the last donut of the night
30th May 2009, 03:51
I've been in the forum for about a month (I think), yet I still haven't introduced myself. I sadly live in the suburbs around NYC in Westchester, prime capitalist territory, and I hate it. I am glad to live in one of the town's smaller houses, but it's disgusting how the liberal capitalist ideas just pervade the air. Few people here have freed themselves from the capitalist ideology. So you have this center-leftism, but in reality it's nothing compared to what I ascribe to. On to that, actually. I am a marxist, most importantly, and have some time defining what faction I belong to. I don't see that as too important. But I am strong believer in internationalism, completely against democratic centralism, and too strong central planning is not my thing. So kinda of a luxembourgist.
I haven't been a marxist for too long. The nightmare :) began a few years back, when oil prices rose to an all-time high. The rising price of oil led to many things positive: I saw many making changes to hybrids, and turning around their carbon footprints. I saw how prices forced people to change. But I also knew the negative effects they were wrecking upon the world's poorest. Then prices went down, and the rich fared just as well as before. But the poor suffered even more. I had seen, in person, how the fluctuation of the market caused suffering. Then I started diving into moderately leftist literature, basically social democratic stuff. One day, I stumbled upon an article by Alan Mass (however you spell it) on the 'case for socialism'. I was hooked, and have been living the Red Nightmare ever since.:D
I haven't been a marxist for too long. The nightmare :) began a few years back, when oil prices rose to an all-time high. The rising price of oil led to many things positive: I saw many making changes to hybrids, and turning around their carbon footprints. I saw how prices forced people to change. But I also knew the negative effects they were wrecking upon the world's poorest. Then prices went down, and the rich fared just as well as before. But the poor suffered even more. I had seen, in person, how the fluctuation of the market caused suffering. Then I started diving into moderately leftist literature, basically social democratic stuff. One day, I stumbled upon an article by Alan Mass (however you spell it) on the 'case for socialism'. I was hooked, and have been living the Red Nightmare ever since.:D