Y'all are the only instance making a honest effort to support Palestine. This is something i deeply appreciate. If y'all wanted to recommend reading to teach me about communism. I would appreciate that as well.

  • muddi [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    As long as capitalism has existed, it has had issues, often quite brutally so. There was and will always be resistance against these issues. Communists just have a coherent theory about these issues which recognizes that they are not resolvable within or by capitalism itself. In a sense, communism was always bound to arise as an anti-capitalist movement.

    Principles of Communism is a quick FAQ-like piece by Engels himself. It might be a little dated in language but hits on a lot of the main and secondary topics.

    • wheresmysurplusvalue [comrade/them]
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      1 year ago

      This idea is what finally pushed me into learning about communism. I spent several years learning liberal sociology in college, getting invested in things like medicare for all, free housing, socdem stuff. But when the black lives matter movement started, I realized that only communism provided a connection between these different issues in a coherent way. It was wild to learn how much I didn't know, and how much history I was unaware of, so many people who dedicated their lives to a systematic understanding and revolt against the current state of things.