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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ThereRisesARedStar@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net

I'm noticing a lot of people taking "you should read more about this, here are some book recommendations" as insulting their intelligence.

This is relevant because most USians lack a political education.

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[-] JohnBrownNote@hexbear.net 17 points 1 year ago

we need way less of everybody on this site (including me) and way more Bill "i haven't read marx's capital but i have the marks of capital all over my body" Haywood

[-] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

I love this quote too, and I reference it often in these types of discussions. If your plan for revolution requires everyone to read a master's degree worth of leftist writing, it doesn't have any hope (or precedence). Propaganda is what works on the masses, not dusty tomes of theory. I think music is a great medium for spreading the message. I know it's very dated, but I've actually made headway raising class consciousness with the music of Woody Guthrie. YMMV.

[-] Catradora_Stalinism@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

I was introduced to communism by looking up the red army choir after i heard them on Stranger Things

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