"As any historian can tell you, while the term “concentration camp” evokes images of the systematic extermination that took place at Auschwitz, the Nazis’ Konzentrationslager were actually set up as early as 1933 to detain people deemed “illegal.” The comparison works. "
Donald Trump recently refused to condemn white supremacists when he was asked to do so ON NATIONAL TELEVISION later he asked his batshit followers to intimidate voters at polling places.
He uses the same kind of rhetoric that other fascist do, like Hitler...
uses new form of media to reach his supporters and calls traditional media false
President ‘made his call to violence crystal clear’, critics say, after he exhorted the far-right Proud Boys to ‘stand back and stand by’ theguardian.com/us-news/2020/s…
The paper by Vitali, Glattfelder, and Battiston investigates the global structure of corporate control among transnational corporations (TNCs).arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv…
They use complex network analysis to uncover the architecture of international ownership networks and compute the control held by each global player.
They find that TNCs form a giant bow-tie structure, with a small tightly-knit core of financial institutions holding a large portion of control. This core acts as an economic "super-entity," raising important issues for researchers and policymakers.
In Marxist theory, the concept of the "dictatorship of the proletariat" stands as a crucial, albeit contentious, idea. Friedrich Engels dedicated a whole chapter to critiquing the "radical equality socialism" put forth by Duhring in opposition to Marxist socialism.
However, it was Lenin who took a significant departure from traditional Marxist thought by reshaping this concept into what he termed the "Dictatorship of the Vanguard Party."
Lenin's reinterpretation of the "dictatorship of the proletariat" is a matter of considerable debate and scrutiny. His understanding of this term deviated from the conventional Marxist perspective, leading to a divergence in socialist discourse.
on Lenin's Revisionist Version of
"Dictatorship of the Proletariat"
Exploring State-theory.
In Marxist theory, the concept of the "dictatorship of the proletariat" stands as a crucial, albeit contentious, idea.
Friedrich Engels dedicated a whole chapter to critiquing the "radical equality socialism" put forth by Duhring in opposition to Marxist socialism.
However, it was Lenin who took a significant departure from traditional Marxist thought by reshaping this concept into what he termed the "Dictatorship of the Vanguard Party."
Jordan Peterson's statement suggesting that women need to "step it up and start inventing cool things" can be considered problematic and potentially misogynistic because it implies a stereotype that women, as a group, are not already contributing significantly to innovation.
Such a generalization overlooks the countless achievements and inventions by women throughout history and reinforces gender-based assumptions about capabilities.
In reality, many women have made groundbreaking contributions to various fields. Some examples include:
Marie Curie (1867-1934):
A pioneering physicist and chemist, Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and remains the only person to have won Nobel Prizes in two different scientific fields (Physics and Chemistry).
Marx and Engels' Critique of Idealism:
Expanding on the Criticism of "Illusions of Philosophy"
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, the founders of Marxism, were critical of what they perceived as the undue emphasis on abstract ideas divorced from material reality.
💡 Marx and Engels' theory focused on critiquing intellectuals (ideologists) who produce a form of social analysis (ideology).
🚫 They didn't suggest that all ideas are ideology, but emphasized the need for a scientific form of thought.
Bob Dylan's lyrics have often contained social and political themes that lend themselves to a Marxist analysis. Let's look at some of his old and new lyrics from a Marxist perspective:
"The Times They Are A-Changin'" (1963):
This iconic song speaks to the changing social and political landscape of the 1960s. From a Marxist perspective, it can be seen as a call for societal transformation, where the old order is giving way to new ideas and movements.
Lines like "Come senators, congressmen / Please heed the call / Don't stand in the doorway / Don't block up the hall" can be interpreted as a challenge to the existing power structures and a call for more equitable representation.