I'm not a leftcom, I think there's a lot to rethink about orthodox Marxism from a revolutionary praxis sense, given that his predictions about the appearance of class consciousness never really played out, and will necessarily need to be rethought and refocused for different conditions (this is no different than Lenin or Mao's opinions on Marx's revolutionary praxis either, they also had to gut and rebuild it).
there’s a lot to rethink about orthodox Marxism from a revolutionary praxis sense, given that his predictions about the appearance of class consciousness never really played out
On this, we are completely agreed. I think our conclusions might be a bit divergent, though.
I think our conclusions might be a bit divergent, though.
Probably. I think the only way forward will be wresting the coercive control that the bourgeois have over us out of their hands before any revolutionary potential could be achieved. Until then, people are kept in neo-feudal alienation, in which we're surrounded by people but not community and every interaction we have with people is done through activities that make them an annoyance rather than a comrade. The suburbization of all of life, even if you don't live in suburbs. Mark Fisher had good ideas, drawing from the likes of Srnicek, and I'm not convinced that situationism is a dead end. As absurd as it sounds, the most spontaneous formation of community I've witnessed in the last decade has been when a company accidentally stumbled onto an app that sent people on situationist dérives. And that was a happy accident, I'd imagine something done with actual intent in building community bonds would be even more lasting.
Right, I think I'm done with this discussion.
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:agony-soviet: This, guys, gals, and enby pals, is why I don't like to argue with leftcoms. :bordiga-despair:
I'm not a leftcom, I think there's a lot to rethink about orthodox Marxism from a revolutionary praxis sense, given that his predictions about the appearance of class consciousness never really played out, and will necessarily need to be rethought and refocused for different conditions (this is no different than Lenin or Mao's opinions on Marx's revolutionary praxis either, they also had to gut and rebuild it).
On this, we are completely agreed. I think our conclusions might be a bit divergent, though.
Probably. I think the only way forward will be wresting the coercive control that the bourgeois have over us out of their hands before any revolutionary potential could be achieved. Until then, people are kept in neo-feudal alienation, in which we're surrounded by people but not community and every interaction we have with people is done through activities that make them an annoyance rather than a comrade. The suburbization of all of life, even if you don't live in suburbs. Mark Fisher had good ideas, drawing from the likes of Srnicek, and I'm not convinced that situationism is a dead end. As absurd as it sounds, the most spontaneous formation of community I've witnessed in the last decade has been when a company accidentally stumbled onto an app that sent people on situationist dérives. And that was a happy accident, I'd imagine something done with actual intent in building community bonds would be even more lasting.