[-] HoChiMaxh@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

In prison Ocalan became a theory head, and he synthesized a kind of hodge-podge anarcho-feminist revolutionary theory that Rojava is ostensibly based on. I'm not familiar with the specific quote but in context this is likely about challenging the assumed role of men in society to uplift women's position.

[-] HoChiMaxh@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

This isn't even a hard determinism argument - it's genetic determinism. A hard determinist wouldn't argue that changing an individual's environment to one that has a support network is pointless, they'd just argue that whether you do or don't wasn't really your choice

[-] HoChiMaxh@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

Peeps here recommended the :wtyp: episode on Rhodesia, definitely helped me gain some fluency with the whole thing

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MEET THE SOCIETY

MARGARET THATCHER

The Iron Lady herself sits proudly as a member of the Invisible Hand Society. Trained as a chemist and having worked briefly as a barrister, Thatcher became leader of the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party before ascending to Prime Ministership. There she proudly upheld neoliberalism against its many challengers, earning her an esteemed place within the society.

FRIEDRICH HAYEK

The Austrian-born Hayek is a Nobel-prize winning economist and free market warrior. An ardent critic of socialism, Hayek argued that a free market was essential for individual liberty. He condemned overbearing governments’ tendency toward central planning, and asserted that it was the government’s prerogative to defend the free market in order to preserve a free society. The society is proud to count Hayek as a member.

MILTON FRIEDMAN

The world-famous economist Milton Friedman was arguably the 20th Century’s most passionate free market defender. With his book from the 1960s, Capitalism and Freedom, Friedman established the philosophical foundation of a generation of capitalists. Later, his theory of monetarism would go on to influence such luminaries as fellow society member Margaret Thatcher and former U.S. President Ronald Reagan. Friedman has truly earned his place among the world’s most renowned free market advocates.

ADAM SMITH

The original Invisible Hand Society member, Smith literally wrote the book on free market capitalism. His book, The Wealth of Nations, laid the foundations of the free market, arguing that rational self-interest and competition lead to economic prosperity. Adam Smith established the Invisible Hand Society, and to him a wiser, more affluent world owes a debt of thanks.

AYN RAND

Known by her pen name to her readers and admirers, Ayn Rand’s fiction stridently defended the free market. Rand understood that individual rights, including property rights, were the foundation of a truly free society, and her novels influenced a multitude of political movements. She sits proudly as a member of the society.

CAPTAIN INDUSTRY

The Captain embodies the business leaders who amassed great personal wealth to the everlasting benefit of their nation. Their will toward personal gain increased jobs and productivity, while fueling innovation and expanding markets. This hero wears his cape proudly as a member of the society

Link to this moron shit

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[-] HoChiMaxh@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

jucheguevera is a great handle. That shit was just sitting there I can't believe I never saw it

[-] HoChiMaxh@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

Holy shit thank you

[-] HoChiMaxh@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

I feel like I've scoured this image for hints. Who tf is Joanne and in what way is she related to this screenshot?

[-] HoChiMaxh@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

I know he's not supposed to be a depiction of a principled war resistor, but he is supposed to be a depiction of a GI that blew away his commanding officer. I'm just saying it's an ahistorical representation of the type of person who actually did that.

[-] HoChiMaxh@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

I never thought about it before but Full Metal Jacket is kind of retrograde the way it portrays the guy who blasted his CO as a sobbing incompetent moron. In reality there was a lot of resistance and direct murder of COs by GIs during the Vietnam War, but it wasn't done by antisocial mouth-breathing idiots but principled resistors.

Sir, No Sir is a great documentary about GI anti-war resistance whose thesis is that it was actually the internal resistance to continuing the war at all levels from infantry to intelligence that forced US withdrawal.

[-] HoChiMaxh@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

Huh, TIL :sankara-salute:

[-] HoChiMaxh@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

Every cancer is a homicide, every boss better run and hide - :boots-riley:

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