They like to talk about how peaceful MLKJr is and shit like that. They never talk about his socialist/communist beliefs, and understood that they needed a MalcomX to make white people come to the table.
Just look around: a housing shortage, crime, pollution; we need better schools and parks. Whatever our needs, they all require work. And as long as we have unsatisfied needs, there’s work to be done. So ask yourself, what kind of world has work but no jobs. It's a world where work is not related to satisfying our needs, a world where work is only related to satisfying the profit needs of business. This country was not built by the huge corporations or government bureaucracies. It was built by people who work. And it is working people who should control the work to be done. Yet, as long as employment is tied to somebody else's profits, the work won't get done.
The Black Panthers get a pass; they didn't live long enough to become the villains, and there's no guarantee that they would have. The BPP was far more prefigurative than vangaurdist, and it was the combination of these things that made them seem so threatening to the powers that be.
I didn't say they weren't, I just said their prefigurative politics were more prominent. I'm of the opinion that what someone does is more important than what they say, and if they hadn't been undermined by COINTELPRO who knows where their thinking and organizational structure would have gone. I just think there was something truly transformative about the BPP that could have grown into something beautiful if they'd had the opportunity.
I marxism-leninism was at the core of the ideology though. All of their politics sprang from there. I'm not complaining or anything, but this poster is marxist-leninist propaganda.
Oh, so we don't have an affordability crisis, homelessness epidemic, opioid OD epidemic, a vanishing middle class and a level of wealth disparity that hasn't been seen since the 1920s.
i don't understand what you want explained, the side-bar says no marxism-leninism and the post is marxist-leninist agitprop. Not that I'm against it, but it's a bit weird.
i dont know how to explain this without sounding like an incel basically i like reading books i want to read books i cant read books because the schools ive been too (and still in) had did an almost irreversible psychological damage to me and trust me these are some of the worst schools on the planet
Being able to tell each other complicated information is empowering. If you can't read well you will be taken advantage of. Taking back your ability to read is a victory over your schools that were built to keep you down. I don't know how to help you, but I hope you find a way to win it back.
I'm sorry... schools can be shitholes, I know. Ironic that this is pretty much exactly what the poster is talking about. We need better schools but it takes work and work is only done in pursuit of profit for business owners. They have no interest in making better schools because there's no profit in it, or at least none that they'll have only for themselves.
I'm don't think there's anything I can tell you that would make it easier... I'm pretty sure there isn't. This stranger doesn't know, can't know what you're going through but they still believe in you because you're a human bean. Light and beauty fren. :3
53 Comments
VitoRobles@lemmy.today · 44 pts · 126d
This is the controversial shit that the news/government hid to demonize the Black Panthers.
Guess what? It's still happening.
BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 23 pts · 126d
They like to talk about how peaceful MLKJr is and shit like that. They never talk about his socialist/communist beliefs, and understood that they needed a MalcomX to make white people come to the table.
birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 15 pts · 126d
A peaceful negotiator and a revolutionary fighter. Alone, both will be crushed; together, both can push society into a new direction.
f314@lemmy.world · 44 pts · 127d
Damn right! ✊
000@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 25 pts · 126d
Holy shit. The simplicity of it all. Great job, whoever penned this
tyler@programming.dev · 20 pts · 127d
Wow.
Bluedragon012@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 126d
We need this to be posted everywhere.
F_State@midwest.social · 11 pts · 126d
All power to the people
snoons@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 126d
Just look around: a housing shortage, crime, pollution; we need better schools and parks. Whatever our needs, they all require work. And as long as we have unsatisfied needs, there’s work to be done. So ask yourself, what kind of world has work but no jobs. It's a world where work is not related to satisfying our needs, a world where work is only related to satisfying the profit needs of business. This country was not built by the huge corporations or government bureaucracies. It was built by people who work. And it is working people who should control the work to be done. Yet, as long as employment is tied to somebody else's profits, the work won't get done.
fosho@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 126d
titlegore tho. You didn't need 2 rules
snoons@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 126d
It's my personal rule that any rule that is ruleplaced by rule will be rule throughout the whole rule. Thus minimizing confusion.
lol_idk@piefed.social · 5 pts · 126d
Alt text please
snoons@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 126d
There is alt text, are unable to access it?
*thanks to OOP
birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 126d
Copy the alt text and put it below the OP as normal text as well
That way you will have it available either way
mathemachristian@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 126d
I thought marxism-leninism wasn't allowed?
Schmoo@slrpnk.net · 19 pts · 126d
The Black Panthers get a pass; they didn't live long enough to become the villains, and there's no guarantee that they would have. The BPP was far more prefigurative than vangaurdist, and it was the combination of these things that made them seem so threatening to the powers that be.
mathemachristian@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 126d
The bpp absolutely was a vanguardist party though??? They were an explicitly leninist party???
Schmoo@slrpnk.net · 9 pts · 126d
I didn't say they weren't, I just said their prefigurative politics were more prominent. I'm of the opinion that what someone does is more important than what they say, and if they hadn't been undermined by COINTELPRO who knows where their thinking and organizational structure would have gone. I just think there was something truly transformative about the BPP that could have grown into something beautiful if they'd had the opportunity.
mathemachristian@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 126d
I marxism-leninism was at the core of the ideology though. All of their politics sprang from there. I'm not complaining or anything, but this poster is marxist-leninist propaganda.
birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 126d
Is it propaganda if it's true?
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 126d
Yes. Most effective propaganda uses truth, but crafts a specific narrative by choosing which aspects to emphasize.
mathemachristian@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 126d
Yes. Propaganda is media that is used to agitate a mass of people. It's not inherently negative.
Tiresia@slrpnk.net · 12 pts · 126d
Despite what genocidal despots want you to think, material analyisis is not synonymous with Marxism-Leninism.
mathemachristian@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 126d
But the black panthers were marxist-leninists
alapakala@quokk.au · 1 pts · 126d
Not in the
$insert_ban_wordcontext. Come over to my 🧵 to discuss this, as the @snoons@lemmy.ca made this 🧵 to talk about grammar, and not politics.snoons@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 126d
I resent the insinuation.
alapakala@quokk.au · 1 pts · 126d
What's your favorite enrule then🤣?
snoons@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 126d
Are offended because I changed the title to follow The Rule?
alapakala@quokk.au · 2 pts · 126d
(✕⍯) is not! (✕⍯) enjoys humor, as much as anyone!
Want (✕⍯) to post before (✕⍯) leaves?
flandish@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 126d
where?
mathemachristian@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 126d
The black panther party was explicitly marxist-leninist, this poster is marxist-leninist agitprop
GirthBrooksPLO@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 126d
Was anything it said not reflective of reality?
mathemachristian@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 126d
No, they were marxist-leninist through and through
GirthBrooksPLO@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 126d
Putting aside the political leanings of the author, was anything spoken about in the poster not reflective of reality today?
mathemachristian@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 126d
That's the question my "no" was meant to answer.
GirthBrooksPLO@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 126d
Oh, so we don't have an affordability crisis, homelessness epidemic, opioid OD epidemic, a vanishing middle class and a level of wealth disparity that hasn't been seen since the 1920s.
flandish@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 126d
is any of that not allowed somewhere? you answered the “what” not the “where.”
mathemachristian@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 126d
Sidebar
flandish@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 126d
this was posted in a thread not in the sidebar. please explain.
mathemachristian@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 126d
i don't understand what you want explained, the side-bar says no marxism-leninism and the post is marxist-leninist agitprop. Not that I'm against it, but it's a bit weird.
flandish@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 126d
that’s all i wanted; was for you to actually coherently write a soup to nuts explanation of your thoughts. i agree with you.
WalleyeWarrior@midwest.social · 4 pts · 126d
Do you feel that this is a message that should be censored?
mathemachristian@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 126d
Obviously not, i think the rule is stupid as it precludes posting about a bunch of liberation movements. The SACP is another one for example.
thiscat@lemmy.blahaj.zone · -4 pts · 127d
this is longer then that one Dream twitter thread
pulsewidth@lemmy.world · 39 pts · 127d
You like.. proud of not reading books or something?
thiscat@lemmy.blahaj.zone · -1 pts · 126d
i dont know how to explain this without sounding like an incel basically i like reading books i want to read books i cant read books because the schools ive been too (and still in) had did an almost irreversible psychological damage to me and trust me these are some of the worst schools on the planet
Tiresia@slrpnk.net · 11 pts · 126d
Being able to tell each other complicated information is empowering. If you can't read well you will be taken advantage of. Taking back your ability to read is a victory over your schools that were built to keep you down. I don't know how to help you, but I hope you find a way to win it back.
snoons@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 126d
I'm sorry... schools can be shitholes, I know. Ironic that this is pretty much exactly what the poster is talking about. We need better schools but it takes work and work is only done in pursuit of profit for business owners. They have no interest in making better schools because there's no profit in it, or at least none that they'll have only for themselves.
I'm don't think there's anything I can tell you that would make it easier... I'm pretty sure there isn't. This stranger doesn't know, can't know what you're going through but they still believe in you because you're a human bean. Light and beauty fren. :3
alapakala@quokk.au · 1 pts · 126d
It's called “Trauma,” and it's terrible😱.
I’m a bookworm, so enjoy a few reads before I start a day. Can't live without AO3 or tAL.
e.g., I am now reading my reacts🤭