babyfinland posted:Squalid posted:I finished the essay and it seems the authors conclusion is that you can strugge for issues relevant to your own unique identity so long as you remember that, get-this, your identity intersects with other identities that also require struggle. This article was poorly written so I dunno if I understood anything but can someone explain what is advocated by the intersectionality and ID politics people that the author took issue with? I can't tell where the point of dispute is.
Is she just taking issue with certain identity groups selling out? Does she propose a way to prevent single-identity groups, which she explicitly states have a place in the left, from pursuing their own interests when those are contrary to the goal of class struggle?Yes.
Well what is her proposal for preventing single-identity groups from pursuing their own interests when those are contrary to the goal of class struggle
Squalid posted:babyfinland posted:Squalid posted:I finished the essay and it seems the authors conclusion is that you can strugge for issues relevant to your own unique identity so long as you remember that, get-this, your identity intersects with other identities that also require struggle. This article was poorly written so I dunno if I understood anything but can someone explain what is advocated by the intersectionality and ID politics people that the author took issue with? I can't tell where the point of dispute is.
Is she just taking issue with certain identity groups selling out? Does she propose a way to prevent single-identity groups, which she explicitly states have a place in the left, from pursuing their own interests when those are contrary to the goal of class struggle?Yes.
Well what is her proposal for preventing single-identity groups from pursuing their own interests when those are contrary to the goal of class struggle
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Lessons posted:I drove past Occupy today to see what that stuff was all about. Seemed pretty "whack" to me, to use a bit of hilariously outdated "urban" slang, but whatever. Anyway, after that, I decided to read the first sentence of the Communist Manifesto to see what this Marxism thing was all about and read Einstein's famous ee equals em cee squared equation to see what physics was all about, pretty sure I've got those down. After that I stopped into Subway (Eat Fresh!™) for a delicious Italian BMT and read the calorie listing on the back of my napkin to learn all about nutrition. On my way home I accidentally hired a hooker, funny story there. Now I'm home and it's time for us to all discuss our really important political options. I'll start:
"Homosex represents *does Doctor Evil pinky thing* Six Hundred Beeeellion dollars in spending power. Let's get crackin'. Let's get a-gogo. Now listen to my song!"
This whole line of attack about Huey or others among us not knowing anything about anything is completely misguided, because that's exactly what makes us such good Marxists.
Panopticon posted:since the revolution will utterly rewrite every aspect of humanity's social, political and economic existence, making all previous knowledge defunct, and since communists are supposed to be the vanguard of the working class, demonstrating through action the correct course for the working class to take, it follows that communists must know nothing of humanity's current social, political and economic existence
The ancient Greeks were themselves aware of this, as all were required to drink from the obliviating waters of the Lethe before entering Paradise
Squalid posted:I'd especially like to hear how the Soviet Union handled the issue of unpaid reproductive labor, if anyone has any details to share.
it collapsed and became a spouse & baby farm for the United States
