I've heard this guy being recommended multiple times, it's a shame bc some of his analysis may have some value, but this is inexusible amounts of stupidpol, he has many other endorsements of transphobia and homophbia on his twitter and it's always through the lens of saying gender essentialism is the materialist stance (more dunks in comments)

  • Awoo [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    Unless there is persistent propaganda for alternative ways for people to live together, prepare food, care for children and provide each other with emotional support, it will not be possible to raise the contradiction between men and women out of personal politics up to the level of political class struggle. In this sense we can view the contradiction between men and women as still being a suppressed or latent contradiction in British politics.

    This seems absolutely correct to me, and I have absolutely no fucking idea how someone can write this and also be against "gender ideology" when it specifically pushes propaganda for alternative ways for people to live together, it could do a lot more of that if we really pushed it to.

    Feels to me like they're on the right track but with some brainworms mixed in. If they can be dewormed there's something of value here.

    • Mardoniush [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      View it in the lens of someone who is hardline Bioessentialist in the 70s feminist (sub)tradition and you see the sus begin to seep out.

    • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Yeah, which is why I'm so befuddled by this shit that he's on right now. Maybe the brainworms developed after the 90s?

      Still would recommend reading TaNS, but definitely keep in mind his current bigotry. I haven't seen it pop up really, but maybe I'm missing something. Overall the book is useful as a tool for looking at possible systems for maintaining a socialist project with technology.

      • Awoo [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        I wonder what he thinks of Cuba's treatment of lgbt and specifically trans people these days. Does he believe Cuba is desperately being taken over by bourgeoise ideology? What does he think their new family legislation is and who the driving forces behind it were?