Hungary and turkey with a general rise of far right parties in France, Germany and the UK. I’d say fascism is pretty popular over there.

Catherine merridale uses accounts from red army veterans and personal accounts of those who worked in the work houses as the foundation of her book. I find it insightful despite present biases. And of course, identifying biases is inherent to good research which is why I’m aware that communist literature has its very own to be wary of. Thank you for the book recommendation! Keen to get through it

Hard agree capitalists and westerners hold more fear over communism than Nazism/fascism and that the truth of their history is often distorted however after reading Ivan’s War I’ve become a lot more critical of how communism was executed in Russia. Additionally, there were a few extremely rotten individuals that were allowed to rise to prominence within the communist party that I think undermined its efforts. People like Beria and Lysenko terrify me and reveal how the wrong people in the wrong place can cause mass death in an authoritarian system.

Without coming to blows arguing historical fact I just can’t swing ML. I’ve read Marx (or better yet, continuing to read Marx) and the man spits straight fire, so does Lenin, hell even stalin at times. But! I’m too disgusted by the atrocities wrought in their names, intended or not it’s just too many dead for me. I’m much more interested in how ML can evolve and change into something that’s much more adaptable to outside pressure without falling victim to the corruption of centralised power. Keen to know your thoughts.

Ooh wonderful thanks for the recommendation! De leonism is entirely new to me.

Here’s mine.

Eco anarchism I think isn’t quite right, I’d actually identify as an anarcho-communist, maybe anarcho-syndicalist. I do love communism and it’s literature but I think history teaches us that central authority is simply too easily abused. I’m still reading and learning though, anyone wanna shill their views to me? Maybe share a book?

That was a much better read, still very much digesting it so I wont share my opinion yet. Thanks for the link 😁 got any foundational books that better asserts the necessities of a Vanguard party? I suppose anarchism is an easy punching bag but I’m yet to be fully convinced of the political side of marxist-leninism despite being fully commie-pilled economically.

I appreciate your response mate, I read through what you linked and I’m disappointed by its lack of depth and missing historical analysis but I enjoyed how it was written. What’s your take on Rojava today? Seems like a good, real life, counter point.

Anarchists both:

1. Oppose all authority.
2. Are also CIA agents.
   Another solid piece of logic from the red fascists.

ITT people that don’t ssee it

Look a little deeper

I mean yeah, hard agree, but Trans people ain’t a monolith and I would like to learn more about them.

Oof there IS fast travel in DS1 after you reach Anor Londo 😅 you really aren’t meant to be in the tomb for the giants until you’ve unlocked it

Well I guess it’s that I have a difficult time understanding trans folk. My belief is that we should be working towards accepting and loving our bodies regardless of how they are formed, with all of their flaws intact. I feel complicated towards cosmetic surgery as a result of this belief.
Obligatory caveat: I still love trans people, you’re ALL valid and I continue to learn from you.

Considering the death toll religion has wrecked across history I think it’s fair to dislike the practice in the modern day. Like, don’t get me wrong I really care about the canon of my favourite stories but I’d never launch a crusade over someone elses fan fic of it.

I hope he gets off cos I’m about to 😩

I’m weak, comrade

Man’s innocent! The prosecutions got nothing on him, this is hardly the first time they’ve got it wrong and ruined someone’s life: LA Olympic bombing, Unabomber, anthrax postal attacks, to name a few…
Luigi is just another in a long list of scapegoats.

You wrote a lot to not say much, China’s ‘new brand of socialism’ is just state run capitalism. Don’t get me wrong, they have achieved a lot and modern china is very impressive, Id like to visit one day. Still ain’t communist, and the ccp knows this, they just like the branding.

Nah, I don’t think I will, I hope you get better my bro