HauntedBySpectacle

• The Human Condition, vol. 3 (the whole trilogy should be seen in order, but this part is peak)
• Come and See
• Ikiru
• My Dinner with Andre

These movies are so good they are life-affirming. They fill me with a will to change and to live beautifully. All are politically conscious, to varying degrees, too. I really think anyone would get something out of watching them

You can but you shouldn't. Alcohol fumes are super dangerous

His theory of the right to property ownership being justified by "improvement" is essential in the development of bourgeois ideological hegemony (which includes that the bourgeoisie are more fit to rule than feudal landlords: compare Smith) and rationalizing settler-colonialism in the liberal world view.

My idealistic guess would be the philosophical split between rationalism and empiricism, which is a lot less pronounced in Marxism. See: Where Do Correct Ideas Come From?

I don't know what material factors would influence this division

I think the lib pantheon is a little more crowded because their leaders are more often notable for either intellectual or political work rather than both, the way Lenin onward are. Early liberal revolutionaries didn't tend to write theory as significant or famous as that of their Enlightenment philosopher contemporaries, especially in Europe. Who in the modern day is reading Robespierre or Cromwell the way they would Smith or Ricardo? The United States had more crossover in fields though

Intellectually the 5 are probably John Locke, Adam Smith, Montesquieu, Rousseau, snd Voltaire. Maybe swap in James Madison, David Ricardo, or de Tocqueville for one of them.

For political leaders and revolutionaries, Oliver Cromwell, George Washington, Maximilien Robespierre, Simon Bolivar, Giuseppe Garibaldi.

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Link?

I ate a stinkbug accidentally. I don't recommend it. Dry and blandly bitter before the stank kicks in

Ancient Germanic and Celtic tribes, famous for having no unjustifiable social hierarchies

Is this a joke? I thought anarchists were in agreement that anarchy is more than just statelessness. You may as well have posted a picture of Somalia c. 2010

I have yet to see a single liberal on this Earth that isn't also a Westophile

Lula da Silva?

thanks for the link

This is not in any way a justification, just my explanation of why it's so pervasive and attractive

I see now. I wasn't sure earlier if you were defending it or not. I think your earlier explanation as to why it appeals to people makes a lot of sense.

I agree with your assessment here about pseudoscience. Magical thinking is a product of alienation and can give people hope and reassurance, but there's a fine line between self-soothing and denial of reality and necessity.

I think we have to be careful to disentangle our view of pseudoscience and magical thinking from judging the character of their adherents. I don't think we can always ignore these beliefs as an issue for a later date. Addressing these beliefs now can and should be done with empathy. I think this counterreaction to "reddit atheism" has come about from conflating their belligerence, lack of respect, and laundering science for progressive-washed imperialism, with their ontology being incorrect. We have to make a positive case that confronting life's problems without magical thinking gives people a more genuine agency and sense of agency, which is emotionally fulfilling too.

as always, Marx put it best:

The abolition of religion as the illusory happiness of the people is the demand for their real happiness. To call on them to give up their illusions about their condition is to call on them to give up a condition that requires illusions.

We shouldn't be afraid to call on them, we just have to be careful and empathetic.