[-] simply_surprise@lemmygrad.ml 54 points 1 month ago

This feels kind of weak, like they're running low on ideas. I think they really had to dig through the couch cushions for this tbh

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Something that would be clear on a 2"-4" sticker would be nice.

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I'm reading a copy of Che's Bolivian Diary printed by Pathfinder. It's got a lot of really great supplemental information in it.

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I've read "On the Juche Idea" and listened to a few podcasts. Thanks in advance!

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[-] simply_surprise@lemmygrad.ml 77 points 9 months ago

Um, excuse me, that's a really unfair characterization.

Here's why:a lot of them were real estate agents

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I have fond memories of reading them when I was younger, but as I think about introducing them to kids I have some thoughts and issues:

  • The clear colonial bias - Narnia needing white British rulers to thrive.
  • Colorism/Xenophobia/Racism in the Horse and His Boy and The Last Battle.

Do the benefits of a neat magical fantasy world outweigh the issues? How would you approach it?

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I recently finished the Epic of Gilgamesh, and I'm starting a collection of poems by Rumi.

I've previously read Cold Mountain by Han Shan.

Are there any other ancient poets/poems with published work that you'd recommend?

I'm looking for things that are:

  • Basically as old as possible
  • Poetic/mystic
  • Not Christian (or Western, Greek, or Roman).

Thanks!

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It was a really good read. The main character is a such a breathtakingly massive hater.

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so full (lemmygrad.ml)
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[-] simply_surprise@lemmygrad.ml 50 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The revolution can't come to the West until the empire has fallen, and until the privileged position Western workers have (compared to the rest of the world) is no more.

I think it's been clearly shown that "liberating" a country doesn't allow for a stable socialist state.

The real revolution comes from within.

The empire is in the process of unraveling before our eyes.

Also, saying this:

Dear Xi Jinping, bomb the west, we need it, we deserve it and it would do a favor to the entire world honestly.

As if it's serious, on a new account, feels like atrocity bait so you can post about how awful the 'grad is.

[-] simply_surprise@lemmygrad.ml 50 points 11 months ago

I'm gonna fucking cry

[-] simply_surprise@lemmygrad.ml 68 points 11 months ago

calls to violence originating from the Lemmygrad instance.

Death to Amerikkka

[-] simply_surprise@lemmygrad.ml 44 points 1 year ago

Or HistoryPorn, for some reason

[-] simply_surprise@lemmygrad.ml 56 points 1 year ago

They'll be happy to claim that Russia's goal was to take all of the Ukraine, and that by sticking with this territory it shows Russia lost.

They're not the most inquisitive.

[-] simply_surprise@lemmygrad.ml 51 points 1 year ago

Imagine, if you will, a fascist Kermit the frog

[-] simply_surprise@lemmygrad.ml 52 points 1 year ago

It's a year old post about brigading Reddit, that garnered disagreement and a lukewarm response.

[-] simply_surprise@lemmygrad.ml 48 points 1 year ago

Absolutely hilarious that half the fediverse is preemptively running scared of hexbear (with no real reason), and we're worried about the 'grad being too ML for them.

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