How far do would we reasonably have to go to combat bourgeois and reactionary culture if a communist government gained power within the imperial core? I unironically think Pol Pot (despite his ultra-leftist barracks-communism) had the right idea here in pursuing a “clean slate” and abolishing / uprooting the cultural, literary and artistic remnants of the exploiting and reactionary classes. Before someone cries about “muh art and books”, remember the words of Mao when he said that even these are not without class-character. Or, as an example perhaps more palatable to people here, Enver Hoxha carried on a cultural revolution against many aspects of bourgeois culture and reactionary beliefs. Class-struggle continues and even intensifies under the period between the end of capitalism and the coming of classlessness. To leave in place these elements of culture would be like leaving weeds to grow in your garden.
Palingenetic eco-communism with mass book-recycling sessions when?
Big leaps are almost always counter-productive. History doesn't work like that. The bourgeois order didn't need to ban much of the aristocratic cultural forms to succeed, they only had to make its format of production and distribution dominant and gradually shape scientific inquiry and education to accomodate it. Abusing authority in this process only leads to resistance.
Eli Carter
Unironicaly a cultural revolution must always happen alongside a political one. Mao had the right idea. Whenever a socialist government takes power, weather it’s in the first world, or Imperial Core, the culture of the nation where the revolution is occurring must be radically changed, so that socialist ideology is enshrined within that culture so that right-wing nationalist resistance becomes impossible because the nation’s culture is inherently left wing.
They did though, just look at what Robespierre did to the Catholic Church and regional languages.
Julian Myers
On one hand I agree, but there’s a risk here of over-stressing the objective factor (i.e. material conditions) and sinking into vulgar materialism. The subjective factor and reactionary beliefs will linger and sprout up without a continuous ideological struggle and revolutionizing of society. I think many Marxists have underestimated the ease of eliminating old reactionary tendencies. Like I said, class-struggle will continue under the dictatorship of the proletariat and no quarter should be afforded to any form of bourgeois or reactionary ideology – we want to put an end once and for all to all remnants of the past. Not all of this has to be accomplished through heavy-handed methods, of course, much of it will be through the political development of the people, their education and their own actions. In some aspects though, to cleanse the society of undesirable class-elements can be a net benefit
Zachary Clark
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Oliver Gonzalez
Petty/bourgeoisie is when you own the means of production but participate as a manager. You do real work as a manager and generate profit for the company. The problem is that bourgeoisie dont do any work and get all the benefits from the blood and sweat of others.
Daniel Johnson
About cambodian "comminist" you should shoot on sight.
Isaiah Fisher
Because a lot of things in modern culture are shit For Example
Ian Sanchez
As I said myself:
Joseph Fisher
Yeah its about muh culture when there so much wrong about leftist pop culture.
