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Dodo
10th November 2013, 18:01
Hey lads,

Been involved with "left" thinking since I was in highscool being a typical Turkish Kemalist. Then as I got more involved in the left I despised nationalism and the system. Though by then I was more of a, as I like to call it "Che socialist" meaning a person who love the romantic-anti system movements. Since I got invovled with a Trotskyist party, I became more of a Marxist in the true sense but eventually I grew cold to these Trotskyist-Stalinist-Leninist distinctions as well.

For the past 2 years, my focus is strictly on dialectical materialism and understanding the progress of history the right way. I do not call myself a socialist anymore and try to eradicate myself from all the "popular" dogmatic thinking that was caused by not actually understanding Marxism.

I am a student of development and economic history in Lund University and one of my plans on the long run if possible is to become an academic. I found myself "less influential" in action wince my invovlement in the protests in Turkey in summer. Not exactly the leader type, and quiet honest I actually get sick of people who simplify Marxist thinking.

Looking forward to learn and argue a lot here lads. I am a highly critical person, moreso of the Marxists, which is what being a Marxist is about after all :D Ruthless criticisim of everything existing.

Q
10th November 2013, 18:47
Welcome :)

If you have political questions, you can ask them in the Learning forum. That's why it's there after all!

If you have questions about your account, don't hesitate to send me a PM or ask here.

I like your criticism :) I suppose you're from Turkey (?), what's the left there like?

Hrafn
10th November 2013, 20:40
Title made me think you were Scandinavian, heh.

Welcome.

Stalinist Speaker
10th November 2013, 20:56
Title made me think you were Scandinavian, heh.

Welcome.

he is probably from scandinavia, Lund university is in sweden.

and also Welcome

Hrafn
10th November 2013, 20:58
he is probably from scandinavia, Lund university is in sweden.

and also Welcome

Huh, dunno how I missed that part. And yes, I do know where Lund is.

Välkommen.

Dodo
11th November 2013, 13:18
I am from Turkey but I study in Sweden.




I like your criticism :) I suppose you're from Turkey (?), what's the left there like?

More militant, less theoratically informed, divided on many issues over bourgeouis policies.