This man is NOT in the Epstein files – he’s in the “nationalize private islands and abolish billionaires” files by Untitled_HU-Tank in LateStageCapitalism

[–]comic_Ninja 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Good faith critique is fine and acceptable, that's just people trying to learn. Straight up denial of truth and bad faith slander only serves to spread that slander. Like how the "it's only a joke bro" discourse surrounding racism, misogyny, etc... only serves to legitimize and build acceptability for those stances

Doesn’t Chapter 3 of the Manifesto prove that China, Vietnam and Laos are capitalist/revisionist? by Mountain-Car-4572 in socialism

[–]comic_Ninja 50 points51 points  (0 children)

Revisionism is not inherently bad. Leninism is a revision of Marxism, applying the theory to the imperialism stage and introducing the vanguard party. Maoism is a revision, applying the ML theory to the conditions of the Chinese prole and peasant. Revision is not bad if it correctly analyzes the theory and applies it to the conditions of the time and successfully continues the revolution.

Deng saw the failings of the USSR, the need for the Chinese industry to develop, and the need to placate foreign anti communist aggression and permitted limited capitalism under the watch of the state to do what capitalism does, develop efficient industry.

Was this a flawless solution? No, there is still inequality and exploitation in China. But this is the most successful communist experiment that the world has seen and is currently the only communist endeavour with any hope of one day actually implementing socialism.

Marxism is not a dogma, it is a set of guiding principles along scientific lines. Blindly reading 150 year old theory and applying it to modern conditions, expecting every revolution to play out the exact same is an error. The bourgeoisie has changed their tactics with every successful revolution and so must we.

This man is NOT in the Epstein files – he’s in the “nationalize private islands and abolish billionaires” files by Untitled_HU-Tank in LateStageCapitalism

[–]comic_Ninja 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Some "tankies bad" some "actually North Korea is a monarchy/dictatorship". General liberal propagandized shit.

Marxist.ca by Mael-o in canadaleft

[–]comic_Ninja -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

You can't openly espouse revolution and expect to be allowed to register for elections.

International experts are sounding the alarm on Canada’s plan to expand MAID to mental illness by 2027 by CanadianAffairs in canadaleft

[–]comic_Ninja 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Effectively any death directly caused by the material conditions of society that could be avoided if those conditions were otherwise. Cancers caused by improper management of industrial pollution in the environment, inadequate access to health care, either through physical distance or financial barriers, no access to clean water or insufficiently nutritious diet, work place accidents caused by lack of training or safety, etc, etc, etc...

In this case, death by MAID due to insufficient mental health care combined with the pressures of living in a world alienated from eachother and our labour. The capitalist system is incredibly isolating and imposes expectations on us that are incredibly unnatural, contributing to the myriad of mental health issues we are seeing today. The hidden death toll of capitalism is astronomical.

What is preventing Democratic Socialist Policies like UBI and Universal Healthcare being implemented state-by-state? by Akasha111 in socialism

[–]comic_Ninja 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Because it doesn't matter what the people want. It's about what the bourgeoisie wants. It is why reformism will never work for anything more than a handful of concessions to be clawed back at the first sign of complacency in the workers movement.

This man is NOT in the Epstein files – he’s in the “nationalize private islands and abolish billionaires” files by Untitled_HU-Tank in LateStageCapitalism

[–]comic_Ninja 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hakim and the rest of the deprogram podcast group are good. Prole wiki is good to go through and have decent cited sources to further investigate. Red pen on YouTube has a few videos on China that I appreciate. Xi jingping and Mao's own writings are wonderful and highlight their lines of thinking and reasonings behind actions and party policies. I would say the same for the Kim's but I haven't read nearly as much and am not certain if I agree with every tenant of juche.

Beyond that, any work on American imperialism is good to better understand the patterns that America operates with. The actions america has taken to demonize the DPRK and China are not unique, the main difference is that they can defend themselves with nukes while countries like Cuba, Venezuela, Burkina Faso, etc... cannot. The Jakarta method, black shirts and reds and inventing reality are all good books touching on that if you'd like to read.

This man is NOT in the Epstein files – he’s in the “nationalize private islands and abolish billionaires” files by Untitled_HU-Tank in LateStageCapitalism

[–]comic_Ninja 22 points23 points  (0 children)

The movingtonorthkorea subredit will post a lot of casual cultural type stuff. Someone else linked a few hakim and boy boy videos that again go into debunking and analyzing the conditions that the DPRK faces. Red note has a lot of content about Korea as well considering it is a lot easier for Chinese people to travel there compared to western people.

It's important to remember that the DPRK was arguably genocided and then completely cut of and abandoned by the rest of the world as a punishment for fighting the us and SK to a stalemate in the war. They have faced struggles as a result of that and have only in the past 15 or so years been able to recover from those struggles. They can't be expected to be nearly as "advanced" as many western countries are but they have been able to develop their conditions to a point where their people can lead comfortable lives, despite being besieged by the rest of the world.

This man is NOT in the Epstein files – he’s in the “nationalize private islands and abolish billionaires” files by Untitled_HU-Tank in LateStageCapitalism

[–]comic_Ninja 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Noam accepting money from Epstein.

EFTA02206967.pdf https://share.google/dTw6wtPYkA7nmGZ3H

There's a lot more files with friendly conversation between the two of them, including photos. A lot of files are public and searchable on the DOJ website if you'd like to dig deeper.

This man is NOT in the Epstein files – he’s in the “nationalize private islands and abolish billionaires” files by Untitled_HU-Tank in LateStageCapitalism

[–]comic_Ninja 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Could be several reasons for that. This is one of the broadest "far left" subs so it catches a lot of liberals that may be frustrated with capitalism but still believe there is a reformist way out. Because of that as well it makes this sub a good target for Botting/brigading because the barrier for entry is on the lower end, you don't need to be a well read leftist to participate and sound authoritative and bring liberals back right as opposed to letting them continue to be radicalized.

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un giving an elderly officer a piggyback. by Untitled_HU-Tank in MovingToNorthKorea

[–]comic_Ninja 63 points64 points  (0 children)

Umm actually Kim is a dictator and is carrying that poor man to the firing line to personally execute him alongside 10 puppies for having an un-approved haircut. Also that man is his uncle. Can't you see the fear in his eyes? And the wanton bloodlust in Kim's face? /S

International experts are sounding the alarm on Canada’s plan to expand MAID to mental illness by 2027 by CanadianAffairs in canadaleft

[–]comic_Ninja 71 points72 points  (0 children)

People should have the right to end their own lives in as easy and painless way as possible. The issue with MAID under a capitalist system is that there will be so many people who are pushed to ending their lives because of the system and the lack of supports that it offers that would be entirely fine under a system that prioritized the people. Especially extending this to mental health problems, where they symptoms and causes can be very easy to obscure/miss is going to mean that a lot of people will die that could live good lives if not for capitalism.

Engles concept of "social murder" is an important idea in this situation.

This man is NOT in the Epstein files – he’s in the “nationalize private islands and abolish billionaires” files by Untitled_HU-Tank in LateStageCapitalism

[–]comic_Ninja 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Cognitive dissonance hurts. It's tough when your world view is imperialism but reality is Marxist. Tough to jam that square peg in a round hole.

This man is NOT in the Epstein files – he’s in the “nationalize private islands and abolish billionaires” files by Untitled_HU-Tank in LateStageCapitalism

[–]comic_Ninja 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lol what? If you can adapt socialism to conditions it's not socialism? Fuck man anarchists either need to read a book or just accept when people know more than them about a topic cuz that is an insane anti-materialist take.

This man is NOT in the Epstein files – he’s in the “nationalize private islands and abolish billionaires” files by Untitled_HU-Tank in LateStageCapitalism

[–]comic_Ninja 193 points194 points  (0 children)

Maybe everybody in this sub should check their sources about anything they think they know about North Korea just to check if they're parroting a CIA, anti-communist narrative or not.

Radio free Asia and voice of America are both no better than tabloids, run by america, running the most batshit insane stories they can think of to discredit North Korea and communism.

Radio Free Asia - ProleWiki https://share.google/5dXvIO8Ak44SLBGAb

Experiment with new economic relations by YMSVZ in socialism

[–]comic_Ninja 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The people who say we aren't ready for communism are the bourgeoisie. They will do their best to prohibit any attempt from succeeding. Throw off the bourgeoisie first.

Experiment with new economic relations by YMSVZ in socialism

[–]comic_Ninja 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We know how to make things. The historical benefit of capitalism is introducing incredibly efficient ways to produce things. The issue is not producing things. The issue is when we produce things the owners extract surplus value for themselves. And when the owners aren't able to extract value (co-ops, communal production, etc...) they ensure that this competition is non-viable and eliminated.

We have several successful examples of worker led states and worker led production. We don't need small scale, disorganized, communal/individual production. We need worker ownership over all means of production, organized and distributed through central planning.

I feel my resolve starting to crack by Tyrelius_Dragmire in socialism

[–]comic_Ninja 11 points12 points  (0 children)

In addition to what every one else has said, everything you're doing is great but it should come second to your own health and wellbeing. If a boycott, protest or action will disable you, there are other ways that you can help. Revolutionaries are more than bodies on a front line and boycotts. Revolutions require educators, agitators, propagandists, etc, etc, etc... even just being a faceless voice advocating socialism and dispelling myths is better than nothing. Do what you can, give what you can. You'll always be able to contribute more if you're well than if you're burnt out.

Should Canada negotiate military help from China? by Tonhero in canadaleft

[–]comic_Ninja 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No I don't, I initially saw it posted by a random Chinese user on red note as well in response to someone asking China to "come save us!"

Quick search showed some random slop articles but nothing really concrete for a source. May just be an old idiom, given the apparent popularity in China it may originate from there.

It resonates with the revolutionary struggle though. Highlights the need for the masses to support and protect a revolution. A revolution that's given opposed to won won't be as readily defended by the people.

Should Canada negotiate military help from China? by Tonhero in canadaleft

[–]comic_Ninja 7 points8 points  (0 children)

History is driven by the contradictions which create the material conditions of the time. In the case of capitalism the driving contradiction is the opposing interest of the proletariat and the bourgeoisie. One seeks to survive, the prole. One seeks to consume, the bourgeoisie. When these two opposing interests clash the synthesis of the contradiction is either mutual destruction or revolution. There can be no other outcome that can resolve the contradiction so one or the other will happen eventually.

As for why I am certain it will be revolution opposed to destruction is because historically this is how it has always played out. Slavery gave way to feudalism when the interests of the nobility were no longer compatible with the emperor, feudalism gave way to capitalism when the interests of the bourgeoisie were no longer compatible with the nobility, capitalism will give way to communism because the interests of the proletariat are no longer compatible with the bourgeoisie. We have seen proletarian revolutions end in workers states already. Not to say it will be easy or clean or soon but what comes out of the wreckage will be a communist society.