ArjinFerman
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ArjinFerman
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6hr ago
After 100 years of scientific and technological progress, the workers are not starving any more, how great!
Something that the commies were struggling with despite the same technological progress...
Communism was never about higher pay and longer lunch breaks for proletarians, and it was ever less about wokeness and LGBTQ+. It was about building new world, world free of all oppression and exploitation
I know communism includes some crazy utopians thinking the oceans will turn to lemonade, but I thought it also had some hard-headed people mostly preoccupied with the material conditions of the working class.
Also totalitarian states running on command economies are not what I'd call "free of all oppression and exploitation".
Most of the interview is about the vanished world of interwar Europe, but here is how he feels about modernity.
Yeah, and if an early Christian managed to live 10 centuries I'm pretty sure he'd say how fucking awesome it is that we converted all the heathens. Most of what he's saying sounds pretty copey.
ArjinFerman
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11hr ago
I think the bigger issue is that there really isn't a Palestinian people.
Now do Ukraine. Or America for that matter.
ArjinFerman
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15hr ago
If, for example, first century Christian fell asleep for 1000 years and woke up in 11th century, what would he think?
What would communist from 1926 think about world of 2026?
A fascinating difference in standards between the to worldviews you're using here. If you asked for a description of "capitalism stomping the workers of the world to the dirt", would a 1926 communist describe a world where hunger essentially isn't a concern, the common man having access to healthcare that was beyond the reach of emperors at the time, yada, yada, yada? Don't get me wrong, I have lots of problems with modern capitalism, but the idea that early Christians would find be revolted by 11th century, but OG, materialism-obsessed, communists would think anything other than that they must have died and gone to heaven upon seeing the modern world, is a bit rich.
ArjinFerman
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15hr ago
They monetarily pay terrorist organizations.
So does the US, so does Israel. Can we stop with the pearl clutching, please?
Maybe all these solar panels can be converted into a giant Archimedes' Mirror?
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