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ComradeAllende
29th June 2015, 11:33
I'm not sure what you guys want to know (feel free to tell me to stfu; that's a real confidence booster from where I come from). The earliest political stance I ever took was in first grade, when I supported the invasion of Iraq. I used to be a full-on Bush supporter (for no clear reason in particular), then a (pro-war) supporter of Kerry, then a Bush supporter (again). Then I jumped on the "Hope and Change" bandwagon. The Obama years were the really formative part of my life, at least politically. I was your plain vanilla liberal up until my sophomore year in high school, when I started getting deeper in left-wing stuff, mostly Marxist. By then, the economy had been fried (several times over) and Occupy Wall Street was a year old (and already being strangled in its crib). By my junior year, I was an out-and-about Communist (not literally; I used that term to show that I was a real leftist and not some super-bold Democrat); my friends were (mostly) okay with it, although in retrospect I probably should have kept the political debates to a minimum. I even quoted the Theses of Feurerbach for my graduation photo. For the most part, my politics revolve around the more left-leaning (non-Leninist) strains of Marxism, although I am more sympathetic to the anarchist and syndicalist crowds than some of the Marxists that I've read about. I really wouldn't mind if you guys helped show me the ropes, since I'm kinda new here. If you have any questions or just wanna chat, feel free to do so. Peace out.

Thirsty Crow
29th June 2015, 12:44
Hi and welcome :)
(hell yeah I beat Q to the punch :lol:)

Check out the boards, especially the learning sub-forum which you might find really useful, and of course don't hesitate to jump right into a discussion. PM is always open for questions of any kind (or anything really, I love getting PMs).

Tim Cornelis
29th June 2015, 16:22
I predict you will cringe at quoting Theses on Feuerbach in a few years.

Q
29th June 2015, 22:39
Welcome :)

As for LinkRadikal: Ahum (http://www.revleft.com/vb/just-friendly-note-t179014/index.html), naughty ;)

motion denied
30th June 2015, 02:54
I predict you will cringe at quoting Theses on Feuerbach in a few years.

Fully agree. We all know that if you're going to quote Marx you better quote Capital. And please tell me you did not quote the XI thesis.

Shame on you OP.

:D

ComradeAllende
30th June 2015, 04:05
I already did by the end of the year. Wished I did something more comical. Oh well; everyone in my class introduced me as their "communist friend," so I guess they'd be surprised if they didn't. And yes, I did quote the XI thesis (bangs head against wall).