#scientific socialism

[redsolon]

Avoid dogmatism. Every revolution has errors, and your time and place are different from theirs. If you apply theory blindly, you don't understand it. We need the creative and scientific application of theory.

#socialism #communism #Marxism #Marxist theory #scientific socialism #dialectical materialism

[the-penandpaper]

Pen and Paper: Library of a Pan African Communist

Free pdf, audio books and other media added daily.

#pan africanism #black people #africa #pdf #free books #library #online resources #communist #scientific socialism #Nkrumahism-Toureism #politics #history #western imperialism #capitalism #racism #protests #books #resistance #Palestine #west papua

[marxistterrorism]

Ignore men as we are killed with Bio-weapons!

Father needs an Army of clones and foriegn Intel infiltrates.

#abortion #marxism leninism #communism #trump is a threat to democracy #scientific socialism #socialism

[communismlives]

We can't have free food, housing, or healthcare, because that stuff costs money to produce.

It costs money to produce because you have to pay the workers.

You have to pay the workers because otherwise they won't want to work.

Workers don't want to work for free because then they won't be able to afford food or housing.

They can't afford food or housing because it's expensive.

It's expensive because it's scarce.

It's scarce because there aren't enough workers to produce more.

If we raised the essential worker's salary, or lowered the "cost of living," then workers would have more of an incentive to do these jobs. And if there were more workers ready to build houses, grow food, and study medicine, then cost of these goods and services would go down even more! But that will never happen under capitalism, because capitalists don't care about what's cheaper for the workers. They care about what's cheaper for your boss.

Free food is impossible, under capitalism. Workers would never (willingly) do unpaid labor, under capitalism. There's always gonna be a shortage of your basic needs, under capitalism. THESE SERVICES ARE TOO EXPENSIVE TO BE DONE FOR FREE, UNDER CAPITALISM!

#international workers day #may day #communism #socialism #scientific socialism #workers of the world unite

[russia-libertaire]

Plekhanov's scientific socialism

'A cardinal tenet of the revolutionary movement up to the early 1890s had been that Marx's teaching on historical evolution did not apply to Russia, whose communal institutions would enable it to build a socialist society without going through the stage of "bourgeois capitalism" and without creating an alienated and poverty-stricken proletariat, such as had been seen in Britain, the United States, and, more recently, Germany. The first revolutionary figure to question this doctrine was Georgii Plekhanov, the man who had rejected terrorism [at a congress of Zemlia i Volia] in 1879. In a series of studies written on emigration in the 1880s he argued that Russia had already entered the era of bourgeois capitalism and was creating a modern industrial system, including a proletariat of the kind Marx had described. As for the commune, it was only the remnant of a dying economic system, already being destroyed by the pressures of capitalism. Only when capitalism had exhausted its potential and the proletariat had expanded and matured would revolution become possible: to try to bring it about before then was to act in a premature and irresponsible manner. Plekhanov believed that only his version of Marxism had the right to be called "scientific socialism," and he disdainfully wrote off the revolutionaries of the period up to 1881 as narodniki, "the people worshippers." Though translated more respectfully as "populists," the word is still commonly used for all non-Marxist Russian revolutionaries. His assertions launched a lively debate in the 1890s between the "populists," who held that Russia had its own distinctive path of social evolution, and the "Marxists," who believed that it would follow the same road as other European countries, though with some delay caused by its relative backwardness. Plekhanov's view appealed to those who liked to regard themselves as "scientific" and to those who wished to see themselves as part of an international scene, to escape from the claustrophobia of insisting on Russia's distinctiveness. But there was a serious drawback to his doctrine: if Russia was to wait till it had a numerous and "mature" proletariat, then revolution would have to be delayed for decades, at least. In the meantime the revolutionaries would be obliged to welcome the growth of capitalism and of bourgeois liberalism as progressive developments. Most revolutionaries were not so patient or understanding.'

Russia and the Russians, by Geoffrey Hosking

#plekhanov #marxism #communism #socialism #russian socialism #revolution #historical materialism #scientific socialism #marx #internationalism #narodniki #populists

[dialecticaltranssexual]

an introduction of sorts

so i'm setting up this blog as a side place for me to document my journey into marxism and becoming a marxist - especially as someone who is transsexual and has my roots in social justice firmly from my own lived experience. I have worked in activist spaces since I was around 16 - ranging from identity to environment - but only recently have I delved into marxism. and i've kind of thrown everything i've got into it. its my new hyperfixation, new special interest even.

i had considered staying on at university to do a masters but i didnt have a direction. i now know i want to study marx's theory of alienation and apply it with the right clinical psychological analysis that it deserves. our current society is suffering from a pandemic level crisis of mental health. it is as broad as day - but yet class consciousness is consistently being thwarted every single day due to the alienating nature of capitalism as it exists within the class system we are being forced to live under. the masters im considering taking is political psychology.

as part of my marxist journey, i have been a part of a reading group. we have covered

marxism vs idpol (day session)

the communist manifesto

state and revolution

dialectical materialism (article)

we are scheduled to read value, price and profit. whether i can read this by sunday remains to be seen. uni is kicking my neurodivergent arse.

i'll do a proper introductory post soon describing more about me. but this is suffice for now. im gonna try and keep this blog very casual and low maintenance - but i strive to update it with notes from certain readings and articles to inspire me to document and learn more.

#dialectical materialism #scientific socialism #marxism #marxist #engels #lenin #marx #communist #communism #socialism #socialist #leftist #radical leftist #radical leftism #imt

[gothhabiba]

I saw this whole long thread of people hand-wringing about "anti-intellectuals" on tiktok and how scary it is that they're believing sourceless claims other people on tiktok tell them, because they claim they have the same chance of being correct as anything that "science says."

and said hand-wringers were waxing poetic about the scientific method and replicability and how everything that's published in an academic journal is guaranteed to be true and correct because of a little thing called peer review whereby scientists (naturally a petty and pedantic people) are encouraged to tear each other's conclusions apart.

and I just have to say. if you believe (in the midst of a major replicability crisis amongst scientific journals, no less) that everything published in a scientific journal is de facto factual or trustworthy, and if you believe that peer review of all things is a process that is guaranteed to prevent papers with anything from flaws in experimental design to full-blown fraud from going to print (as if publishers don't have a literal profit motive to publish studies that yield novel, startling conclusions),

then you are 100% as "anti-intellectual," foolish, & averse to thinking for yourself as the tiktokers you're making fun of. actually I think I like you less. at least their ideas might be bizarre enough to be interesting

#while being wholly ignorant of sociology of science & the social and economic factors that go into scientific knowledge-production #is very common and boring

[wikionex]

Astronomers have used archived data from the Keck II telescope in Hawaii to observe Uranus' infrared aurora for the first time. The planet’s atmosphere is mixing with particles, producing a newly discovered infrared aurora.

Read more: https://rb.gy/z3ngw

#wikione x #social media #technology #space exploration #liminal spaces #deep space nine #study space #little space #space #space Advances #scientific study #mad scientists #scientific illustration #mad scientist #science #science and technology #science adventure #science Acumen #astronaut #astro observations #astronomy #astro community #astro notes

[terminallyworkingonit]

#social media #tumblr #tumblr polls #shit i say #questions #oddly specific #very scientific poll #reblog and I’ll metaphorically kiss you #text post #funny #terminallyworkingonit

[redsolon]

The contradiction between dogmatism and revisionism can only be resolved through the combination of scientific creativity and staunch communist principles. Theory must be applied creatively, but always toward building communism.

#socialism #communism #Marxism #Marxist theory #dogmatism #revisionism #opportunism #dialectical materialism #scientific socialism

[pinktinselmonstrosity]

#i'm curious bc on every other social media site i follow more people than i have followers #but on here it's the other way around #and wanted to do a very scientific poll to find out what the norm is lmao #pinkie's polls #🧃

[communismlives]

you know that one type of galaxy brain take that compares leftists and atheists to christians? "if you think about it, socialists are just as obsessed with marx as christians are obsessed with god! and atheists are equally as obsessed with richard dawkins!"

here's an example that you've probably seen before:

rather than bring up the "yet you participate in society" meme as a rebuttal, I want to actually take this argument at face value

suppose that as a traitorous commie, I am just as religious as Christians, with Karl Marx being my "god"

so what?

you definitely can say that communists "believe" in the words of Marx and Lenin, but not in the same way that Christians believe in the Bible. Marx developed his theory using the scientific method. that's why his interpretation of socialism is differentiated from utopian socialism. Christians don't use the scientific method to justify their beliefs. they just have faith that God exists and that he is righteous.

so let's say that communism IS a religion. I'd rather worship a religion that I can trust and verify, than a religion that's only backed up by fear and wishful thinking. after all, Marxism isn't utopian, it's scientific! *wink*

#communism #socialism #marxism #marx #marxism leninism #christianity #religion #anarchism #atheism #darwinism #scientific socialism #utopian socialism #workers of the world unite

[katyspersonal]

Before you deride anyone for being an "idiot", you should probably shit can the Meyers-Briggs pseudo-science in your description. You know, that way you don't look like an idiot who buys into that stuff.

Naaah, I still think that accusing a very anti-nationalist creator that created a very anti-nationalist movie FOR nationalism just because his movie used trademark brilliant Japanese nonverbal display instead of spelling stuff out like poorly written modern Western media IS pretty "idiotic". Waaaay more "idiotic" than MBTI stuff. 🌛 (retroactive, because I already did take my insult back several days ago)

I'll have you know that whereas MBTI is definitely not as binding and fails in what it tries to do (just like every attempt to strictly categorize people failed), it is actually SUPER handy to communicate a LOT of traits and patterns within a short abbreviation instead of a long essay! For example, people that know MBTI lore will read that I am ENTP and instantly expect me to be a lover of debates and "devil's advocate", be bad at talking about my feelings genuinely and sound hurtful without any intention to do so! If person chose to describe themselves with an MBTI label, it doesn't necessarily mean they are the type to take it super seriously, but often it is a way to communicate what to expect from their personality in a really compact form! Or at least what this person believes about themselves, which is also good for "communicating without communicating" :p Most people that have MBTI in their bio/pinned/whatever aren't as serious about it. Those that tried to choose friends/couple and form a collective according to MBTIs are long ago extinct, trust me!

I also found MBTI useful for some writing stuff. To define a type, you have to make 4 choices between 4 pairs of traits: 1) Introvert or Extrovert; self-explanatory 2) Sensory or iNtuitive; so, oriented more in "physical" reality and present or into past, thoughts and concepts 3) Thinking or Feeling; so, stronger at logic and thinking, or at empathy and tact? 4) Perceptive or Judging; so, an open-minded person that is okay with leaving loose ends or a person that needs clear distinction and final conclusion! Yeah they are very bare-bones descriptions and there is more to say about the 8 'letters', I am just cutting to the chase! I never passed MBTI test, I just figured which one of these aspects applied to me and it made ENTP abbreviation! Then I read the description of this type and could recognize a lot about myself. You can for example do that for a character you want to develop, get the abbreviation, then go read full description of this type and I guarantee you, there will be MANY things in the text making you go "damn this makes sooooo much sense for this character 👀" or otherwise inspire a vision of them!

I agree that people that get too caught up into MBTI stuff can be frustrating, and that accuracy of MBTIs is long ago debunked; again, no way to split humans into clear cut types works and we are all too different! Zodiac signs stuff is a similar problem. But, these things are good for communicating aspects of your personality quickly, for finding which sides of yourself to focus on and get "coherent shape" (very useful for my personality disorder ass!) and are good for WRITING! I've even found using MBTI descriptions as a help a good preventive measure from too much self-protection onto characters I am writing! You know same face syndrome issue in drawing? Sometimes the same problem is possible in writing personalities, MBTI is something that helped me to double-check whether I am doing this. Don't harshly discard a thing just because you haven't found an efficient way to utilize it! MBTI failed at what it intended to do but succeeded at being a good compilation of distinct traits and ways to think, act and react!

On the other hand, believing in anti-scientifical things is not necessarily a sign of being a judgemental, narrow-minded, "idiotic" person: a person is only an "idiot" when they make themselves be.

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That being said, I don't blame you for being strictly negative? MBTI craze, Zodiacs stuff and similar things have history of really annoying people wasting their time and being weird about what they tell others but that's not my case. In my country MBTIs are in general 90% fandom of memes xd I might consider removing ENTP from my bio in the future if I estimate people are more likely to expect the worst (like you did) than take it for fun after that """science""" has fallen but I just dunno yet. But I'd appreciate if you didn't use harping on me for a mistake I already apologized for to express your disapproval of MBTI stuff 🌛 Not only it is cruel, but also even UNDER assumption that liking MBTI stuff makes me an "idiot" your logic doesn't work - why would doing one stupid thing remove my right to call out another, irrelevant (!!!) stupid thing? This is like saying that only "perfect" people are allowed to offer criticism and disapproval towards frustrating situations and I am not here for this sort of attitude. Someone can be competent in one area and be a complete moron in another area, does it mean they can't talk about what they're competent at anymore?

#ask replies #personal #anon you are valid to feel strict negativity but you didn't go about it very well #“you can't be upset at fake nationalism accusation if you like an anti-scientifical thing” #*blue screen of death* #I don't know if this is your first time doing something like this or a habit but please realize why its bad #like yeah by choosing idiot as an insult I supposedly claimed that I am on the contrary very smart #but 1) I took that insult back and 2) I don't really do that x) #I know I am a dumbass in many things and ESPECIALLY social and emotional things #people can be morons at one thing but competent at other thing! #so they can offer a good take in one field but kill everyone's braincells in another field! #it is not all so black and white #I really don't think I am smarter than everyone.. g #but I am smarter than SOME people in SOME areas! #just like everyone else is smarter than others in their own areas

[jaypentaghast]

On today's wonderings about Vulcan biology:

Since Vulcans live about twice as long as humans, does that mean they take longer to become adults? As in are they children for longer or are they considered adults at around 18 as well? If not, then are they elderly for longer?

Basically, do they age at the same rate as humans and just live longer? Or do they age slower than us?

#i think evidence suggests they just live longer as elderly ppl #but it would make sense for them to reach maturity later #*maturity by social convention #which is probably scientific convention too in vulcan #star trek #vulcan biology #the biology of vulcans #vulcans #mine

[grinchwrapsupreme]

being super normal about White calling Billy "a dreamer"after the events of Maybe No Go

#truly alarming amount of tags on this post don't click read more fr #the venture bros #pete white #bily quizboy #billy whalen #idk man the way they balance each other is really interesting #the things they agree on and disagree on are almost arbitrary #'you can't put mouthwash in a cookie' 'trust me' vs 'we should spend 10 mil on a motorcycle instead of housing' 'that's such a cool idea' #billy trying to pep white up about the ball #'this was your dream too' like come on dude when have pete's dreams ever worked out #when have yours #'what are we gonna do now billy?' 'we'll cross that bridge when we come to it' #baby the bridge has never been more present #ALSO white calling billy the dreamer when HE'S the one who pushes so hard for things #billy has dreams that might not be realistic but they give him hope and he works around the way the world works to make things happen #like being a self-taught surgeon and believing in a magic ball #pete has dreams IN SPITE of what is realistic and he will mold reality to be what he wants in order to make it happen #like fixing the quizshow and pretty much everything that happened in invisible hand of fate #and they both have disabilities that affect them in vastly different ways and impact their relationship with realistic goals #like billy's hydrocephalus being presented to the audience as mostly a social issue for him and the hand and eye being marks of trauma #rather than like an actual block for him beyond needing to tune the hand up every now and then #vs white's albinism making him physically unable to be in direct sunlight and making him actively fearful of doing certain things and #being certain places #to be clear i know the actual effects of hydrocephalus as well as the hand and eye but this is based on how the show presents it #like billy took these things about himself into account and went ok these are part of my reality and i will work with them #and pete took his reality and went ok i will cover it up with fake tan and wigs or sunscreen and hats and make reality what i want it to be #and that's what makes them a good team!! that's why they science together well #it's also why they argue so much #accepting reality and playing within its constraints vs hating reality and changing it to suit you #these are the hallmarks of scientific progress

[randomnoteforfuturereference]

Tired: "The Primal Theory" had nothing to do with the rest of the series and was just filler hyped up by the lack of promo images.

Wired: The episode is an encapsulation of a major theme throughout the series. Especially in the prior ep "The Red Mist". With of course the question whether that primal violence is inevitable or can be broken.

Inspired: The musings of the scientists adds a whole set of questions when the story takes place and why that world is such an anachronism.

#primal #genndy tartakovsky's primal #genndy tartakovsky #some are wondering if it's a post-apocalyptic world #but what if it's a deliberate social/scientific experiment