• UlyssesT [he/him]
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    1 month ago

    What I’m saying to you this morning is communism forgets that life is individual. Capitalism forgets that life is social. And the kingdom of brotherhood is found neither in the thesis of communism nor the antithesis of capitalism, but in a higher synthesis. It is found in a higher synthesis that combines the truths of both.

    centrist NOOOOO

    • Postletarian [none/use name]
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      1 month ago

      Cornel West is the same. You sometimes hear him talk and you think "what a wonderful human being" and then he says something that makes you want to poke your eyes out...

      I'll stick to Lenin for inspiration, thank you very much.

      • UlyssesT [he/him]
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        1 month ago

        I'll stick to Lenin for inspiration, thank you very much.

        Lenin used to have struggle sessions with his own wife where he argued (a bit like a modern STEMbro) that librarians and teachers weren't legitimate workers and should be somehow phased out of society. His wife changed his mind over time.

        I never forgot that once I learned about that.