I've considered myself a communist for a while now, I've had my phases of reading anarchist, marxist-leninist, and marxist literature, so I feel like I'm pretty knowledgeable on the subject.
The more and more I talk to comrades, I realize I don't really agree with some certain aspects of communism.
My philosophy is that since we live in a materialist world, our nation's only goal should be to improve the physical manifestation of our will. (Which is industrialization and prioritizing military)
Healthcare, education, means of production, housing, and media should all be in the hands of the STATE, secured for all citizens
I can't agree with communism because of:
I want our unified proletariat mass to be as strong as possible. We should be encouraging fitness, study, pursuit of career, and gun culture.
Fuck poverty, fuck the capitalist class, fuck pacifism, fuck dissent or debate which gets in the way of pursuit of state power.
What ideology would this be? am I an unironic nazbol?
Aaron Bennett
It's called marxism-leninism.
Austin Rogers
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Aiden Reyes
That's where we stop being comrades, famalam.
But our goal is communism, a classless society with common ownership of the means of production. OP say's he can't agree with this.
Ian Cook
What is "our will"? Who is "our"? What is the goal of your assertment of rule? Will you be expansionist? What will happen to the conquered places? Will they be neo-colonies in service of your original land or be equal part of your country?
This is some really vaugue standpoint mate, that could be either imperial as fuck or just tankieism.
Jaxon Nelson
What OP wants is basically the ML transitional society but permanently.
Adrian White
I don't stand with imperialism at all, and that is a good point you make, from what I said it could go either way.
Imperialism is fucked
Leo Turner
This is really close to what I'm describing. It's why I'm wondering if that's essentially nazbol, I think the USSR was dank but it could go further.
Grayson Phillips
OP
IS
NAZBOL
Adam Bennett
Easy there euronymous
Joshua Robinson
OP prolly just likes soviet aesthetics. Why would someone want a transitional period to be permanently? It's a shit period of hard work and sacrifice to create a truly stable and advanced communist society that functions without the need of an authority to dictate what needs to be done, therefore full fist communism
Why would you want a transitional period to be permanently? It is the sole purpose of the revolutionary vanguard to lead the working class to communism. We should not repeat the mistakes of USSR but learn from it. Why should we disappoint the working class a second time? The more transitional period lasts, the more corrupted the state becomes. All we need is advancement, advancement in science, technology and industry. The people will do the rest after that.
Jordan Ross
Pick one and only one. Something tells me that you're lying about doing the reading and are just a young edgelord.
Brandon Martinez
The capitalist class creates poverty, This illusion of choice is a spook
and damn this is a wholesome reply, thank you, my only question is: How do we distribute resources if it's not the state controlling the means of production?
I'll read more lenin before taking my ideology seriously
Carson Powell
Well OP, it's obvious that you identify more with Marx Len because of your nationalism and support of hierachies, or maybe even Maoism since your vehement support of the military by your description. And let us not forget that there's no one true "communism", just as there is no one true socialism; there will always be different ideologies and applications over history. I wouldn't really try and unironically align yourself with Nazbol though unless you're down with the whole ethno-nationalism set of ideals, which is far from leftist.
But apart from that, why are you in favor of militarization? I mean, I could argue with you about the state too but I will save that for another day. Militarization is one of the largest tools of capitalism and western imperialism to date, why support it? You realize almost every major war by the west in the last 60 years have been for little to no other reason other then profit? Multinational corporations and top capitalists create these wars, why support militarization? I mean, I understand if you're going to be nationalist why you'd want a military to defend your country, but are you inferring that you are using your military for defensive non-aggressive purposes, or are you leaning towards military interventionism? I think saying the military is the only thing that matters is a very broad statement, but I can't find too much of a reason for it unless it's only to defend the homeland.
Dominic Barnes
As I said, advancement in science, technology and industry. With these things done in the transitional period, we basically secure the permanent growth, a permanent growth in the productive forces, the one that never stops and produces and advances further, therefore increasing the flow of material wealth. With this done - poverty is gone, stable life, you need to work when it's necessary for the community. There is no need for the state nor for the any kind of revolutionary vanguard because we all know what to do, therefore absolutely all land and its resources will be owned publicly and managed by the public via maybe some social institutions, soviets/councils, communes call them what you want. Basically like what ancoms want from the start, we just like to mess around gulags, do some cleaning n stuff.
Lincoln Fisher
During any civil war or revolution, the nation is at it's weakest. Any revolution in the modern age will probably be met with a lot of foreign and capitalist opposition. I seek military merely for defense
I'm an american so my scope is pretty limited, but it seems like the military is one of the most radicalizing and anti-capitalist institutions in our country, I dunno. I'm kinda stuck on this thought that the military is the physical manifestation of our nation's will. I think we will need to defend the fuck out of our vanguard/movement when revolution comes
Do you recommend any readings? I'm going to give the state and revolution another go, any other works to understand implementation of ML? I feel like there are a lot failed states that never transitioned or reached absolute power, maybe I need to read more about history or something. I'll google more literature on ML
Luis Torres
First of all, you need some philosophy fam. You need to truly understand what dialectical materialism is and how can you use it in even your daily life. After that, you can read what you want, because this book that i'm attaching you will teach how to think "dialectically". Cannot go back after that. Don't forget to read the short biography of the author. If you know most of these stuff, which I kinda doubt, no offense, you could just browse the contents and see what you want to know, but i'd recommend reading it from start to end.
Camden Wright
Thank you comrade
Jason Wood
Okay, well I can better sympathize with a military merely for defense, but to go as far as to say the US military is an anti-capitalist institution? I don't think you really have a great understanding of capitalism and corporate influence then, with all due respect. You realize under our current system, the only person who stands to gain anything via war is defense contractors right? The US government has no means of production when it comes to the military, it's all created and operated by private multinational defense contractors, ie: boeing, raytheon etc. These corporations have not only bought and payed all of our politicians for more funding personally for military equipment, but been the huge factor on why we get into wars in the first place. I think you need to do more research on the military industrial complex, that alongside the prison industrial complex are the top 3 most hegemonic entities in our current capitalist system. Now, again I can understand you supporting a military under a capitalist nation, especially if it's only for the means of defense, and isolation from capitalist imperialism; but to go as far to say that it's "the most radicalizing and anti-capitalist institutions in our country" really makes me plea to you to do more research.
Liam Foster
you sound like a fascist, fuck off
David Thompson
Fuck the idpol of the right, I'm not fash.
I think that discrimination is a tool that the bourgeoisie use to divide the proletariat, and I'm not even imperialist.
Ian Young
nationalist globalist capitalist tyranny
you a Nazi my nigga
Andrew Baker
back to the corner leftcom
Jonathan Kelly
Thanks for confirming that you've read neither anarchist nor Marxist literature. >We do not know what anyone means when they describe the proletariat as a social category. If they are implying that the working class as a social body have something between themselves, other than their experience of work then we utterly reject this. MD have a penchant for Champagne and Tarkovsky movies whereas our neighbours prefer White Lightening and WWF wrestling, our economic position, however, is identical. We refute all identity politics as ideology and we absolutely refuse to view the proletariat as a political/sociological constituency equivalent to ethnicity, gender or sexual preference. The proletariat has no existence independent of capitalism. - Monsieur Dupont, Nihilist Communism The working class exists precisely because of value form's existence and valorization. It cannot exist outside of capitalism, and vice versa - capitalism cannot survive without its existence. It doesn't exist as anything other than this material relation. You'd know that if you read books. Also
Kayden Davis
Give me a fucking break. Kropotkin explicitly states this in the breadbook
"What does our baron do to enrich himself? He looks out for peasants — for poor peasants! If every peasant-farmer had a piece of land, free from rent and taxes, if he had in addition the tools and the stock necessary for farm labour, who would plough the lands of the baron? Everyone would look after his own. But there are thousands of destitute persons ruined by wars, or drought, or pestilence. They have neither horse nor plough. (Iron was costly in the Middle Ages, and a draughthorse still more so.) "