https://twitter.com/RandallOtisTV/status/1340313416322445314?s=19

  • volkvulture [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1915/obsc/obsc.htm

    nerds & non-nerds alike should know about and read this one too

    Lenin blows my mind with just how broad his considerations are & how razor sharp his wit is, all the while keeping the main point focused on real-life practicality & economy & utility within the writing

      • volkvulture [none/use name]
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        4 years ago

        yes, Lenin dunks on Lassalle without using the n-w*rd

        imo it proves something more fundamental about how Western thought is bound up historically & made useless by thinking the past is naturally obscure or impenetrable

        but the point being made as I see it is that philosophy should be a tool to help us notice iniquities & change the world, and not merely idly interpret these things. & I think even Heraclitus communicates that point where all these fancy lads since the Enlightenment can't understand it at all