'Self-expression' is a marketer's wet dream. Individualism perpetuates exploitation. And idpol is the commodification of self-expression. Easier to just not but into the self-expression meme. Do you think a person who genuinely struggles cares about his hopes and intentions are expressed to his audience?

what

individualism perpetuates exploitation?

dar?

wouldn't essentializing oneself perpetuate exploitation?

individualism and communism are complementary, not contradictory. Capitalism crushes individuality

@not_matt 'essentializing'?

Capitalism is individualism for the rich. Communism lets all within the collective societal body be individuals together and pursue becoming who they are

reducing yourself to an essence

the opposite of existentialism basically

essentializing oneself : "im a gamer"

rather than recognize your own being, your identity becomes what you consume

or what you do

@dontchewglass 'becoming who they are'. Who are they?

@not_matt What is 'your own being'?

each individual within society

@dontchewglass If people ought to think of themselves as individuals and pursue 'becoming who they are. What does that involve and why should it be pursued?

read sartre

and the good parts of heidigger

I think that people should pursue their individuality and cultivating who they are within the collective body

^^^

Sartre

@not_matt I have. Great, you're existentialists....

Cancer.

well then you shouldn't have those questions anymore : )

I think that the conflict between individualism and collectivism is a false dichotomy

dear lord

yikes lol

what do you find wrong with it?

existentialism i mean

Being a communist isn't the same as signing away your individual autonomy and having your own personal interests

(and just because i like existentialism doesn't mean other thinkers won't address the same issues and questions, schelling comes to mind as explaining why we are radically free and individuals but obviously w/o the same context to work with as jps)

@petit bourgeois Thanks! Always great to meet a fan

i actually met a fan in real life one time, one of the Knights For Socialism in Orlando. It was so weird but awesome

Phenomenology et al. is masturbation. The focus is wrong. It is a reflection of the material world not the centre of it. How do you even call yourself a Marxist?

ah the old metaphysics is masturbation meme

You do know Sartre was avowedly Marxist for the majority of his life, right?

https://images.jacobinmag.com/2017/04/17759700_1709890315704329_7359977960302963299_n.png

sartre and de beauvoir both afaik

Yep

I care what a man says not who he keep company with.