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      Come to South Dakota, and I’ll introduce you to some people who will make even dumber comments about communism

      (In fact, just pick someone at random and strike up a conversation)

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    “Having legs” was always the most basic tool of bicyclist propaganda. If you have no legs, you can’t be fed bicyclist propaganda. The most steadfast anti-biker I knew in my childhood was a corn snake I found in my backyard. Bicycle propaganda did not reach him.

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    Weren’t attitudes like this literally why Lenin thought that Communism had to be forced on a society for a few generations for the least educated to “understand” Communism? Since there was no breaking through their preconceived notions? Because there’s literally no reaching these people?

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    I thought this is quite comical, cute,… wasn’t offended or upset by it in any way. And coincidentally 54% of adults in USA have a literacy below 6th grade level, while 21% of adults in USA are actually illiterate.

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    Yes…it’s a dumb comment…but it’s kind of interesting too. Are we seeing the rise of the Right in the US because short form video became popular?

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    So like, where’s the meme dude? Did you forget it?

    [sees image source url]

    Ah, so you guys are just using alts to end run around defederation now.

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      This is on lemmy.ml, which is federated with lemmygrad.

      Also, not a dude, not everyone on the internet is a guy, especially in communist spaces.

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        Oh right the dev’s instance hadn’t blocked them (because they support lemmygrad).

        Well my instance did defed from lemmygrad. So this is still end running around everyone else’s defederation. And still is not a meme.

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          Oh, I’m sorry. I hope reading this guys comically bad opinion didn’t ruin your day too much.

          Also I’m not from lemmygrad, I just browse and steal their content.

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    I had to reread about 8 times because I was so shook. Thanks for letting me know my eyes work (unfortunately).

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    TIL there are no capitalist people who can read, as reading leads into communism or something idk if I could read I’d probably try to find the meme in this

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      Well, capitalists(people who own the means of production) who can read generally continue to support the system that benefits them.

      And they’re able to pay so proles mostly only read ideas that are supportive of capitalism.

      But that isnt the point of the meme, the joke is that this guy thinks illiteracy is the best defense against communism, when the best defense is making communism into a boogeyman so literate people won’t read their ideas.

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        the joke is that this guy thinks illiteracy is the best defense against communism, when the best defense is making communism into a boogeyman so literate people won’t read their ideas.

        I think communists are the joke in this, as they are the joke in many things. Many people have read communist theory, it’s just trash theory, literate or not really.

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          I think communists are the joke in this, as they are the joke in many things. Many people have read communist theory, it’s just trash theory, literate or not really.

          Cool, so what theory have you read then? I’m guessing you’ve read the basics if you are so confident that they are trash. Or are you too scared of the boogeyman of communism to be exposed to its ideas?

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            I read at least the first two das kapitals in my upper secondary years (maybe the third too but can’t recall tbh). Reckon that’d be pretty basic introductory baby’s first taste of trash political ideologies.

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              Cool, what were the biggest problems you’ve found with them, and did you read later marxist critiques of those problems?

              As a marxist leninist, I know those books have plenty of flaws, so I’m curious about which ones stood out to you.

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                Imma level down with you, I have no fucking recollection it was almost 20 years ago. I am leftist, and have been, but after reading through that I came to the conclusion that I am not a fucking looney and started living a life of a normal person.

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                  Okay, so you don’t remember any communist theory but you know it is all trash, understood.

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    Do you people actually know what a fucking meme is?

    This sub is just tankie pictures. FML, shitty reddit client might be worth it.

    Seriously, boomer tier tankie bs.