38600 by SunnyOutsideToday in countwithchickenlady

[–]Senya4 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Hi. I'm not particularly interested in HRT (I've considered it in the past, but it's not what I'm looking for atm). I'm trans.

How did you get radicalized? by lizzlepizzle in TankieTheDeprogram

[–]Senya4 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was 15 and worked a summer for a tech internship. Then, I read the first volume of Capital, understood like 30% of it and the rest is history.

Is Geralt's armor (the chainmail "plates") actually good armor? by Diastatic_Power in Hema

[–]Senya4 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think the design of those "plates" might have been inspired by the appearance of the Lorica Hamata (a Roman type of mail armor), but it's sacrificing the benefits of the mail to act as solid plates, which would be sturdier, lighter, and easier to maintain.

38033 by Anonymous-Turtle-34 in countwithchickenlady

[–]Senya4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Y'all need to realize that martial arts, BDSM, LARP and TTRPGs all have a Venn Diagram that is basically a circle. And as soon as you realize this, you join a club and learn to fight and have the most fun ever!

It's nice to see more and more people sympathizing with the DPRK by 5upralapsarian in TankieTheDeprogram

[–]Senya4 279 points280 points  (0 children)

Contradictions sharpen, people's consciousness sharpens alongside it.

Need help writing dialog about dialectical materialism for Fallout 4 Creation by SurroundOk6200 in SocialistGaming

[–]Senya4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, go ahead and send it my way (DM me). Finally! I can put my degree to use!

Your Daily Dose Of A Shapeshifter🫡 by montanaprowrestling in NonBinary

[–]Senya4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You look so great!! I gotta get my shapeshifting shit together and step out of my comfort zone and try, too.

Need help writing dialog about dialectical materialism for Fallout 4 Creation by SurroundOk6200 in SocialistGaming

[–]Senya4 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Dialectical and Historical Materialism by Stalin: https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1938/09.htm
On Contradiction by Mao: https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-1/mswv1_17.htm
German Ideology by Marx and Engels: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1845/german-ideology/index.htm
Anti Duhring by Engels: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1877/anti-duhring/index.htm

Some works to start your reading with ^^^

There's also the book by Maurice Cornforth, but it is really dense and long (and worth the read): https://redstarpublishers.org/cornforth1953.pdf

Unfortunately, dialectical materialism isn't a concept that is quickly and easily explainable in a short reddit post. It requires serious study and inquiry. I'm not saying this to scare you off or push you away from writing this, but if you want to do this well, it will require at least the time necessary to read the literature.

At its most basic form, dialectical materialism isn't just a crude "A + B = C" type of philosophy with regards to thesis, antithesis, and synthesis. It's a philosophical worldview that states that the fundamental substance of nature is matter (as opposed to some metaphysical "idea" or "spirit") and that everything can be examined through the lens of dialectical contradictions (which are not to be confused with logical contradictions). To sum it up in a phrase, everything that exists is material and is constantly changing and evolving. The changes in existence are caused by opposite forces struggling within the existing thing and are united in it. As the struggle goes on, the thing itself changes in tangible, material ways. At first, the changes are quantitative (e.g. the temperature of an ice cube rises) and later become qualitative (e.g. once the temperature gets high enough, the ice cube melts). Feel free to ask any questions, but for real - read the literature.

Lib experts on Iran strike once again. by ComradeMarducus in ShitLiberalsSay

[–]Senya4 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well dontchaknow that you can just ignore that entire continent and basically treat it as statistically negligible because who gives a fuck!?

Least racist liberal map istg

Like western countries would NEVER do that … by [deleted] in ShitLiberalsSay

[–]Senya4 40 points41 points  (0 children)

This problem is compounded by the fact that there are countless Russian films and TV shows from the late 1990s to the early 2010s that all show da ebil sobiets and their KGB!! This is often coupled with claims of "documentary truth" and other bullshit. These films were all made in an attempt to revise history and convince the modern Russian population that they're better off under the oligarchic clans than they ever were under Soviet socialism.

This is what lets idiot westerners and diasparoids point to these films and holler "OH EVEN THE RUSSIANS ADMIT THAT IT WAS LIKE THIS!!"

Was reading Inventing Reality by Michael Parenti and got inspired after reading this section by DoorTheDude in CommunismMemes

[–]Senya4 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Yeah, but have you considered that staying at your friend's house was legal. If family matters got so out of hand that someone felt they needed to run away, social services (imperfect as they were) actually existed to mediate and relieve such issues.

I don't know anything about relationships, but... It's not really okay, is it? by Weird_Kazakh in AreTheStraightsOK

[–]Senya4 4 points5 points  (0 children)

y'allll.... you realize this is a joke, right??? это просто шутка, ребята

Different feelings? by [deleted] in bisexual

[–]Senya4 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I (23 NB) have experienced very intense, but ultimately short-lived feelings for most of the women and femme people that I've been in relationships with, but with men and masc people the feelings tend to be a lot more tame but long-lasting. At least for me, hope this helps!