As Antonio Gramsci argued, ruling groups maintain power partly by making their ideas seem like common sense. This helps explain the political significance of Metallica’s call for disengagement at a time when Israel’s genocide in Palestine demands urgent international attention. Hetfield’s vague agenda of “love, energy and heavy music” ultimately amounts to a refusal to stand for anything meaningful. And that refusal is itself deeply political.

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[–] Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'm an anarcho-communist and with the current state of the discourse around the word "political" I think I could fairly claim communism isn't political.

[–] rumimevlevi@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Communism is an economical system. The way to achieve is is what is political. Same with Palestine saying free Palestine or i do not want palestinian to be killed is humanitarian, now if you say I support a one state or a two state that's the political side

[–] Grail@multiverse.soulism.net -1 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Palestine is a political group. All nations are. All cultures are.

But if "political" just means "whatever I think should be controversial", then communism is apolitical.

[–] rumimevlevi@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Free Palestinians mean free it's people which is humanitarian not political

[–] Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 1 points 6 days ago

And I just wanna protect people from the evils of capitalism. It's humanitarian, not political.

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Politics is the inevitable outcome of humans interacting with each other in groups. Once you get past the 2 person mark politics start to form, mind you it's not the grand systems one may think of but it is politics.

[–] Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I think politics is when a group of even two people form a system for working together. A marriage is a political organisation.

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago

I think political agreement or pairing would be a better term. Organization at least to me implies far more people than two, unless they are polyamorous then it's 100 percent a political organization.