Things socialists need to stop doing

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Why?

Nigga you best not be talking about Capital

Fuck you

Oh my, look at the size of this bait.

I agree with the sentiment that Marxism holds way too much of a monopoly on 20th-21st century socialism, but Marx and Engels at least weren't dictators. As is, most modern socialists are Marxist, so it makes sense for them to use Marx and Engels.

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Isn't it obvious? It turns people away from a system that would be of great benefit to them. Only mention those guys in your own private circles with people who know enough to be nuanced about it


It leads to a kind of hero worship of marx instead of a nuanced position that understands what he was wrong about.

Maybe if you read those tomes instead of shit posting you would understand more. We're dealing with a massive overhaul of society as a whole and the ideas surrounding it, that's what socialism is. We're so fucking sorry that it can't be summed up in bite sized tidbits on YouTube like the reactionaries do. Anything worth understanding is worth working to understand.

Kys.

red stars and flags are good tho

The People's Flag is deepest red,
It shrouded oft our martyred dead,
And ere their limbs grew stiff and cold,
Their hearts' blood dyed its every fold.
Then raise the scarlet standard high.
Beneath its shade we'll live and die,
Though cowards flinch and traitors sneer,
We'll keep the red flag flying here.

It waved above our infant might,
When all ahead seemed dark as night;
It witnessed many a deed and vow,
We must not change its colour now.
Then raise the scarlet standard high.
Beneath its shade we'll live and die,
Though cowards flinch and traitors sneer,
We'll keep the red flag flying here.

It well recalls the triumphs past,
It gives the hope of peace at last;
The banner bright, the symbol plain,
Of human right and human gain.
Then raise the scarlet standard high.
Beneath its shade we'll live and die,
Though cowards flinch and traitors sneer,
We'll keep the red flag flying here.

It suits today the weak and base,
Whose minds are fixed on pelf and place
To cringe before the rich man's frown,
And haul the sacred emblem down.
Then raise the scarlet standard high.
Beneath its shade we'll live and die,
Though cowards flinch and traitors sneer,
We'll keep the red flag flying here.

With head uncovered swear we all
To bear it onward till we fall;
Come dungeons dark or gallows grim,
This song shall be our parting hymn.
Then raise the scarlet standard high.
Beneath its shade we'll live and die,
Though cowards flinch and traitors sneer,
We'll keep the red flag flying here.

Why is Kropotkin bad? Most people have never heard of him.

Cringed at this post's frown.

Stop pretending your shit don't stink and quit needlessly being a dick to newbies asking questions and trying to learn.

thank dog muh lenin is still kosher

Maybe your mind shouldn't be so fixed on pelf and place.

Go cry about it on your reddit hugbox fucking faggot.

t. Larper

Newfags deserve to be bullied because they format their posts like massive faggots.

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No normalfag knows wtf a Kropotikin is. You could tell them it's a kind of turkish pastry and they'd believe you. Hell, a good chunk wouldn't even recognize the name Engles. Most liberals, so idk, half the population? don't sperg too much about Marx anyway, and just consider him "good on paper". Even most conservatives I know wouldn't freak out over him, just give me a weird look if I mention him making a good point.

As for reading this gigantic tome, not every single person who's socialist needs to read Capital, but one does need to read something so they can at least properly express what they profess to believe.

now you're just memeing

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Did you click the wrong post or something?

why? Especially Kropotkin who is utterly unknown outside of leftist circles, Marx and Engels aren't even hated per se, as they're just the ideas guys
that said I'd agree about Soviet imagery and symbolism, the experiment is dead and it just begs to turn any discussion into an argument about historical bullshit