• hopefulmulberry [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    Everyone is always telling me Sakai is a based Maoist and so I gotta respect him. Plus even if it's not, come on, you know radlibs exist and they're the primary fans of the book.

    About the second bit, I think everyone always coopts everyone else's language because that's just how communication works. If a right wing guy develops a worldview that has leftist characteristics, I just thank God that he's not more right wing. That's how this issue works for me. Even if they think they're doing that I don't think you should be worried.

    • gayhobbes [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      So you're just gonna dump on something you never read even though it answers like 90% of your questions in this thread?

      I know how communication works, I know how words get used, but what you seem to deny is that the right wing is literally coopting language for the purposes of recruitment

      • hopefulmulberry [none/use name]
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        4 years ago

        first paragraph

        Come on, it's not like that. I got limited time and energy. I'd rather prioritize things I'm interested in.

        second paragraph

        Right

        • gayhobbes [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          It sounds like it is because you shit on it and implied it's woke radlib shit. It's not even a hard book to get through, man.

          • hopefulmulberry [none/use name]
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            Well that is my impression of it which is why I don't plan on prioritizing it.

            Look, I just opened up a pdf of it and it seems more Maoist and less radlib than I expected, which is still not my thing but I feel like I might get something out of it. I might read it eventually, but I'm very lazy for reading so it's not likely I'll get there. This quar I only got through like four books in all the time I've been stuck at home, and none of them were very long or hard. I'm sorry I was a jerk when you were so nice to me, that was uncalled for.

            • gayhobbes [he/him]
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              4 years ago

              I mean, okay, you don't have to read it if you don't want, but don't mischaracterize it, especially not to others who should be reading it. I have a tough time getting through theory myself so I don't blame you. But it's worth a look if you want to understand why the US never had an effective class consciousness in its proletariat, and it explains that it's not because of identity politics.