US American studying Marxism (anti-revisionist Marxism-Leninism). I post educational socialist audiobooks & commentary vids @ https://t.co/g3kzxwd50B
Apr 1, 2023 • 16 tweets • 5 min read
Quick 🧵 on 🏳️⚧️ basics:
1) Sex is a biological/genetic/natural status with categories like male, female, & intersex.
2) Gender is a social/cultural/psychological/behavioral/performed status with categories like "man," "woman," & others -- see list: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_g…
1/3) Many societies have social norms insisting that members' gender expression match what is socially mandated for their sex, often using a binary (male/man, female/woman).
However, gender identities come in more than "man" & "woman" & don't *have* to match the norms for sex.
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D&D has been under an open license for 20+ years which has allowed content creators to publish #DnD-compatible material free & clear, but the giant corporation which owns the game (Hasbro) tried yanking the rights & the community is revolting:
This is an interesting study in a situation where a game really has become community property (socialized, you might say), and a mega-company tries to step in & pocket all of the third-party content -- not just "fan art" but a huge cottage industry of writers, designers, etc #dnd
Oct 17, 2022 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
When I say that the fundamental task of the US left is to break w/the Democratic Party & recreate the "Bernie moment" outside of it through a #LeftCoalition, this is what something like that could look like: stadium-filling crowds in support of a far-left political message.
These pictures are of the KNE-Odigitis Festival, the annual festival organized by the Communist Youth of Greece (KNE). peoplesdispatch.org/2019/09/27/kne…
Oct 16, 2022 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
Forcibly bringing awareness of the impending uninhabitability of earth into spaces that aren't designated for political discussion -- spaces which can easily be tuned out & ignored -- is infuriating to those who're determined to block it out & avoid a sense of day-to-day urgency.
Earlier this week, a #climatecollapse protest was held in a museum. Today, it's at a car company. And tomorrow?
What really concerns the people most infuriated about these early-stage protests is that it will reach into *their* lives, shake them up, & make them NEED to change.
Sep 4, 2022 • 15 tweets • 3 min read
I asked this question 1.5 weeks ago.
It was stated in this simple way to demonstrate 1 thing: it's nearly impossible to get reliable answers about China in the USA.
The responses were crap, ranging from blocks to pro-China insults to anti-China insults but still almost no info.
I conducted a poll about two years ago on Marxist attitudes toward modern China.
The results were roughly split in terms of people considering it socialist/moving toward socialism and not socialist/moving away from socialism.
I've continued my interest in this topic since.
Aug 23, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
@CGMeifangZhang Why do they have to pay?
@CGMeifangZhang A story of asking a Chinese official who posted a story about Chinese schoolchildren "paying for school lunch using facial recognition" in two parts:
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May 7, 2022 • 26 tweets • 7 min read
It's true that a lot of you never log off the Internet & haven't breathed fresh air in several years, but if you think it's possible to do a revolution without mass orgs, you really need to sign out, put down the device, open some windows, & get some oxygen back into your brains.
I started this S4A project literally just to read more Marx, Engels, Lenin, etc.
It became popular, & people even started donating $ for me to spend more time on it.
I've since realized that many ppl aren't interested in action & just like to be read certain bedtime stories.
