Re: Political Meme Thread
Posted: Fri July 10, 2020 2:34 am
Maybe I’m just a fucking moron but do you mean tenet?Mickey wrote:I would say Marxism is one of many critiques of capitalism, not all of which are Marxist, but I'm wary of this "study Marxism in order to do capitalism more ethically" take (which the Warren campaign really exemplified). This isn't to dismiss the idea of a limited capitalist system as a potential path forward, but I'm not sure you're going to get that from Marxism--a broad and sometimes heterogeneous field of theory but one in which a pretty core tenant is that there's no reforming capitalism.Rob wrote:There are those who would argue that Marxism is simply the critique of capitalism; something I would assume that people in a capitalist country would want to study so that capitalism doesn't become a religion.
Not a typo, just a play on words leveraging how it is rent seeking that causes economic anxiety in America and not free market capitalism.Bammer wrote:Maybe I’m just a fucking moron but do you mean tenet?Mickey wrote:I would say Marxism is one of many critiques of capitalism, not all of which are Marxist, but I'm wary of this "study Marxism in order to do capitalism more ethically" take (which the Warren campaign really exemplified). This isn't to dismiss the idea of a limited capitalist system as a potential path forward, but I'm not sure you're going to get that from Marxism--a broad and sometimes heterogeneous field of theory but one in which a pretty core tenant is that there's no reforming capitalism.Rob wrote:There are those who would argue that Marxism is simply the critique of capitalism; something I would assume that people in a capitalist country would want to study so that capitalism doesn't become a religion.
I thought I had a very positive take on your typo.Mickey wrote:More like I make a lot of posts from my phone.
Autocorrect! It was autocorrect! I lol'd though.surfndestroy wrote:I thought I had a very positive take on your typo.Mickey wrote:More like I make a lot of posts from my phone.


Of course its a stupid meme. Harry Potter is a tenant of boring progressivim. Marxists have read more than one book.Mickey wrote:If either of those things were remotely true (and not just like, things that brain-melted zoomers say) I would Sylvia Plath my way straight into the next life tonight.
Predator meme.gifMickey wrote:I just want you to know that I see those xim/xer "ten points for Gryffindor" total Gemini move posts and I hate them just as much as you do.
“tennants” ?simple schoolboy wrote:q