If I were Xi, I would simply press the full communism button. All that's covering it is this thing labeled "dialectical and historical materialism" but that can't be anything important.
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I'm glad for you sharing so much of it on the grad, it really is a light in the gloom sometimes.
Love this, was reminded of it the other day but couldn't think of where to find it.
Interesting, I've never read The Trial, but now I'm curious. I have definitely seen Dr. Strangelove though. I think the most unrealistic part of Dr. Strangelove is the idea that the US president has good intentions lol. But the general circus act absurdity of it, yeah. In the US, the health secretary being anti-vax definitely feels like parody writing (though since it's real, it's less funny and more just ridiculously dangerous).
Makes sense that it would bug the employees as well. I'd imagine you want to be able to solve problems for people, so struggling to be able to due to processes that are multi-layered and unwieldy, I can see how that'd be frustrating.
There are days when dealing with capitalism feels like a parody version of real life. The fuckton layers of parties involved in any given process, the underpaid CS who don't have enough time to read what you're saying and/or are too constrained to give more than boilerplate answers, the technological systems that are badly designed or go in and out of maintenance whenever. There's so much convoluted nonsense. And this on top of it being in the US, a country whose power brokers are actively pulverizing it for their short term ends.
Dead Internet Theory is one thing, but some days, it feels like capitalism resembles something like what I might call "Dead Management Theory" - like nobody is actually in charge, in a meaningful capacity that can smoothly operate what actually needs to occur. I'm exaggerating of course (just as I don't literally believe in Dead Internet Theory), obviously some things continue to function, but it feels very empty at times in terms of organization and clerical efficiency. I don't think it's that management is literally missing exactly, but it's like there's this molasses effect on the process, due to all the layers of bullshit, that if something is a little off, it's a way bigger deal than it should be? Like for a fictional representation, when Peter Gibbons forgets about TPS reports and gets reminded about it by eight different bosses. It feels sorta like that. Like there's more organizational going through the motions than there is practical functionality.
I think it's just bad faith, basically.
First, marxist-leninists and those in similar sphere do a lot more than "tell people to read". Second, there are multiple ways to acquire knowledge written in a book. For example, if someone is visually impaired, they can use audio books, provided the resources are made available for them. Information can also be expressed through lectures, seminars, streams, podcasts, etc. Reading groups can help people with denser texts that are hard to understand. Third, disabilities are a real thing that holds people back in various ways and needs accommodation, but luckily, "forcing someone to read" is not necessary in order to get them information and if they are disabled to the point they can't read, trying to force them to isn't going to accomplish anything anyway.
The individualist fascist cowering alone vs. the collectivist communist hanging out and having a good time.
Seems like a pretext for setting off a civil war.
Or I suppose just a pretext to crack down on opposition, period.
But the end result may be civil war because this is so broad, it can encompass anyone and everyone. It's basically a blueprint for a Christo-Fascist, white supremacist ethno-state.
If shit hits the fan, just know that I'm glad I came here. I got to learn and find some comfort in the declining empire. You know, sometimes when I'm at the store and I'm feeling down, I'll see a little kid, smiling about who knows what and it boosts my mood right up. They're so precious and fascinated by everything, and so vulnerable and in need of care. A reminder of what it's all about. I try to keep in view that's who we're fighting for, the ones who are most in need. Not as moral panic or patronizing proclamation, but as real material aid.
The oppressor would like for you to think they're good and wholesome. That they care about family. While they separate migrant children from their parents, bomb family lines out of existence in other countries, and let their own people die in poverty. They are, and have always been, frauds. And the mask is gradually being thrown out and grinded into paste.