"As revolutionaries, we don't have the right to say that we're tired of explaining. We must never stop explaining. We also know that when the people understand, they cannot but follow us. In any case, we, the people, have no enemies when it comes to peoples. Our only enemies are the imperialist regimes and organizations." Thomas Sankara, 1985
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i think we all had a point in our lives as communists where we didn't really understand DiaMat, but understood the basics enough to be confidently wrong about all sorts of shit because we thought we had figured it all out already
at least i definitely did. shoutout to all my comrades who are still learning, you got this and try not to let being right most of the time go to your head
more like phenomenal and crippling permanent mental health issues that no amount of "go to therapy" or medication will fix because the problem isn't with you
let me take the glasses back off please 
Yeah, but it's only if you know how bad things are, and why, that you can start to make things any better. Act with purpose, you know? Double-edged sword, I guess.
No wonder Marx was a rabid alcoholic!
This hit right in the feels. DiaMat is like crack. Suddenly it is all so easy to solve and stuff begins to make sense. It is really hard to not want to kick others if they go full reactionary or idealist on you. It does thin out the friendlist fast if employed right.
It does thin out the friendlist fast if employed right.
And if applied really right - you get to keep the same list of much better friends.
I remember a point, where I was like:"I already know capitalism is bad, why do I need to learn this complex shit on top of it? Is dialectics even real? Marx and Engels probably just read too much Hegel." Now I try to explain Engels three laws to my bookclub in the first session and frame everything in terms of contradictions. I still have a lot to learn though.
Yeah ngl when it clicked for me I was like exiting the Matrix
Me after reading Dialectical & Historical Materialism by Stalin:
Which is not even the best text to learn about it from.
Which one would you think is best? I heard Stalin was very beginner friendly.
For absolute Beginners,
Then, read Marx and Engels.
Thanks!
He is. I don't know if it's the most beginner friendly introduction, but it's up there. Definitely better than reading Marx who can be quite difficult.
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Diamat is the archdemon from Dragon Age: Origins?
Nope, Urthemiel is the Archdemon of the Fifth Blight, the one that starts and ends in Origins. The Archdemon you're probably thinking of is Dumat, Archdemon of the First Blight, like, 1300 years earlier. (also first mentioned in origins, but that's probably because that's literally the first game in the series.)
I'm going to assume you're correct. I just played the franchise as pretty princess dress-up dating simulator, and might have solved a Blight and turned a lady into red glass at some point along the way. So my lore recollection may be slightly off.
Some of us go into existential crisis as well.