the_dunk_tank

There are definitely issues in US institutions, but a liberal is not going to defend the shortcomings

Lol, remember when Hillary tried to counter Trump's "make america great again" with "america is already great"?

And then she became the first wamen presindent because she did not defend the shortcomings, the rest is herstory

I value possessing comfortable pillows to sit on...

Oh shit oh fuck! I'm a materialist now!

jesus christ, the final sentence is just absolute chef's kiss

bro, you just spent two paragraphs not knowing the definition of fucking words and making up a load of shit that loosely parrots what you learned on reddit. you're the one lost in the sauce, shut the fuck up

It kind of sucks because you could have an interesting clash of ideas with someone who disagrees with the material basis of ideas. It'd sound like a debate about whether math is invented or discovered. If ideas are before material conditions and ideals will outlive any condition, then it would imply the existence of an objectively superior leader who is wisest regardless of the circumstances they find themselves in. We'd owe Aaron Sorkin an apology. You'd have to reread Berserk and say that Griffith did nothing wrong. You'd have a Calvanist world where some people are chosen by fate to lead. Truly, the divine right of kings would be back on the menu. The most correct monarch would be protected by God in battle and their people would be the chosen people. Then when barbarians overrun them and they think back to their former glory, they realize that a new leader has been reborn from the ashes who needs to lead them to repel the invaders and interlopers. They'd be justified in concentrating the unworthy and disposing of them. And they would have gotten away with it if communists hadn't saved the world from fascism.

Material Girl was a marxist song actually.

Really unfortunate linguistic clusterfuck here.

I do actually think marxists should be careful when they throw out "materialist". It will absolutely flummox libs every time. Know your audience folks.

sewers love this joke

linkeroni:
https://lemmy.world/comment/1985474

it's from the closed announcement thread so you won't be able to immediately bully, plus lemmy.world is the most unstable website i've ever seen
however, check out the username and specifically the instance they're from

SmoothIsFast@citizensgaming.com

Again, this person simply doesn't know the lexicon, but their heart is most likely in the correct place

I think this does demonstrate that using marxist jargon to explain Marxism makes you harder to understand.