It’s not like it’s a super pressing issue, but it does have implications for how we understand Marxist philosophy and the role of philosophy in relation to science as a whole. Which is kinda important given the way Marxist philosophy has typically positioned itself in the wake of the 11th Thesis, and the line struggles surrounding that issue. I could write a lot on this but I mean if you want to get really deep I think the mechanical and oftentimes really metaphysical application of dialectics that results in statements such as “dialectics can explain all the natural sciences” leads to some really bad applications of dialectics in other areas, such as (I would argue) Stalin’s poor understanding of dialectics in relation to class struggle which ultimately opened the door for revisionism and capitalist restoration but that’s a whole essay

That's def interesting you got some reading or anything on this?

Hmm I mean nothing specifically tying the “nature question” to Stalin’s application of dialectics, that’s something I’ve kinda pieced together myself with a lot of influence from JMP and other Marxist philosophers after having studied dialectics for some time

If you specifically want some criticism of the application of dialectics to nature, check out the article I link to Choking on the last page, and if you want a good easy to read overview of dialectics and their importance I recommend the pdf for Torsion and Tension by JMP which is also on that page, which touches on some of these issues. This one also talks about a lot of what I’m getting at moufawad-paul.blogspot.com/2013/08/lament-for-dialectical-thinking.html?m=1

If you want a rather long read about class struggle in the USSR and many of the errors Stalin made in regards to it from a “proto Maoist” perspective, I highly recommend this marx2mao.com/Other/CSSUi76NB.html (I think this is an essential history on the USSR)

If you’re looking for general reads on dialectics/the role of philosophy in relation to science/Marxism then I have a lot lol so just lmk and I’ll put together a list

You think you ceased being a liberal subject?

nah i live in a hypercapitalist society im not free of its grasp

It's all imagined communities 👨‍🚀

doing praxis in your sleep

I wonder if libs ever read this kinda headline and ask themselves "wait why is one country deciding the terms of trade between another country and a whole other continent"

Anarchists are so excited on twitter because someone flipped a "tankies" table at their book fair. It's so sad

Link

you see the thing is they read it and think thats a good thing

Tonight was the night we fought. Nothing could stop us. We are proles on our stroll. Fighting our conditions. we are workers-in-combat. Rent signs, kicked. Garbage, in the street. Tables, flipped.

Anarchists don’t enjoy reading or doing anything productive generally so

Anarcrackers back at it

They are apparently having a discussion about whether black people were present or not at this particular table

I checked the pics and one of em is clearly black (not that it matters that much), it's funny how that seems to be their litmus test

What do we think about this:

"These actions from the perspective of our organizers are indistinguishable from fascist racist attacks and fall in line with the establishment desire for this type of anticommunist propaganda. White people have no right to police the methodology that we use to fight for freedom!"

Specifically "White people have no right to police the methodology that we use to fight for freedom!"

Kinda corny, nobody is above criticism But I don't mind pulling the identity politics cards on anarkaks

Someone called Settlers the black mein Kampf

Yeah I agree idpol just a whole clusterfuck of s***

white people mind their own business challenge (impossible)

Anarcrackers

how can anarchists even be against settlers, what weren't anarchists in the 70s in the US literally inspired by settlers?? i say this as someone who isn't even a fan of the book