Greetings comrades.

[Ilya rá Ilúvë]

Hello everybody,
I am an atheistic free communist from the east coast of the United States. I began reading a lot of philosophy over the past year or two, realizing high school wasn't really teaching me anything. Even as a junior, in accelerated classes at the top high school in my state, I learned nothing. I began reading a lot, working my way through the basics, and most recently forming my opinions on politics. I was always vaguely democratic (which is viewed as the more "socialist" party in the USA), because as a kid I wanted equality, but all I knew of politics was within capitalism. The first text I read regarding communism was, of course, the Communist Manifesto. From there, I read a few books on Marxism before going through most of Kropotkin's works. I'm starting college next year, and I'm majoring in philosophy.
Feel free to message me for any reason, and thank you for taking the time to read this.

[Mr. Natural]

Ilya ra Iluve, Your intro reads much better than your handle. Keep your open but critical mind, which is an asset much needed on the left. My experience, though, has been that the philosophy departments of major universities are the most compromised of all with capitalist values.

So keep that open but criticall mind.

[Ilya rá Ilúvë]

Ilya ra Iluve, Your intro reads much better than your handle. Keep your open but critical mind, which is an asset much needed on the left. My experience, though, has been that the philosophy departments of major universities are the most compromised of all with capitalist values.

So keep that open but criticall mind.

Having an open, critical mind is, to me, incredibly important. Dogmatism is one of the worst things in the world in my opinion. I really hope my college isn't all right-wingers, because I would transfer very quickly. I do realize its a likely possibility, however.
FYI, my handle means "all for all" in Quenya.

[OHumanista]

Greetings and welcome friend, keep reading and learning:cool:

[Left Leanings]

Hello there, comrade.

Welcome to RevLeft :)

[Ilya rá Ilúvë]

Thanks everybody. I look forward to learning a lot on these forums.