• Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          The only valid criticism in this article is that the government arrested Marxists for criticizing the labor conditions in China

          Marxists arresting other Marxists over tiny doctrinal issues is like the most Marxist thing ever.

        • TreadOnMe [none/use name]
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          2 years ago

          I think that the silver lining of this is that they actually think people listen to Marxist academics. I think they are abit over zealous in that regard but the fact that they think people listen to them means that they hold some level of political power, however ephemeral. It means that it must be taken seriously.

    • AcidSmiley [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      as somebody who's studied polisci, i can safely say that this is 100% projection.

      ofc, it's not entirely the same. for example, learning about master bullshitters like Hobbes and Rousseau has absolutely zero real world applications outside of producing puffy verbal diarrhea that's aligned with the ruling ideology and actively keeps people from understanding anything (social contract my ass, i never agreed to these ToS you fuckheads!), whereas reading Lenin or Mao actually gives you a basic understanding of realpolitik and the conditions that dominate everybody's day-to-day life.

    • Frogmanfromlake [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      Poli-Sci majors are some of the most indoctrinated people I've met. They're the types who spent years of their lives studying politics only to say that "socialism is when the government does things."

    • Teekeeus
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      24 days ago

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    • blairbnb [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      based if true, nooooooo please don't make all the population marxists and thereby giving them the tools to understand and improve their lives!!