I seriously doubt the results of this poll. It’s not conceivable at all that in the US that the numbers of people who self-identify as “communist” and “anarchist” are anywhere near the same.

If I were to pull a number out of my ass I would assume a difference of around an order of magnitude.

Is this still the case? I thought this was slowly falling out of style, but maybe it depends on the place.

More and more in my experience it goes something like: “How’s it going?” “It’s going” “Yeaaah…”

I’m just waiting for someone to waltz in and bless us with some enlightened analysis about how China is actually building these to suck all the air from Xinjiang and Taiwan.

But at what cost??

Sorry, I didn’t mean that the issue is with the peertube channel. I meant that if the problem is just with the intro, you could download the video, crop the intro out, and reupload it to your own channel instead of asking/waiting for the original channel to reupload it.

Hmm. Maybe the core guide could remain comprehensive but have multiple “fast tracks”? Like a Marxist Feminism fast-track that takes only the most necessary readings from the first sections and jumps to a focus on feminism. Or an imperialism fast-track that gives you the most direct and shortest route to understanding imperialism in the 21st century, etc.

This might work with different target audiences who are curious about the ML stance on certain issues, but are not convinced or interested enough to do, for example, 40 hours of reading to understand why you say that the EU is an imperialist project but China is not.

I’m sure you already considered something similar, I read the comments you wrote on thinking about separating history to another list, but I’m not sure. Just a thought.

Can’t the video just be cropped to remove the introduction and reuploaded on a different peertube channel?

When can we pre-order the hardcover? I hope it comes with free shipping because it’ll probably weigh as much as a microwave.

I don’t have enough experience to give recommendations, but I could post my raw impressions going down the list in case it’s helpful:

I think having an estimated reading length timer similar to Red Sails next to each title would be useful. Especially for Section 0 which includes some very short reads, but people might think they have hours ahead of them before Section 1. I used this website sometimes to give myself an idea before diving into a book: https://www.readinglength.com/.

Not a criticism, just a note: I’m surprised to find Socialism: Utopian and Scientific relatively far down the list. I think it was the first work on socialism I’d ever read, lol.

The order of Section 6 in relation to 7 and 8 is a bit of a tough one, I think. Should works on LGBTQIA+ liberation and colonialism be so far down the list? I’m not sure. I’d like to hear your perspective.

Isn’t this how it’s always worked? I think it’s the same with lemmy.world where you can see comments from .world users on Lemmygrad but they can’t see your replies.

Thanks for the response! I really like how you’re approaching this where you’re giving the reader an immediately applicable understanding of current world events and contradictions, rather than what feels like an academic course on Marxist theory.

I believe this would help many people understand that reading theory isn’t about being immersed in abstract and detached concepts in books. It should give them tools to be used in their everyday life, as well as provide a clear vision of the goals we need to accomplish while learning from past failures and successes.

I find the revisions very interesting. Would you elaborate on what you learned over the past few months that inspired you to make these changes? When you have the time, of course.

In my own circles I usually recommend Blackshirts and Reds as first or second because it counters the “socialism bad and failed everywhere” attitude that most people have by default.

My thinking is that many people would be apprehensive of reading anything by Lenin or Mao if they come with that perspective. I’d appreciate your thoughts on this!

Jimmy Carter has been the only president that hasn’t been a complete fuckwad

Old man Biden did well as president

USians considering people from the Global South as less than human exhibit number 32 quadrillion.

Just FYI, .world users can’t see replies from lemmygrad accounts.

I kept it short because I considered it obvious

Classic.

This is a good moment to point out that an open source alternative to Figma, Penpot, exists and has come a very long way and is almost feature-complete with Figma. It also has its own unique features.

I’ve personally been using it for a long time for various use-cases and I’m more than happy with it.

I’m not disagreeing, I meant for The Principles of Communism specifically because it’s such a short read. If most people read it just once it would save so much time that’s usually spent clearing up misconceptions in conversations.

I wish most people would start with that instead of the Manifesto of the Communist Party (or “The Communist Manifesto” as most people call it). It gets through most of the misconceptions in a much faster and simpler way. I like that you have it listed first in your reading list.

At the very least it would get people to start grasping what communism even is, instead of them creating vibes-based strawmen in their heads that they argue against.

Blowback.

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