I know a guy who was a child in east Berlin, he is a Trotskyist

it sounds like you hate human nature not communism. Anyway that sounds terrible, I wish you were able to give me more details so that I could try and learn from your friend’s family’s experience. I wouldn’t try to doxx you, I don’t have that kind of free time or energy, but I def understand the hesitation.

I guess I would argue that calling something communism doesn’t make it so, and there’s all different strains of communism too. For example, I’ve often found myself working with Trotskyists who explicitly reject forming “communes” that could become cults, and guerilla groups to seize power through violence. Even if its good for the people to form militias, trots tend to believe it isn’t where the energy of the “vanguard” should be directed, and that instead people should seize political power and smash the state via those means. There’s no history I’m aware of of what you’re describing happening with Trotskyists, in fact there’s sort of a nasty history of trotskyists getting rounded up and killed by the sort of groups you are against.

You can be a socialist and recognize the need to change the social order away from capitalism while still being suspicious of communism. Just because a guerilla group did something awful doesn’t mean capitalism is good (which you don’t say, you seem to have some anti imperialist critiques of capitalism yourself) or even that there is no alternative to capitalism. If this is the best system possible, the planet, all people are fucked. Something, someone has to fight against it. Capitalism can’t be reformed.

Its interesting that your misanthropy seems to be directed at a system that has never existed rather than the system that actually exists. But I don’t know you so maybe that’s an unfair generalization. Anyway, thanks for your response, maybe next time we can have a more detailed discussion.

Edited some clarity and tone

what specific guerillas or strongholds are you referring to? its hard to learn from history without being able to name any dates, places, people, or any details at all. without those things it isnt history its just like a vibe. like you have bad vibes about communism, which youre entitled to i guess. i have a little bit more curiosity than that though. i think that if we arent discussing anything specific, then we arent discussing anything at all.

What were your experiences living under a communist regime?

Lol when I got banned from a major comm for defending a trotskyist comrade, after two years of participation on the instance, I learned all about the wholesomeness of your “non-sectarian” instance.

I’m not sure what’s going on in this comment but I like it

The point of the meme isn’t about whether you personally would want to sleep with someone who is trans, and whether that makes you a good person or not, its about how the first, second, and last thing a lot of people think about wrt trans people is whether they are fuckable or not. Its not good to objectify people, if you do it is transphobic/sexist/racist/whatever dehumanizing. But if you see trans people as people, and respect their gender, their right to express themselves openly even if you aren’t sexually attracted to them, then this meme will never be a problem for you. And if you feel personally attacked by this meme, try and figure out why, because it’s probably not about you. Don’t be a creep isn’t that complicated, folks

The commons

Read Socialism: Utopian and Scientific by Friedrich Engels. The quickest way to actually understand Capitalism is to work toward reading Marx’s Capital with a group and other references. It might take a while to get there but this book by Engels will lay the groundwork for you to learn historical materialism and dialectical reasoning.

For Communism, read principles of Communism and the communist manifesto. But start with Socialism: Utopian & Scientific. Since communism hasn’t ever existed, there have been communist groups and parties who may or may not have established different variations of socialism, there’s nothing to study. You can study the history of communist parties and experiments, but there is a lot and much of it is sad or disappointing. Definitely learn about it, but its not where you should start.

Communism is a moneyless, stateless, classless society. Its a movement, something to work toward. It is not a system where the government owns everything. It isn’t “authoritarianism”. Its the opposite of those things.

I guess keep coming back to it, try AC6 see if it helps lol

Lies of P is next on my list I think. AC6 is amazing, it was exactly what I wanted.

Thanks! Its like the perfect mix of Soulsborne and Tenshu Stealth assassin I used to play on ps1

The fights are so exciting and the action is super slick.

The AC 6 part was a joke, but it was the last From game I spent serious time with. As a Bloodborne player I wanted to evade everything, like I knew I was supposed to deflect but I just couldn’t get it under my fingers. Mikiri counters and those low jump attacks were just lost on me, but this time it works.

Maybe ac6 did play a part because its so fast paced and intense. I don’t think I played it that way initially, but by the time I had the platinum and was doing PvP the action was extremely intense and technical. So maybe