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

@IskraPhoenix What exactly is "post-syndicalism"?

I take the lesser known syndicalist theories like organic culture, revolutionary will, direct action, antiparliamentarism but don't uphold the main tenet which is viewing trade unions as the revolutionary subject

Which is an issue I have with marxist thought as well; proletarians as the sole revolutionary subject seems rather incorrect to me.

@IskraPhoenix What other groups do you think constitute the "revolutionary subject"?

Revolutionary for what

Like what type of revolution

@tsarsNeezy you should be temp leader