Greetings from the US.

[CaptainDDC]

CaptainDDC here! :thumbup:

A little about myself:

Since I was a younger kid, I always called myself a leftist. I was a mouthpiece for the Democratic Party (Fail) because that is where my grandparents stood. I always defended their views.

Recently, I got into the more Revolutionary Left when one of my teachers asked me, out of the blue, if I was a communist. I have been researching ever since.

It turns out he was ignorant. I was at the time, a great example of your typical Green Party member here in the US. I suppose a Conservative Republican teacher would see that as communism, given the state of American politics and education. :lol: :(

I lurked another forum before this one. It had several Marxists on it (Some post here) and from what they said regarding modern day topics, I agreed with. The way they laid out the theories of Marxism was appealing, leaving me wanting more knowledge. I found myself studying Marx and agreeing with him more and more.

However, I have been hesitant in posting this introduction on Revleft. There is so much bickering on here I am not too sure I will benefit. Oh well, time will tell.

Thank you for your time.

[Die Rote Fahne]

CaptainDDC here! :thumbup:

A little about myself:

Since I was a younger kid, I always called myself a liberal. I was a mouthpiece for the Democratic Party because that is where my grandparents stood. I always defended their views.

Recently, I got into the more Revolutionary Left when one of my teachers asked me, out of the blue, if I was a communist. I have been researching ever since.

It turns out he was ignorant. I was at the time, a great example of your typical Green Party member here in the US. I suppose a Conservative Republican teacher would see that as communism, given the state of American politics and education. :lol: :(

I lurked another forum before this one. It had several Marxists on it (Some post here) and from what they said regarding modern day topics, I agreed with. The way they laid out the theories of Marxism was appealing, leaving me wanting more knowledge. I found myself studying Marx and agreeing with him more and more.

However, I have been hesitant in posting this introduction on Revleft. There is so much bickering on here I am not too sure I will benefit. Oh well, time will tell.

Thank you for your time.

Welcome! Ignore the bickering, we're all comrades, and we won't agree 100% of the time!

Any questions post em in Learning. If you wish to read some works by famous Marxists and Marx himself, check out marxists.org

[Mr. Natural]

Captain DDC,

Welcome! There is so much bickering at revleft because the left has no idea how to proceed in dismantling capitalism and moving into a human future. But revleft is not the ever-awful US Green Party.

I'm an amateur naturalist and was one of those who changed party registrations in CA in 1991 to get the Greens on the ballot. I looked at those lovely "Ten Key Values" and thought, "How can we lose?"

Losing was easy. All the Greens had to do was throw away those ten values and run a guy who didn't even belong to the party for president.

The ten key values form a system that is obviously anti-capitalist, yet I have never run into a Greenie who would even discuss capitalism.

Captain DDC, we are truly in the belly of the beast and are rapidly being digested. I find that Americans, despite a lot of hullaballoo, have the political awareness of a potato. This must change, and revleft might be the very best place to begin to effect revolutionary change.

Welcome!

[Blake's Baby]

Welcome indeed.

Don't worry about the bickering as Hail says. Unless you post something like 'how come Mao was totally awesome?' or 'why was Stalin such a bastard?' you should be OK.

Hope your time here is fruitful and helps you better understand politics and society!

[CaptainDDC]

Thanks for the replies everyone. :D