DialecticalWaves
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capitalism is a permanent war against the working class
May 11, 2026 at 4:00 AM
capitalism is a permanent war against the working class
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"The hand-mill gives you society with the feudal lord; the steam-mill society with the industrial capitalist."
Marx, Poverty of Philosophy (1847)
Marx, Poverty of Philosophy (1847)
May 3, 2026 at 9:30 PM
"The hand-mill gives you society with the feudal lord; the steam-mill society with the industrial capitalist."
Marx, Poverty of Philosophy (1847)
Marx, Poverty of Philosophy (1847)
"The ultimate reason for all real crises always remains the poverty and restricted consumption of the masses as opposed to the drive of capitalist production to develop the productive forces as though only the absolute consuming power of society constituted their limit." - Capital Volume III
April 30, 2026 at 3:17 AM
"The ultimate reason for all real crises always remains the poverty and restricted consumption of the masses as opposed to the drive of capitalist production to develop the productive forces as though only the absolute consuming power of society constituted their limit." - Capital Volume III
liberals understand how to blame structures for mass murder when it comes to blaming socialism for hundreds of millions of deaths but act utterly perplexed when they look in a mirror. to them their beloved capitalism is natural and the churn of blood that sustains it just a necessary evil
April 28, 2026 at 2:49 AM
liberals understand how to blame structures for mass murder when it comes to blaming socialism for hundreds of millions of deaths but act utterly perplexed when they look in a mirror. to them their beloved capitalism is natural and the churn of blood that sustains it just a necessary evil
i demand you engage my bad faith argument in good faith
April 23, 2026 at 10:09 PM
i demand you engage my bad faith argument in good faith
"The man whose whole life is spent in performing a few simple operations, of which the effects are perhaps always the same.. has no occasion to exert his understanding... [He] generally becomes as stupid and ignorant as it is possible for a human creature to become." - Adam Smith, describing posting
April 9, 2026 at 9:10 PM
"The man whose whole life is spent in performing a few simple operations, of which the effects are perhaps always the same.. has no occasion to exert his understanding... [He] generally becomes as stupid and ignorant as it is possible for a human creature to become." - Adam Smith, describing posting
"the...bourgeoisie was compelled by its class position to annihilate, on the one hand, the vital conditions of all parliamentary power, and therefore, likewise, of its own, and to render irresistible, on the other hand, the executive power hostile to it." - Marx, 18th Brumaire
April 5, 2026 at 4:20 PM
"the...bourgeoisie was compelled by its class position to annihilate, on the one hand, the vital conditions of all parliamentary power, and therefore, likewise, of its own, and to render irresistible, on the other hand, the executive power hostile to it." - Marx, 18th Brumaire
"...in order to save its purse it must forfeit the crown, and the sword that is to safeguard it must at the same time be hung over its own head as a sword of Damocles."
"The bourgeoisie apotheosized the sword; the sword rules it." - Marx, 18th Brumaire
"The bourgeoisie apotheosized the sword; the sword rules it." - Marx, 18th Brumaire
April 5, 2026 at 4:10 PM
"...in order to save its purse it must forfeit the crown, and the sword that is to safeguard it must at the same time be hung over its own head as a sword of Damocles."
"The bourgeoisie apotheosized the sword; the sword rules it." - Marx, 18th Brumaire
"The bourgeoisie apotheosized the sword; the sword rules it." - Marx, 18th Brumaire
"the democrat comes out of the most disgraceful defeat just as immaculate as he was innocent when he went into it, with the newly won conviction that he is bound to win, not that he himself and his party have to give up the old standpoint, but... that conditions have to ripen to suit him" - Marx
April 4, 2026 at 11:04 PM
"the democrat comes out of the most disgraceful defeat just as immaculate as he was innocent when he went into it, with the newly won conviction that he is bound to win, not that he himself and his party have to give up the old standpoint, but... that conditions have to ripen to suit him" - Marx
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Capitalists, Fascists and their agents and enablers have captured the US political sphere and there is no easy solution, no solution without class struggle that gets us out of this mess
February 17, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Capitalists, Fascists and their agents and enablers have captured the US political sphere and there is no easy solution, no solution without class struggle that gets us out of this mess
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Become socialist and join a socialist or communist organization.
February 16, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Become socialist and join a socialist or communist organization.
if anybody is looking for an idea for a youtube video that will require 100s of hours of research and nobody will watch, something drawing the parallel between AI and suburbanization as socially destructive investments made to serve capital's need to expand and profit would be really boring
December 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
if anybody is looking for an idea for a youtube video that will require 100s of hours of research and nobody will watch, something drawing the parallel between AI and suburbanization as socially destructive investments made to serve capital's need to expand and profit would be really boring
"All over the world, wherever there are capitalists, freedom of the press means freedom to buy up newspapers, to buy writers, to bribe, buy and fake 'public opinion' for the benefit of the bourgeoisie." - Lenin
November 15, 2025 at 5:19 PM
"All over the world, wherever there are capitalists, freedom of the press means freedom to buy up newspapers, to buy writers, to bribe, buy and fake 'public opinion' for the benefit of the bourgeoisie." - Lenin
"capitalism has lifted billions out of poverty and proven the most effective economic system for the betterment of living conditions"
weird how it didnt do that for the first 300 years of its existence, waiting instead for the existence of the ussr and rise of the ccp to get started on that
weird how it didnt do that for the first 300 years of its existence, waiting instead for the existence of the ussr and rise of the ccp to get started on that
June 30, 2025 at 9:50 PM
"capitalism has lifted billions out of poverty and proven the most effective economic system for the betterment of living conditions"
weird how it didnt do that for the first 300 years of its existence, waiting instead for the existence of the ussr and rise of the ccp to get started on that
weird how it didnt do that for the first 300 years of its existence, waiting instead for the existence of the ussr and rise of the ccp to get started on that
"its all narrative (always serves the ruling class somehow)
people pick the narratives that personally appeal to them (human nature just randomly is fascist or class conscious)
theres no solution (not a failure of my world view just a fact)"
now you dont have to read any more liberal idealists
people pick the narratives that personally appeal to them (human nature just randomly is fascist or class conscious)
theres no solution (not a failure of my world view just a fact)"
now you dont have to read any more liberal idealists
June 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
"its all narrative (always serves the ruling class somehow)
people pick the narratives that personally appeal to them (human nature just randomly is fascist or class conscious)
theres no solution (not a failure of my world view just a fact)"
now you dont have to read any more liberal idealists
people pick the narratives that personally appeal to them (human nature just randomly is fascist or class conscious)
theres no solution (not a failure of my world view just a fact)"
now you dont have to read any more liberal idealists
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You can't say "we get to vote for Kamala without endorsing genocide" and then get mad when Republicans say "we get to vote for Trump without endorsing his deportation program"!
June 2, 2025 at 3:15 PM
You can't say "we get to vote for Kamala without endorsing genocide" and then get mad when Republicans say "we get to vote for Trump without endorsing his deportation program"!
The opening to The German Ideology by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
May 30, 2025 at 1:27 AM
The opening to The German Ideology by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
'left' is a social construct. how we define it has a material effect on power and how its distributed. consider for example how the concept of 'person' has historically been used to justify slavery, strip abortion rights, dehumanize lgbtq+ people, and empower corporations
May 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
'left' is a social construct. how we define it has a material effect on power and how its distributed. consider for example how the concept of 'person' has historically been used to justify slavery, strip abortion rights, dehumanize lgbtq+ people, and empower corporations
"Capitalist realism... holds that no matter the flaws or externalities, capitalism is the only possible means of operation... 'reflexive impotence'... describes a phenomenon where people recognize the flawed nature of capitalism, but believe there are no means of effecting change."
May 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
"Capitalist realism... holds that no matter the flaws or externalities, capitalism is the only possible means of operation... 'reflexive impotence'... describes a phenomenon where people recognize the flawed nature of capitalism, but believe there are no means of effecting change."
marxism is not crude materialism. marx argued that the end of capitalism would be precipitated by class consciousness. notice that class consciousness is something mental. it's an idea but its rooted in material reality. there is a dialectical relationship between ideology and economic base
May 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
marxism is not crude materialism. marx argued that the end of capitalism would be precipitated by class consciousness. notice that class consciousness is something mental. it's an idea but its rooted in material reality. there is a dialectical relationship between ideology and economic base
im sure this wont ever happen but on the off chance someone somewhere somehow mispresents marxism and makes some silly claim about historical materialism this passage does a good job of clarifying it
May 23, 2025 at 8:50 PM
im sure this wont ever happen but on the off chance someone somewhere somehow mispresents marxism and makes some silly claim about historical materialism this passage does a good job of clarifying it
capitalists do what theyve done for centuries. liberals refuse to think outside the present news cycle. they mock anybody who thinks the past is relevant. to them history is disconnected. to them only the present matters. but without the past they completely fail to understand it
May 20, 2025 at 8:37 PM
capitalists do what theyve done for centuries. liberals refuse to think outside the present news cycle. they mock anybody who thinks the past is relevant. to them history is disconnected. to them only the present matters. but without the past they completely fail to understand it
i may not agree with it but i will always defend the republicans god given right to brutalize minorities when they have enough power to ensure they get away with it
May 18, 2025 at 9:55 PM
i may not agree with it but i will always defend the republicans god given right to brutalize minorities when they have enough power to ensure they get away with it