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[Sewer Socialist]

Hey ya'll, I just joined the other day.

I live in the united states in the pacific northwest. I used to consider myself an anarchist, but i started reading a lot more a couple years ago, when i got fired from my job and then, later, injured a couple of years ago and did it to keep myself from losing my mind and I've been devouring nonfiction ever since!

It turns out i really like Marx, and find myself a little turned off by a lot of anarchism, especially the moralistic aspects of it. I'm kind of interested in left communism, but I'm kind of still figuring all that out. I just call myself a communist these days, and I'm not really sure what to do with my political convictions, because so far it's nothing.

I'm still getting a hang of this site, but I hope I'll come to like this place and its members!

[Q]

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.

[Red Economist]

welcome to revleft comrade. I'm sorry to hear about your injury; I hope you stay here is long and constructive and that you learn much from the experience whatever you end up doing.

[helot]

Hey, welcome.




It turns out i really like Marx, and find myself a little turned off by a lot of anarchism, especially the moralistic aspects of it.

What moralistic aspects are you referring to? Anarchism doesn't need any ethical viewpoint. Ethics is thus superfluous.

[Sewer Socialist]

Thx for the welcome, everyone! I'm all healed up, but still as into reading as I was before.

To clarify what I mean, anarchism definitely doesn't need any moralism, but some self-described anarchists seem to be more interested in moral purity, which is also described as "lifestylism". Some take it so far as to think that anarchism is about only shopping for fair-trade goods at co-ops, and distancing oneself from what they see as immoral business practices; pacifism/nonviolence is another thing that really bothers me, which are kind of bourgeois views, in my opinion. It seems to be much more of a west-coast US thing.

Most of my leftist friends are anarchists, and I still think lots of anarchism is totally rad, and to be honest I think anarchism vs. marxism is a false dichotomy. I'm about equally into both, really.

[Lily Briscoe]

Hey, welcome. What part of the PNW are you from (if you don't mind saying)?

[Sewer Socialist]

Portland.

[maryamshah1]

Hell yeah, this post is really what I am looking for. I am really lucky today. Thank you admin!

[Lily Briscoe]

Portland.

I don't know why I kinda guessed as much :p

[motion denied]

Hell yeah, this post is really what I am looking for. I am really lucky today. Thank you admin!

How is it going, spambot? Hope is all good.

Cheers.

[#FF0000]

a+ username good job

welcome

[Five Year Plan]

a+ username good job

welcome

This is completely off topic and belongs in the "Rate My Username" thread!

To upthehunx: welcome.