• ☭SaltyIcetea☭@lemmy.ml
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    1 day ago

    i dont think it is that wrong to seperate those 2. one could argue that by having different power than the rest all (regardless of where its coming from), it again becomes its own class.

    and yes people realise themselves that capitalism is a horrendous system, yet they dont realise it enough to unite. if it was that easy to realise, we wouldnt have racism and such anymore and would have already liberated the working class. yet the class as a whole remains ignorant even if individual groups see through it all. im not saying the working class as a whole is stupid because it cant get smarter, im saying it is intentionally kept stupid and divided, and to stop that we first need to rid ourselves of the system thats responsible for that.

    • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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      24 hours ago

      If you separate class from its basis in relation to the mode of production, then you are pivoting from Marxism. Class is not about “power,” it’s about social relations to the mode of production and how we fit into that. Plumbers and factory workers are both proletarian despite having different jobs, the same applies to administrators and managers.

      Secondly, history is not a series of snapshots but instead a dialectical process. We should help accelerate class consciousness, and tackle bourgeois cultural hegemony, but we are not outside the class struggle and instead are within it.

      • ☭SaltyIcetea☭@lemmy.ml
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        9 hours ago

        it is important for people to voice their disagreement, regardless of wether or you, i, or anyone else likes it or not

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          9 hours ago

          Right, so we should avoid being purists telling off other for deviating from ‘the theory’.

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              7 hours ago

              Yes, so let’s stop saying shit like “then you are pivoting from Marxism” and forcing ideological purity.

              • ☭SaltyIcetea☭@lemmy.ml
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                7 hours ago

                i feel like a contrarian how much i gotta disagree in this thread.

                i think it is valid to mention that one is deviating from a theory. and i think its valid to disagree with that deviation.

                • Deceptichum@quokk.au
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                  7 hours ago

                  And you’re going to unite the working class by demanding others can’t voice their opinion if it goes against the red bible?

                  Because that’s what they are doing when they enforce purity of thought.

                  • ☭SaltyIcetea☭@lemmy.ml
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                    5 hours ago

                    enforcing is a strong word when you refer to someone commenting “i dont like you deviating from the theory”