I don’t really. It’s a treat sometimes that’s it.

You should try reading actual political theory. You’ll find that western politics isn’t and has never been grounded in reality. It does not have a material basis and as such it gains support primarily through the people’s emotions, especially fear and anger.

Here’s some easy reading to get you started

• The Communist Manifesto[Text][Audio]
• Blackshirts and Reds[Text][Audio]
• The Principles of Communism[Text][Audio]
• Introduction to Political Economy[Text]

I don’t expect to shove books like this in your face and actually have you immediately read all of them. You may not be at the part of your political developement where you have any motivation to do that. So here are some youtube channels that cover the material in them and apply that material to modern reality in a more easily digestable way. These are great resources that can teach you a lot but they are not and should not replace reading actual political theory. In my experience these helped develop my understanding of political economy to the point where I had sufficient motivation to read that theory.

• Second Thought
• 1Dime
• Balkan Odyssey
• Bes D. Marx
• F.D Signifier
• Fredda
• horses
• Andrewism

None of these people get everything perfect all the time but they are generally good in my experience. Best of luck learning.

I wasn’t suggesting that Republicans don’t do this

If only that were true

Both American political parties do this often. It’s much easier to attack your opponent for their transgressions than it is to prove your own aptitude and it seems to be just as, if not more, convincing to the average person. I don’t think this should be particularly shocking.

Probably CNN?

I also do not get it

I misunderstood the post my bad

I use K-9 Mail. It is made by mozilla which is becoming less trustworthy every day but at the moment it is fine enough

Misunderstood post. K-9 is not an email provider, just an app

Can’t fault you for consistency. Whether or not the soft or social sciences actually are “science” has been a conversation for a long ass time so I won’t argue lol.

I will say though, that Marxism is the closest I have seen to a proper scientific theory of political economy and I study a natural science (physics) so I think that counts for something.

Can you not study economics and politics scientifically?

Historical materialism which is an analysis of history through the lense of dialectical materialism which is the philosophical and scientific basis for Marxism. Essentially viewing history as a continuous development of the means of production motivated by societal contradictions. The focus is specifically on conflict that arises between the owning classes and the laboring classes of each historical mode of production.

I just smoked so this may not be the best explanation but its the best I got in me rn

Today I was citing The Materialist Conception of History by Plekhanov and noticed that it had a huge spike in downloads this year. Gave me a spark of hope

If this was genuinely done out of love I could understand but due to the legal battles the internet archive is currently being dragged through, I harbor suspicion of their intent.

This person could be damaging corporate infrastructure but he goes after internet archive

Had to do a doubletake on this one lmao

Yes, genuinely

This is a clown country

could will*

“Kitty”

The American political system will do everything it can to prevent poor people from voting