DialecticalWaves
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i dunno i feel like one of the most common lib posts is 'this isnt capitalism anymore its something new and THIS is the real bad thing' when really its just capitalism functioning normally
November 13, 2025 at 1:50 PM
i dunno i feel like one of the most common lib posts is 'this isnt capitalism anymore its something new and THIS is the real bad thing' when really its just capitalism functioning normally
yup marx is absolutely right here. did you understand what i said? capital pursuit of state power is in service of the pursuit of accumulation. it doesnt contradict anything marx said in that passage or in any other that im aware of.
October 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
yup marx is absolutely right here. did you understand what i said? capital pursuit of state power is in service of the pursuit of accumulation. it doesnt contradict anything marx said in that passage or in any other that im aware of.
marxism fails instantly when you realize people sometimes put worms on hooks to catch fish instead of takin a big ol bite out of that delicious juicy worm theyve already got
October 27, 2025 at 12:23 PM
marxism fails instantly when you realize people sometimes put worms on hooks to catch fish instead of takin a big ol bite out of that delicious juicy worm theyve already got
this is just a false dichotomy. the seeking of state power serves profit seeking. marx understood very well that capital accumulates through political structures which youd know if you read marx instead of asking ai to find you a quote marx made that sounds like it supports your point
October 27, 2025 at 12:09 PM
this is just a false dichotomy. the seeking of state power serves profit seeking. marx understood very well that capital accumulates through political structures which youd know if you read marx instead of asking ai to find you a quote marx made that sounds like it supports your point
'math', as you say, is a modern tool to extract surplus value but it isnt the foundation. capital accumulation is and always has been built on exploitation. obscuring that exploitation is good for capital
August 4, 2025 at 3:35 PM
'math', as you say, is a modern tool to extract surplus value but it isnt the foundation. capital accumulation is and always has been built on exploitation. obscuring that exploitation is good for capital
capital somehow managed to take over and dominate the world well before the bureau of labor statistics published their first jobs report. some sectors may rely on that data but the long term goal of the bourgeoisie is maintaining their control
August 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
capital somehow managed to take over and dominate the world well before the bureau of labor statistics published their first jobs report. some sectors may rely on that data but the long term goal of the bourgeoisie is maintaining their control
there isn't really a contradiction between maintaining white supremacy and serving capital interests. white supremacy is constitutive of racial capitalism (read Black Marxism by Cedric Robinson)
August 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
there isn't really a contradiction between maintaining white supremacy and serving capital interests. white supremacy is constitutive of racial capitalism (read Black Marxism by Cedric Robinson)
i think you got confused somehow? capital depends on obscuring exploitation. in this sense the trump white house is serving capital very well by undermining faith in economic data. there's no contradiction there
August 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
i think you got confused somehow? capital depends on obscuring exploitation. in this sense the trump white house is serving capital very well by undermining faith in economic data. there's no contradiction there
an unfortunate amount of people
July 5, 2025 at 7:07 PM
an unfortunate amount of people
i think the emphasis has to be on the profit part. the work of millions of artists is vacuumed up to create tools that replace them in order to generate private profit. millions of artists own works are weaponized against them.
June 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
i think the emphasis has to be on the profit part. the work of millions of artists is vacuumed up to create tools that replace them in order to generate private profit. millions of artists own works are weaponized against them.
jamesons description of postmodernism as the cultural logic of late capitalism is so devastatingly accurate
June 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
jamesons description of postmodernism as the cultural logic of late capitalism is so devastatingly accurate
this is literally one of the first things marx and engels explain in the communist manifesto lmao. "Our epoch, the epoch of the bourgeoisie, possesses, however, this
distinct feature: it has simplified class antagonisms."
distinct feature: it has simplified class antagonisms."
June 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
this is literally one of the first things marx and engels explain in the communist manifesto lmao. "Our epoch, the epoch of the bourgeoisie, possesses, however, this
distinct feature: it has simplified class antagonisms."
distinct feature: it has simplified class antagonisms."
this is an overly rigid interpretation. social existence is broader than that. gramsci's explanation of cultural hegemony shows how social relationships like your church your union and your family shape how class position is lived and how this generates false consciousness
June 20, 2025 at 4:20 PM
this is an overly rigid interpretation. social existence is broader than that. gramsci's explanation of cultural hegemony shows how social relationships like your church your union and your family shape how class position is lived and how this generates false consciousness
it is incoherent to treat ones social relationships as divorced from material position yeah. but if its grounded materially in the way i explained then i think it works as a paraphrase of marx. man's social existence determines his consciousness
June 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
it is incoherent to treat ones social relationships as divorced from material position yeah. but if its grounded materially in the way i explained then i think it works as a paraphrase of marx. man's social existence determines his consciousness
this is all correct and totally consistent with marxist analysis. but note that social relations have a material basis and that cultural hegemony operates through material institutions
i think you mightve stumbled into the marxist position by arguing against a strawman of marxism
i think you mightve stumbled into the marxist position by arguing against a strawman of marxism
June 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
this is all correct and totally consistent with marxist analysis. but note that social relations have a material basis and that cultural hegemony operates through material institutions
i think you mightve stumbled into the marxist position by arguing against a strawman of marxism
i think you mightve stumbled into the marxist position by arguing against a strawman of marxism
that doesnt answer the question. what determines which ideologies 'dominate that space'?
June 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
that doesnt answer the question. what determines which ideologies 'dominate that space'?
what determines which ideologies proliferate in a society?
why isnt the idea that its natural for a lord to dominate their serfs very prevalent anymore?
do you think the fall of feudalism and change of economic base might be relevant?
why isnt the idea that its natural for a lord to dominate their serfs very prevalent anymore?
do you think the fall of feudalism and change of economic base might be relevant?
June 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
what determines which ideologies proliferate in a society?
why isnt the idea that its natural for a lord to dominate their serfs very prevalent anymore?
do you think the fall of feudalism and change of economic base might be relevant?
why isnt the idea that its natural for a lord to dominate their serfs very prevalent anymore?
do you think the fall of feudalism and change of economic base might be relevant?
im sure this wont ever happen but on the off chance someone somewhere somehow mispresents marxism and makes some silly claim about historical materialism this passage does a good job of clarifying it
June 16, 2025 at 9:37 PM
im sure the bourgeoisie will be persuaded to cease existing as a class if enough people ask really nicely
June 16, 2025 at 2:12 AM
im sure the bourgeoisie will be persuaded to cease existing as a class if enough people ask really nicely
is it possible for high gdp to coexist with extreme exploitation, alienation, and inequality?
if high gdp is the result of capitalist imperialist core states relying on actively extracting wealth and resources from the global south, does that prove capitalism works or just exports its problems?
if high gdp is the result of capitalist imperialist core states relying on actively extracting wealth and resources from the global south, does that prove capitalism works or just exports its problems?
June 14, 2025 at 2:19 PM
is it possible for high gdp to coexist with extreme exploitation, alienation, and inequality?
if high gdp is the result of capitalist imperialist core states relying on actively extracting wealth and resources from the global south, does that prove capitalism works or just exports its problems?
if high gdp is the result of capitalist imperialist core states relying on actively extracting wealth and resources from the global south, does that prove capitalism works or just exports its problems?
"its all narrative (always serves the ruling class somehow)
people pick the narratives that personally appeal to them (human nature just randomly is fascist or class conscious)
theres no solution (not a failure of my world view just a fact)"
now you dont have to read any more liberal idealists
people pick the narratives that personally appeal to them (human nature just randomly is fascist or class conscious)
theres no solution (not a failure of my world view just a fact)"
now you dont have to read any more liberal idealists
June 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
is it really necessary that i use less academic language when im discussing theory with a fellow leftist? there cant be more than a handful of people reading this if that
June 4, 2025 at 2:25 AM
is it really necessary that i use less academic language when im discussing theory with a fellow leftist? there cant be more than a handful of people reading this if that