ComradeSharkfucker
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“There were two “Reigns of Terror,” if we would but remember it and consider it; the one wrought murder in hot passion, the other in heartless cold blood; the one lasted mere months, the other had lasted a thousand years; the one inflicted death upon ten thousand persons, the other upon a hundred millions; but our shudders are all for the “horrors” of the minor Terror, the momentary Terror, so to speak; whereas, what is the horror of swift death by the axe, compared with lifelong death from hunger, cold, insult, cruelty, and heart-break? What is swift death by lightning compared with death by slow fire at the stake? A city cemetery could contain the coffins filled by that brief Terror which we have all been so diligently taught to shiver at and mourn over; but all France could hardly contain the coffins filled by that older and real Terror—that unspeakably bitter and awful Terror which none of us has been taught to see in its vastness or pity as it deserves.” - Mark Twain
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(No idea what his opinions on lesbians were lol)
5·6 hours agoThere are times when it is genuinely cheaper to bind a book yourself
7·6 hours agoI didn’t know that kind of guy existed. Neat. I got a bunch of Quislings on one side of my family and Germans who conspicuously moved to the US in 1946. Most of my family these days is just bog standard liberals with one or two major trump supporters. Weirdly the furthest left is my grandmother who’s father at least sympathized with fascists.
Social chauvinists certainly exist but whether or not you can call them left is debatable
No I got unlucky and my ancesters are fascists. It is what it is
I will upvote this every time I see it
you would be shocked to find out who writes and owns your textbook and course curriculums. Idk what textbooks are like in Europe exactly but american education is effectively propaganda when it comes to historical subjects. Tbh though, whether these things are owned and written by your government or private interests they are influenced by bourgeois politics and the historical perspective it creates. All of our retellings of history are influenced by the dominant ideology of their era.
5·2 days agoAh, understandable. Big if true
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It is more that the rich ensured that education focused primarily on the aesthetic horrors of fascism rather than its material origin. The impetus for bonapartist tendencies was never removed so it eventually returned as conditions necessitated. The rich could not admit it was the system they uphold and benefit from that gave rise to fascism without endangering their positions and implicating themselves.
13·2 days agoI thought that said fucking 50 euro and about lost it
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Where is the sign up sheet
Of course, I don’t like the term “elite” either and honestly should have altered the meme
Fascist don’t “revolt” because they do not inact revolutionary change. They preserve the existing dominance of capital. They also aren’t the majority of people, they only seem that way in the western context. Most people do not live in imperial core nations. The next big revolutions will come out of Africa, Latin America, and Asia. These revolutions will weaken the imperial states to the point that they to can be revolted against (imo)
251·3 days agoI’ve seen you in two comment sections now being upset that a post is not an article but instead some other format. To some extent I can understand that frustration but you don’t even post articles. I feel like you don’t have a right to be as vitriolic as you are being when you don’t even contribute to these communities
It is for pecking at their lenses