How could you call it socdem

If you were trying to genuinely insult me

what are you then

I just call myself a communist because you know.. the *communist* manifesto

**Radical Centrist**

that seems even sillier than MLs

Well what are you, friend

Before I assign myself a silly label

technocratic post-syndicalist 😏

Actually?

I have nothing against that

It just sounds interesting

Yea

Cool

Well since you are a fellow labelfag

I am a libertarian marxist

Veblen's work on Leisure Class, Business Enterprise and Soviet Engineers -> as well as syndicalist works of Sorel and Rocker

Libertarian Marxism? Like autonomists?

Pretty much

I've been meaning to read some Negri but I haven't had the time :/

Libertarian Marxists are cool

Can't say I've read any of the big marxist theorists aside from Marx himself yet

I'm reading a lot of philosophy shit rn in the western canon and eventually I'll start reading Marxist theory

Beyond Marx, I mean

I'm quite familiar with Marx himself and secondary sources about him and others

ah, I don't really like non-political philosophy, it's hard to conceptualize it vis a vis concrete existence.

Not saying it's bad - just that it's rather hard for me personally to understand

Yeah political philosophy is my specialty

oh so you mean like liberals by western cannon?

But I also have an interest in general philosophy- tends to help reaffirm the political ideas

Huh?

Oh no no

When I said philosophy I did mean general philosophy

kk

I'm just also saying that I prefer political philosophy

yea sorry was just a bit confused

understood

But ye I think that Marx and post-Marx commuinist movements have various issues that prevent me from identifying with them

Completely understand that

Marx himself certainly has a host of issues. I still choose to refer to myself as a marxist because I believe his distinct core ideas for theory and praxis still hold up

I used to consider myself an anarchist, then I read about the conflict between Bakunin and Marx, actually learned about Marxism, and was totally convinced. But Marxism certainly has its flaws, and in general I try to just refer to myself as "socialist" or "communist" for ease's sake