthy, getting better, and things will work out for me!”

            It may sound a little doubtful to you at tomes, but as Sun Tzu noted, the battle is won and lost before we’re ever on the field.

            I love you, dear comrade, and I’m glad that rather than remain paralyzed by fear, doubt, denial, rage, you are finding a way to make the most of your available options. That takes real courage, strength, taming the inner beast. I am so proud of you!

            And maybe one day we can meet in 3D. I would be honored and love to meet my sister and friend in real life.

  • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmygrad.ml
    24·
    12 days ago

    Have a great week, everyone! Be sure to wear weather-appropriate clothing as the seasons change where you live!

    As always, communism will win.

  • rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml
    23·
    11 days ago

    Mbappe got metaphorically smacked very beautifully by China due to his disrespectful comments regarding Mao Zedong.

    • 小莱卡@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
      17·
      11 days ago

      I love it tho Mbappe is not that terrible politically as other footballers so it kinda sucks it happened to him. But props to China for putting a stop to the infantile and malicious slander of their political figures, lie after lie turned the characterization of Mao as a dictador in the west while Mao is widely loved in his country.

      • rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml
        18·
        11 days ago

        Honestly, it is good that he was made an example. It feels nice when libs can’t get away with their anticommunist slanders.

  • SlayGuevara@lemmygrad.ml
    22·
    12 days ago

    Life is happening fast right now. On the plus side I feel the most alive I have in years. On the downside I have an anxiety disorder that likes to punch me in the throat.

    I am starting therapy soon, though, so I hope it can help me in my eternal struggle against my own brain.

    • Maeve@kbin.earth
      10·
      12 days ago

      I’m sorry for that, Comrade. I wish you swift success in slaying that “demon.”

      Wishing everyone a good week