• SuperNovaCouchGuy2 [any]@hexbear.net
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    Ok when the word “shitlib” is used here we’re referring to smug, rude, arrogant, reddit-brained imbeciles who functionally support imperialism, right wing apologia, and casual bigotry. They also operate in bad faith from the get go.

    Uneducated progressive “liberals” who are nonetheless openminded and empathetic are not the people who this term refers to.

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      1 year ago

      Uneducated progressive “liberals” who are nonetheless openminded and empathetic are not the people who this term refers to.

      This still feels a little

      smug, rude, arrogant

      But I’ll take it, I’m certainly not an expert on Marxism. It’s a useful method of inquiry oftentimes, but there are other worthy worldviews and subjects to spend time on that hardly make me uneducated.

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        I wasn’t referring to you in particular, I was referring to describing types of “liberals” in general. I am not implying that there is something inherently wrong with being uneducated. Everybody is uneducated in a variety of fields outside of their own expertise, such as nuclear physics, foraging, farming, etc. Similarly, most american progressives simply do not know what the terms “left” and “right” mean in a political context, therefore, they are uneducated. Rather, I was implying that these progressives are well meaning, good-hearted people who just need a bit more knowledge as to where they could direct their energy towards political change. I apologize if it came off as condescending, maybe I should have used the term “unactivated” or “new to politics”.

        but there are other worthy worldviews and subjects to spend time on that hardly make me uneducated

        Thats good, keep reading. If you are interested in politics then I would recommend reading the works of Micheal Parenti.

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          Yeah, mostly agree, people are kept from thinking and complaining too much by being overworked, stressed, distracted, manipulated, demotivated, denied access, captured by cults, etc :/ sooo … fuck IP law and let’s get pirating, books ain’t gonna read themselves :D