A trot sells a paper, a tankie sells Stalin, and an anarchist sells a dream.
I just read Umberto Eco's 'Ur-Fascism' essay
Angel Ramirez
Charles Jenkins
But Stalin is not jewish.
Ian Green
Well, Marx goes without saying, so
Henry Long
show them the all encompassing power of the immortal science
Elijah Parker
It's good, and I say that I have had virtually the same experience (I was an ex-ns), however from my own opinion I would say do your own research and broaden your information sources (don't get all your information from just one place).
For starters though, I recommend anything related to critical theory since it appealed to me and got me out of my phase (Primarily about capitalism and its effects on culture, psyche, etc) It happens to be that Frankfurt School literature is completely the opposite of what its regularly accused of>>2950512
Connor Martin
Oh also the communist manifesto as an introduction to how marxists see history is great: just don't expect some roadplan on what should be done, ironically enough for a manifesto it ain't that.
Benjamin Gutierrez
Okay, anyone who actively supports republicans is obviously an asshole and perhaps a fascist, whatever. But don't expect nice words for the democrats here. Let's not be fools: everytime they were in government, they waged war against vulnerable countries in development, they did free trade and benefited wall st etc…
Anyway, marxism might be what you're looking for. Just keep in mind something: marxism is not about hate for the wealthy or fascists or whatever. Marxism is, or tries to be, science, done with the purpose of transforming our reality into a better one. So no moralfaggotry is allowed here. We don't want to hear bitching about x or y. Instead, give arguments, read theory and debate politely, that should do it. If you don't like it, well, you might not fit in here.
Ayden Ortiz
And something else in this respect. I have ambiguous feelings. I think, for example, that Trump victory in 2016 was actually good because if you look at his campaign, he put on the table a lot of important issues: wasteful wars, free trade benefiting the wealthy, dead infrastructure, and generally poverty and misery in the midwest. That was good. Hillary didn't talked about that, neither did Obama nor Romney. The establishment had complete hegemonic domain over public speech. But Trump came and a lot of these issues became important. Now, today is a different matter. Trump is really, really dangerous because he co-opts a large portion of the working class with racism and nationalism while fucking up everyone and benefiting the wealthy as usual. The economy he built is completely rigged in favor of the most powerful, we know that. But he is effective at distracting us from those issues right now. So while I think that his victory was, historically speaking, generally good in 2016, right now it's imperative to defeat him. That's why I would like to see more of candidates like Bernie or Elizabeth Warren. But instead, the party is shifting towards a more radical IdPol with Harris, or to the dead and useless centrism with Biden.
Ethan Morgan
I thought tankies only sold their comrades.
Alexander Carter
Your thinking is shaped by who you hang out with and the media you read.
If they are real friends, like actually hang out with you, would take you to the hospital, challenge you to be better, defend you when someone is talking shit, don't give them up.
If they are internet friends that haven't been that great to you, it's not a big loss if you move on. But you do need to get involved in another community very very quickly. There's here, or a ton of other leftist groups (including meme and gaming) online. Introduce yourself and be honest.