If it is ridiculous to expect much from 'creating revolutionists' then it is equally ridiculous to suggest that one can go about creating conflict, nevermind in a similar manner. Nechayev thought was...
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If it is ridiculous to expect much from 'creating...If it is ridiculous to expect much from 'creating revolutionists' then it is equally ridiculous to suggest that one can go about creating conflict, nevermind in a similar manner. Nechayev thought was...
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Empathy in principle's character is owed to the...Empathy in principle's character is owed to the highest bidder. Both empathy and pity, as mentioned, presume relations of power. A revolutionary does not empathise - they *identify* with themselves....
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Internet only tendencies secondary only to...Internet only tendencies secondary only to present real-life tendencies, whose superiority is presumed to the standard of internet tendencies, as though they are any less ridiculous.
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Remember Robespierre: Pity is treason.Remember Robespierre: Pity is treason.
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The point is that non-violence is ineffective....The point is that non-violence is ineffective. That does not automatically designate the use of violence alone as effective, but necessary. The groups mentioned did not fail because they utilized...
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To further expound, if the ability to become...To further expound, if the ability to become members of the capitalist class were so widespread there would most likely be no classes at all anyway.
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You cannot be dedicated to Communism, you cannot...You cannot be dedicated to Communism, you cannot be a Leftist today simply because "it's in your class interest". All Communists today, regardless of their personal class backgrounds, are Communists...
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This is completely paradoxical - this may be...This is completely paradoxical - this may be applicable to a single workplace, barely, but without capitalist relations the profit of which would measure success in productivity couldn't manifest...
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This doesn't have any real biological...This doesn't have any real biological implications as far as the relationship of the family unit, however. I'm so fucking sick of evolutionary psychology and its inability to differentiate...
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We are only able to articulate any notion of...We are only able to articulate any notion of progress based on our present, relative standards of reason. Progress is only possible in proximity to our relative historical circumstances, i.e....
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It's obvious that to those outside of the French...It's obvious that to those outside of the French political context, the publications would appear aesthetically racist. But again, Charlie Hebdo never bothered or tried to appeal to people outside of...
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This was Le Pen senior, remember. There have been...This was Le Pen senior, remember. There have been clear signs of dissonance, whether staged or not, between the European new right, which attempts to distance itself from blatant anti-semitism, and...
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I should be less dismissive toward these kinds of...I should be less dismissive toward these kinds of movies - I had specifically avoided watching it because I was under the impression it would be more cowardly apologia and shameless white washing -...
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For Hebdo, the fact that such caricatures deserve...For Hebdo, the fact that such caricatures deserve mockery is absolutely self-evident in their appearance. Again, it may not be an effective approach, but this was the intended effect. There were no...
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Hebdo's caricatures were made completely in...Hebdo's caricatures were made completely in response to already prevailing and powerful caricatures, though, not as a tag-along even if this looks the same aesthetically. We can disagree with Hebdo...
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The lyrics possess an aura of satirizing...The lyrics possess an aura of satirizing ridiculousness only because we view them in an already mocking fashion which has been definitive of our prevailing understanding of Ideology in former...
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What is Zizek's position on terror, if not the...What is Zizek's position on terror, if not the fact that it is absolutely necessary, "no matter how unpleasant" - as consequential of radical egalitarian social upheavals? Your understanding is lazy...
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To briefly summarize if you don't have time for...To briefly summarize if you don't have time for any of that: Communism is impossible today. It is utopian. However, it can become possible through the course of the elaborations of a class struggle...
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Not only do they struggle to draw the line, they...Not only do they struggle to draw the line, they in effect have absolutely no line at all. The point is not that utopianism is defined by creating a society with a "clever plan" - this is only a...
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Undoubtedly, but the point was not that Hebdo...Undoubtedly, but the point was not that Hebdo were trying to be provocative to Muslims. It is simply that they lacked hesitance, and did not cater to Muslim sensitivities in their caricatures....
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And when I say I'm not speaking from any internal...And when I say I'm not speaking from any internal brilliance but adherence to a theoretical universe external from me, it's perceived as an elaboration of a narcissistic pathology. The bourgeois...
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It's hilarious because you're doing the same...It's hilarious because you're doing the same thing - my posts cannot be valid because it would be ridiculous if they were, I.e. I am not qualified, I cannot "always be right". Yet you haven't once...
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I said free choice does not exist. I didn't say...I said free choice does not exist. I didn't say it shoudlnt exist, I said it doesn't. I.e., justifying prostitution by saying they chose it does not justify it. That does not imply it should be made...
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You make claims, but you haven't demonstrated any...You make claims, but you haven't demonstrated any of them. If you can't show how what I said was erroneous, keep your fucking mouth shut. Fucking piece of shit excuse for an admin - how the fuck are...
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I was inactive on the forum for a while. I did...I was inactive on the forum for a while. I did not continue the discussion on prostitution because I felt it fell out of context. Now that you mention it, and being that there is still confusion or...