i swear to god, if i hear one more dumbass say a variant of "stupid-asses not reading theory" im gonna cum down their fucking throat.
like holy shit, slow the hell down queen. sorry that some of us don't feel like trying to decipher formal register bullshit, and would rather get their theory from people who don't sound like plantation owners.
"The surplus-value produced by prolongation of the working day, I call absolute surplus-value."
What the fuck is this supposed to mean? Is he talking about making long-ass workdays? Is he talking about creating extra value by overworking? What the fuck is it? Holy shit, the classism is rampant here and it's super fuckin' annoying to see.
If you tell somebody to read theory then you better be ready to help them fucking read it. Either that or don't tell them to at all, I could really give a shit what old generally-white guys said about a subject that I can understand by taking off fifteen minutes of my time to ask someone in a leftist discord. Ancient theory is useless in a modern domesticated setting, no-one talks like Marx nowadays.
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If a bunch of Chinese peasants 100 years ago could read Marx and Lenin, people living in the most sophisticated age in history, with all of human knowledge one search engine entry away can figure it out.
I almost sympathised until you said “ancient theory is useless in a modern setting”, that’s just posting incredible cringe my friend.
By the way, these leftists on discord who can explain concepts to you in fifteen minutes.... how do you think they learned? Do you suppose they.... read theory? :curious-marx: :curious-marx: :curious-marx:
Wow, It's almost like educated people have generally put in the time to read theory, crazy how that works.
Theory should be easily-accessable for everyone, I'm sorry that you feel you deserve an achievement for fucking reading.
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Yeh, I’m all for accessibility of leftist theory, I know I wouldn’t have gotten started if there weren’t a lot of online resources like podcasts to help as a study guide. But this is veering way too close to outright anti-intellectualism for me, which is something that no leftist should be espousing.
When did I say I feel like I deserve anything? For me engaging with those things is rewarding on its own merits.
Like I just pointed out to someone else, there are countless resources, whether it’s more modern texts, or podcasts, or videos, that convey the same concepts. They’re out there if people want to use them. But someone had to read the theory to create that content to begin with, which still undermines your whole point 🤷♀️