I don't understand why there are so many people who consider themselves "Marxist feminists", but at the same time are distracted by astrology.

The origin of feminism is working class, and as a working class movement, it is materialist. I don't know if they at least know what dialectical materialism is, since they don't see such an abysmal contradiction between astrology (pseudoscience) and feminism (materialism).

They remind me of the liberal “feminist” Gloria Steinem.

And the same with some anarchists.

What do you think about it?

  • buckykat [none/use name]
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    2 months ago

    This "space left by religion" shit never made sense to me. Is that a thing other people/normal people/neurotypicals actually experience?

    • Philosophosphorous [comrade/them, null/void]
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      2 months ago

      i'm definitely not neurotypical and have had some wild experiences that lead me to ontological inquiry, the insinuation that 'lmao only normies do that not me i'm so much better and above it all' is pretty toxic imo

    • ped_xing [he/him]
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      2 months ago

      Have you read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_far_future? I showed it to somebody who left religion decades earlier and could see what a gut punch it still was. I think he had basically substituted indefinite space exploration for heaven and finding out that even that's not an option was like losing faith a second time.

      • buckykat [none/use name]
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        2 months ago

        Future events more distant than the entirety of human civilization are filed firmly under Not My Problem

    • Balthier
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      2 months ago

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      • buckykat [none/use name]
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        2 months ago

        This feels like you're playing a little semantic trick with the ambiguity of the meaning of belief, conflating ideology and metaphysics.