Communism_not_Barbarism
Communism_not_Barbarism wrote
There is no reason to reject a person's entire body of work just because you don't agree with a few irrelevant comments they've made that have nothing to do with the work they do. This kind of thinking is reactionary and cultish.
Communism_not_Barbarism wrote
How do you define "authoritarian" and "tankie"? Why are you removing ML channels from this list? Are you even a communist?
Communism_not_Barbarism OP wrote
Reply to comment by hooray_for_dead_cops in The self defeating nihilist attitude on this site needs to stop by Communism_not_Barbarism
Transhumanism is fully compatible with communism, it's not nihilistic at all. I have a close comrade who is a transhumanist and he is very well read.
Communism_not_Barbarism OP wrote
Reply to comment by RosaReborn in The self defeating nihilist attitude on this site needs to stop by Communism_not_Barbarism
This is a fundamental misunderstanding of communism. The people will be in charge of the factories, meaning there's no reason we would choose to pollute our own environment. We simply wouldn't put profit before ecology.
Communism_not_Barbarism OP wrote
Reply to comment by !deleted8205 in The self defeating nihilist attitude on this site needs to stop by Communism_not_Barbarism
May I enquirer as to why?
Communism_not_Barbarism OP wrote
Reply to comment by An_Old_Big_Tree in The self defeating nihilist attitude on this site needs to stop by Communism_not_Barbarism
You speak as if there were no white barbarians. In fact, it was most often used to describe Europeans that simply didn't speak Greek very well!
<<The word "barbarian" is derived from the ancient Greek word βάρβάρος which was used 3,200 years ago when a civilization that modern-day scholars called "Mycenaean" ruled much of Greece, writes Juan Luis Garcia Alonso, a Classics professor at the University of Salamanca, in a paper published in the book "Identity(ies): A multicultural and multidisciplinary approach" (Coimbra University Press, 2017).
The word was written on clay tablets found at Pylos, a large Mycenaean city on the Greek mainland. "In the Pylos clay tablet collection we do find the word simply applied, apparently, to people from out of town," wrote Alonso.
A number of scholars have argued that the "bar-bar" in the word "barbarian" may be an attempt to imitate a stammering voice which, presumably, some non-Greek speakers might sound like to someone who speaks Greek.
By "the archaic period [2,700 years ago] there is no doubt that one of the major meanings of the word was linguistic: the Barbarians were those who did not speak Greek," writes Konstantinos Vlassopoulos, a professor of history and archaeology at the University of Crete, in his book "Greeks and the Barbarians" (Cambridge University Press, 2013).
Non-Greek speaking people could be friendly or hostile. The Persians who invaded Greece were referred to as "barbarians" in Herodotus' (lived fifth century B.C.) description of their battle against a Spartan led force at Thermopylae.>>
Besides, I'm simply using the word here to describe the nihilistic anti-civilizational ideology that has a stranglehold over this whole site. This ideology is harmful, destructive and prevents us from achieving communism by creating apathy in the working class. A return to this anarchist babarbarism would be destructive to humanity and reactionary ideologies such as nihilism should be rejected by all communists that believe in bettering human lives. Apathy is our worst enemy.
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Communism_not_Barbarism wrote
Reply to comment by ziq in Are any of you optimistic about the future? by RedParrot
I made an account just to say you're clearly not a communist and this kind of doomsday talk only creates apathy in the working class and strengthens the bourgeoisie. There's no reason we can't build a more sustainable society after the proletarian revolution.
Communism_not_Barbarism wrote
Reply to comment by arduinna in Are any of you optimistic about the future? by RedParrot
We would never allow that to happen, the people will seize the means of production long before they could get off of the planet, and then all of us will be able to leave for greener pastures.
Communism_not_Barbarism wrote
Reply to Are any of you optimistic about the future? by RedParrot
The revolution is closer than ever, mark my words, there will be a mass uprising in the near future as a response to the worsening conditions of capitalism.
Communism_not_Barbarism wrote
Reply to Why You Should Join Peertube by elyersio
We have to reach the widest audience we can, we can only do that on youtube. Preaching to the converted doesn't help us.