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It's true but weak at the same time:
It's true that if you want to have a deep down discussion about Marxism, you need to read the book, there's no way around it. But at the same time it's unrealistic to expect that most people will read at least some books for every ideology to form an opinion
Yep, that's why I try to keep my discussions around Marxism-Leninism free from large quotes. Used to do that, but people just shut me out, so I adapted and now I just recommend my intro Marxist-Leninist reading list if I think it's relevant, and instead focus on explaining the relevant concepts as concisely and as best I can.
My instance has a community that dedicates a thread to just about every post you make without reading anything you've written, so this meme does have a little bit of extra context.
I've seen them, haha. MWoG is basically a Nazi bar with Zionist mods that troll around communist spaces for screen grabs. I can't really do anything about that, but at the same time I don't really take it personally either, just like I don't value MAGA opinions or Flat Earther opinions. I can do the best I can, and I do get people thanking me over DMs and whatnot, so that keeps me going!
Also, some absolute bangers have come from MWoG comments about me (no links nor usernames included for privacy reasons):
Another:
Honestly super funny when these happen.
That's an objectively funny visual, but also a level of honesty worth appreciating.
Yea, it's pretty harmless, I left out the username because I don't want to incite any harassment or anything.
grade school Bible class:
Teacher: I want you all to read this passage and this passage tonight and then be ready to talk about what you think it means tomorrow.
Tomorrow: I read those two passages. And I think they mean this. But question, I read a bunch more and I saw this kind of stuff and that kind of stuff.
Teacher: Oh, yeah, you should just read on ahead into things. There's a lot of stuff in there that you're not ready for.
Me: There was stuff in there about hearding people for doing things that don't seem that bad. That's not what we teach here.
Teacher: Um, yeah, they don't actually mean what they're saying.
Me: So how do you tell when they mean what they're saying versus when they don't mean what they're saying?
Teacher: That's why you're not ready yet.
Me: I don't think a book should have those kind of things in it, if it doesn't mean them. I really don't think the people should decide what it means or what it doesn't mean.
Teacher: That's why it's really important to go to church to learn it.
Me: That doesn't make it any better.
I didn't stay in religious school for very much longer.
about the time I started learning that it was a bunch of religious big wigs deciding what books were going to be included.