Want to give these libs some theory to read but think they'll be scared off by Marx and Lenin? Anything a bit more SocDem friendly that gets the basic points across - class consciousness, why they need to organise and how etc.?

Shoer articles preferred but anything will do tbh

  • charlie [any]@lemmygrad.ml
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    18 days ago

    Reading this reminds me of Tucker Carlson’s interview with Putin. It’s very obvious through the interview who is working within historical context and material realities and who is stuck in idealist fantasyland.

    Orwell: Now, however, there is a super­abundance of technical intellectuals, and their mentality has changed very sharply. The skilled man, who would formerly never listen to revolutionary talk, is now greatly interested in it.

    These are the folks purged by red scare McCarthyism. Stalin was very prescient. This is a good read, thank you.

    Edit: The best dig was at the end

    Wells: …the speeches of its members are widely reported in the press. It insists upon this, free expression of opinion – even of opposition opinion. I hope to discuss this point with Gorki. I do not know if you are prepared yet for that much freedom . . .

    Stalin: We Bolsheviks call it “self-criticism”. It is widely used in the USSR. If there is anything I can do to help you I shall be glad to do so.

    • Red_Scare [he/him]@lemmygrad.ml
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      17 days ago

      Hahaha yeah I'm in awe of how Wells is full of himself, my favourite quotes are "It seems to me that I am more to the Left than you, Mr Stalin" which Wells utters in the same breath he praises Henry fucking Ford who would later support NSDAP with such fervor Hitler wanted to make Ford the leader of the fascist movement in the US; and "I do not know if you are prepared yet for that much freedom" in regards to the PEN Club, which at the time of this interview forbid it's members from using words such as "nationalism, inter-nationalism, democracy, aristocracy, imperialistic, anti-imperialistic, bourgeoisie, revolutionist or alike", wow that's way too much freedom for authoritarian Soviets to handle lol