Political Memes

More than that, I'm surprised that there are Christians that can read the whole Bible and say that the whole thing should be taken as literally true. But also believe that you don't have to learn anything about the cultures that wrote the thing to understand what it's saying. No wonder Americans can only read at a 6th grade level.

I try to tell people this when this comes up, as someone who grew up in a conservative church... The Christianity of today is a club, and if you're not in that club, you do not get the benefits of it. This is demonstrated perfectly in newer translations of the Bible, which many Christians believe to be more "accurate" or "inspired" by God.

Take Luke 2:14, from the KJV: "Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, good will toward men."

Versus the newer ESV, which is being widely adopted in the US: "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!"

Today's Christians do not believe Jesus' teachings apply to everyone. If you're not a believer and you willfully sin, then in their minds you do not deserve Godly love and justice. This is why so many today are able to look the other way or even cheer as horrible things are done in front of them. This is why so many believe that their tax dollars should not benefit non-believers. They believe they are justified in only showing charity to their fellow Christians. Everyone else can kindly die off.

I share this because many still seem to think that pointing out their hypocrisy will somehow change minds. But be warned that they truly believe they are in the right. These are dangerous beliefs, and we're headed to scarier and scarier times if they remain in power.

I never understood, why's .ml so hated?

The communist manifesto is a pamphlet.

Das Kapital is a fucking modern epic.

Nothing more threatening to the power of the proletariat than [checks notes] the proletariat voting.

Like, if we managed to implement a legit socialist state by our current state of bourgeois democracy, as unlikely as that is, the chance of capitalists just 'returning' because people vote in a semi-screwed system is pretty fucking unlikely

Marx loved democracy. He viewed it as the most stable path to communism.

We're seeing this play out more and more in Scandinavia.

Its never been observed in any self proclaimed communist nation with an authoritarian state. Probably because authoritarianism is antithetical to the principles of communism.

Without democracy, you simply create a new ruling class. Workers had no say in the Soviet Union, even less than they had in the US back then.

Yes but the alternative is no democracy. Democracy is flawed even when operating correctly, but it the greatest equalizing tool humanity has ever invented, and Marx recognized it

Don't you wanna know why he says "Rudolf" as he's dying?