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𝔞narcho-𝔠om & 𝔦ntersectional 𝔪arxist 𝔣eminist 𝔯andom 𝔱houghts 𝔪ain 𝔞ccount: @absifofhws

[ardentpolitics]

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[ardentpolitics]

the nihilism and misanthropy that come with being politically aware need to be spoken about more often. anxiety and depression that come with knowing what is going on honestly ruins lives.

[ardentpolitics]

i am so tired of arguing with terfs. you are about as feminist as national socialist parties are socialist; please stfu. your discourse is ignorant, and possibly the stupidest discussions i have ever seen, have come out of your 'community'.

[ardentpolitics]

do you have thoughts on childcare, adoption, the nuclear family, "it takes a village", children moving out, etc?

i think one, childcare should be free, kindergarten and nursery should both be readily available for parents.

i have two thoughts on adoption: one, that it is a broken system; many people adopt to fulfil their own want for kids, without acknowledging many kids in the foster system are traumatised and need extra attention. these kids deserve love and care that many people cannot provide, and people should take training before adopting to adjust and better understand the children they are adopting. two: more people should adopt or consider adopting.

i fundamentally disagree with the sociological nuclear family model; it is antithetical to my actual opinions, as someone who was raised by a single mother. the idea of two parents providing the best care for their children doesn't always fit. same with a conjugal family unit; i do, however, think it does take a village to raise kids. i feel the boomer generation loves to talk about having grandkids, but don't provide the same village structure as the generations before them.

i think you'd have to clarify what you mean by children moving out. are we talking minors moving out, or children in the context of kids moving out of their parents' homes at 18?

[fuckthisshit-ugh]

please read this even if you're not indian. especially if you're not indian.

you've seen the jokes. india is "dirty", indians are "everywhere", why don't they fix their own country. ok. let me tell you why, and what's happening right now while nobody's watching.

first, the history you skipped: britain ruled india for two centuries and drained it. economist utsa patnaik's research estimates around $45 trillion in today's money was taken. the india that got independence in 1947 was one of the poorest countries on earth. every "why is india like this" question starts there. you don't get to profit off a robbery and then mock the crime scene.

now, what's happening RIGHT NOW:

in may the question paper for NEET leaked. that's the national medical entrance exam. over 2.2 million students took it. cancelled. years of studying, families' savings poured into coaching, gone overnight because someone sold the paper. students died by suicide after. these were kids who wanted to be doctors.

and out of that came a protest movement. a gen z group called the cockroach janta party, started by a 30 year old named abhijeet dipke, got 22 million instagram followers within DAYS. they've been doing a sit-in at jantar mantar in delhi demanding education minister dharmendra pradhan resign.

and then there's sonam wangchuk. if you've watched 3 idiots, he's the real engineer the character was based on. built solar schools in ladakh. invented ice stupas so himalayan villages have water. spent his whole life on education. he's 59 and he's been on hunger strike for 17+ days now. reporters went to see him this week and he was too weak to talk. and the troll armies are calling him "anti national" and "foreign funded". a man starving himself for other people's children. that's the thing here, anyone who asks a question is suddenly a traitor.

it's not one incident, it's everywhere you look:

• infrastructure worth thousands of crores failing within months of the ribbon cutting. tunnels collapsing in regions where heavy rain is a guarantee, not a surprise.

• youth unemployment near 10% for ages 15 to 29, 13.6% in cities. in a country of 1.42 billion where more than half the population is young.

• only about the top 3% of indians earn above 10 lakh a year. meanwhile billionaire wealth keeps ballooning and the headlines celebrate it.

• manipur burned for over two years. an ethnic conflict, tens of thousands displaced, and the prime minister barely said the word manipur while it happened.

• journalists raided. critics' houses bulldozed. activists sitting in jail for years without trial under laws like UAPA. our press freedom ranking has cratered.

• even the petrol is a fight now, ethanol blending pushed through while drivers complain about their engines and get no straight answers.

and through all of it, the PM, who came to power on religious polarisation (americans, sound familiar?), travels abroad for photo ops and has not held one single open press conference in over a decade. not one.

what i'm asking:

if you're not indian: share this. our media mostly won't cover any of it because the big outlets are owned by the same billionaires the government serves. the only reason wangchuk's fast is getting any coverage is people refusing to look away.

if you ARE indian: speak up even if you're comfortable. especially if you're comfortable. join the protests. add to this, correct me, translate it. staying quiet is a choice when nothing in this post touches your life.

india is not "dirty". india was robbed, and it's being robbed again, from the inside this time. but it's also the country where a 59 year old will starve for strangers' kids and 22 million young people will rally behind a party literally named after cockroaches, because cockroaches survive everything.

we can still save her. but only loudly.

reblog. share. don't scroll past.

[ardentpolitics]

if you are employed and have the ability to, join a union. protect yourself and join others working toward fair pay, and raises in pay with inflation. union membership across most countries is steadily dropping, and we must stop corporations' ability to take advantage of workers.

[ardentpolitics]

in your proposed system what would the approach be to psychiatry & specifically to forced hospitalisation on the basis of mental health?

i believe in local authorities, so in my proposed system, each local authority would have a hospital, where you should be able to see any kind of doctor, and get access to psychiatry. in terms of forced hospitalisation, i think if someone is a danger to themselves or someone else, and that is forced hospitalisation deemed necessary by a medical professional, then there should be a system in place for that too.

[ardentpolitics]

any opinions on governments banning/restricting civilian access to firearms?

In a dream society, I'd believe no one has guns, but I do not believe in government restriction on things such as firearms, so long as the state exists in this way.

[ardentpolitics]

Does anyone have any political questions? I would love to answer them if so.

[ardentpolitics]

are you religious?

nope, I am not religious, I am an anti-theist, but I don't often talk about it.

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[ardentpolitics]

how would you recommend to get into theory?

— MY THEORY RECOMMENDATIONS:

Great question. How I first started getting into theory was by reading the Communist Manifesto. I would not recommend this, however, while it is easy enough to read if you have a university reading level, I find that people struggle with the Victorian English, and people who do not understand the context will struggle to conceptualise communism itself.

I would start with:

Communism / Anarchism: — Socialism: Utopia and Scientific by Friedrich Engels — The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism by Vladimir Lenin — The Principles of Communism by Friedrich Engels — Socialism Made Easy by James Connolly — Reform or Revolution by Rosa Luxemburg — Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution by Peter Kropotkin — Authoritarian Communism and Libertarian Communism by Friedrica Monseny & Max Nettlau — Conquest of Bread by Peter Kropotkin

Feminism: — Sexual Relations and the Class Struggle by Alexandra Kollontai — Women, Class, and Race by Angela Y Davis — On the Origins of the Family, Private Property, and the State by Friedrich Engels (note there are a few homophobic remarks in this one, and it is a little 'outdated', but I recommend reading it regardless) — Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism by Kristin Ghodsee — The Women's Question by Eleanor Marx

Many of these can be found online on the Marxist and Anarchist Libraries, and I highly recommend that everyone read some literature. While I have not provided any literature on opposing viewpoints, I recommend reading up on them so you understand your own beliefs.

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[ardentpolitics]

we're back chat :)

[batmanisagatewaydrug]

bringing a sort of "slavery is still alive and well in US prisons" vibe to the office Juneteenth post that my higher ups don't really like

[ardentpolitics]

do you believe in a free palestine, sudan, congo, etc?

Yes, as an anti-imperialist, and communist, some of my fundamental moral values are against colonial violence and genocide. I advocate for everyone to donate when they can, and if they cannot, speak up, even if you have one follower. We are not free, until those living under imperialism, and modern colonialism are free too. Free Palestine, Sudan, Congo, Cuba, and all other countries I am failing to mention here as there are a litany.

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[ardentpolitics]

If anyone has any questions about communism, Marxism, or categories of feminism, I would love to hear them all and attempt to answer some of your questions on political theory.

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[ardentpolitics]

how do you feel about issues such as women shaving, makeup, etc?

— MY VIEW ON PATRIARCHAL CONDITIONING.

Personally, as a fem-presenting, cis-woman, I shave my legs. I enjoy applying makeup, and it is one of the only things other than writing that evokes that creative quality in me.

However, such acts are not inherently feminist, so to speak; one can exist in society, acknowledging that acts are not inherently feminist, and continue to do them. Many women can claim, and rightfully so, that they feel uncomfortable not shaving. Such arguments, in my opinion, are asinine. One can be a feminist, and understand that they take part in things they have been socially conditioned to enjoy, so long as they truly enjoy them.

One must, however, understand that many of the acts we as women are conditioned to enjoy, rely, and prey on our insecurity about our natural bodies and appearance.

I hope this conveys my opinion properly: I do not care for such pedantic fault-finding in other people's feminism. Thank you for the question. :)

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[stillnaomi]

making democracy synonymous with liberal democracy is some of the most powerful propaganda the capitalist system has ever produced. people see a one party state and conclude that it's obviously not democratic, then switch off their brains without investigating how the system actually functions. but shockingly, socialist democracy doesn't follow the same model as liberal democracy, since liberal democracy is born of capitalism to serve the capitalist class