Message from @GermanEastAfrica
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And in a certain sense so does fascism but we take in account the family and old culture
And the end results are different for both
That seems to be the most big divides i’ve seen
the issue here is that family and culture are not thngs we consider as part of the 'economic base' as in the material things that shape everything but as things that are shaped by our economic base.
I’m going to be honest I’ve learned quite a bit from talking with you folks
as in
family may be family always
I see, you’re more focused on the straight shot economic values
but how family is conceived as an idea depends on how economics are at the time
i.e
we live in very nuclear families under capitalism
under say primitive communism/tribalism
they lived in less nuclear famlies
and more 'communal living'
I see
this was because communal living was better for the tribal setting
while nuclear family is better for the capitalist setting
this is ultimately what i mean when i say 'the base shapes the superstructure'
I believe it works well under a fascist system as well
And that’s why we value it
It’s also formed from the recent state of the family and how we see it falling apart under this current system which is leading to complications
Which I think helps the drive to protect the nuclear family idea
@GermanEastAfrica so what i want to say is that marxists are not against marriage or family as things people do
but the specific forms of marriage and family inherent to capitalism
@LoJ Wait for the Congress to convene
Like the fact you need a license for marriage
well more like marriage is a way for often men to control women
i.e in feudalistic times
marriage was all about
how can i obtain more land?
yes marry my daugthers off to the rich son of that landowner
Due to the fact that was the only way to have rights
so the very conception of marriage has shifted in society
due to the romanticist movement
marriage has been commodified as well
into the capitalist system
but because marriage still came from that feudalistic kind of thinking it still remains an reactionary element and only serves to hold certain groups down.
My view on marriage and the role of the mother is that it’s alright for the woman to get a job but she should not be shamed into never getting married
The owner rn is thinking about president's rights
@GermanEastAfrica the observation i've made of capitalist society is that we commodified marriage such that women are kinda shamed if they aren't married and have children.
I see things the opposite ways nowadays
Two different looks at the same mirror I suppose