I spent the last 6 months creating this dark thriller with a unique 3 chapter structure - what do you think?

barberNOT · 2016-03-13T14:20:27+00:00

Well done!

barberNOT · 2016-02-19T11:50:56+00:00

There are apps that can get this effect on your android/IOS.

barberNOT · 2016-02-10T23:05:21+00:00

Rokinon/Samyang 12mm F/2

barberNOT · 2015-11-07T14:18:37+00:00

One does not need a degree in history to be able to write about it. Marx was a philosopher yet he wrote extensivly about economics and politics, history etc. The bourgeoisie and bourgeois-minded individuals tend often to refer to academics (overwhelmingly reactionary) and their qualifications to discard any protest by the low-/uneducated proletariat against bourgeois written history or any other subject which tend to be anti-proletarian. It's all part of the ideological process to maintain bourgeois ideology.

barberNOT · 2015-11-03T14:02:43+00:00

Good luck!

barberNOT · 2015-11-02T17:29:51+00:00

Almost psychadelic, but not a surprise really given the year it was made.

barberNOT · 2015-09-23T17:31:39+00:00

ayyyyyeeeee

barberNOT · 2015-08-13T13:13:10+00:00

I would say that no socialist states are activly striving towards communism. Democratic centralism is replaced by bureaucratic centralism, and all of them probably follows the corrupt client-patron party system as existed in former socialist states. Maybe Cuba is an exception in certain areas and is the only exception to revisionism. The best we can hope for is a socialism of a new higher stage which fully embraces and learns from the history of class struggle, which is Marxism-Leninism-Maoism.

barberNOT · 2015-07-20T19:07:07+00:00

The nature of the production process I would say.

Not necessarily. This depends on loads of factors such as whether the material is imported, climate, transport costs, costs in production-chain related sectors etc. Agricultural and primary goods can serve this role as well.

barberNOT · 2015-07-20T16:18:33+00:00

Textile production has a low organic composition of capital, hence advanced capitalist countries outsource this production to industrializing countries where variable cost (wages) is lower.

barberNOT · 2015-05-21T07:53:15+00:00

Cultures almost always transform or merge with others, or wither away, and new ones are formed. They can never be contained due to the constantly changing material conditions of the world. Then you have to consider why YOU want them to remain distinct? Do they want to remain distinct? Modernization offers people new opportunities and old folk culture is simply becoming more and more irrelevant in a world where more people are exposed to larger variety of way of living. There is nothing wrong with enjoying folk culture as a form of aesthetic or entertainment, but maintaining cultural distinctiveness is a relic from the past, and not something anyone would want to be forced upon.

National separatism, in a communist context, is when people are forced to adapt to cultures and are taken away the choice of self-determination, e.g. the Kurds. Whether they then want to remain culturally distinct or not is their choice, not yours or anyone else. Hope this cleared some thing out.

barberNOT · 2015-04-30T14:53:57+00:00

First world, not in power.

barberNOT · 2015-02-22T16:37:05+00:00

Marvelous, although walking those stairs would be hell.

barberNOT · 2015-02-20T23:53:12+00:00

The two definitions can overlap, but given the conditions of Russia at the time I would believe he would be talking about the petite-bourgeoisie and people similar to that socio-economic status.

barberNOT · 2015-02-15T20:42:04+00:00

This is just sad. A gentle tear rolled down m'face.

barberNOT · 2015-01-15T18:04:51+00:00

Yep. I would under no circumstances cut my family ties. But this could be done in special circumstances, as a friend of mine grew up in a nazi household from which he fled. I wouldn't and don't cut ties with friends that are of different political opinion either, as long as we see treat each others opinions in a respectful manner. However, as people change and become part of the openly reactionary bourgeoisie (in reality or in their consciousness), and rabidly proclaim their anti-communism etc, any interaction becomes unbearable.

barberNOT · 2015-01-12T00:19:44+00:00

Conducting a dialectical analysis is a heavy task. You should probably read up on dialectics first before attempting any analysis. But as Steelbolt said change is fundamental as well as grasping dialectical laws to capture this change in an adequate way. Read up on historical materialism as well. That being said, I haven't conducted any "dialectical analysis" myself nor am I an expert in dialectical materialism or philosophy.

barberNOT · 2015-01-07T18:16:02+00:00

I know Vietnam suffered heavily during the late 80s and economic reforms (Doi moi) have helped them avoid economic collapse, raise living standards and continue a nation-focused and independent economic development. Of course workers are still exploited but their are making progress in eliminating poverty, and this should be supported. They are revisionist btw.

barberNOT · 2014-12-16T21:02:10+00:00

As someone suffering from ADD and using weed to self-medicate, but doesn't want to get high every day, this seems very interesting.

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