Message from @Shadowstitcher11

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" _ In the coming revolutionary struggle, which will put them in a dominant position_ "

In this section he elaborates: "Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempt to disarm the workers must be frustrated, by force if necessary. The destruction of the bourgeois democrats’ influence over the workers, and the enforcement of conditions which will compromise the rule of bourgeois democracy, which is for the moment inevitable, and make it as difficult as possible – these are the main points which the proletariat and therefore the League must keep in mind during and after the approaching uprising."

2018-11-16 23:17:46 UTC  

Yeah, it's in reference to a specific moment and uprising.

And analyzing those events to call for broad political action.

In fact, it is in this speech that Marx describes his ideas about permanent revolution.

Which is a tenant of Marxism, with this address to the Communist League serving as a comprehensive insight into his ideas around that.

Which, if Marxism is the study of the philosophical teachings and thoughts of Karl Marx, I would think that this would be perfectly acceptable as "a part" of Marxism.

2018-11-16 23:20:58 UTC  

Compelling. You've given me some stuff to think about. Do you think Marx would advocate for peaceful transition if he thought it was possible?

Marx himself wasn't exactly a "violent" person insofar as he called for the beheading of capitalists and actively organized armed insurrections, but I think he understood that revolution would inevitably bring with it violence.

And that in such a conflict, the working class must be prepared and organized to respond and win.

Marx was a supporter of the Union and believed that they were just in their conquest of Southern states to defeat the institution of slavery. He and Lincoln corresponded many times throughout his presidency.

2018-11-16 23:24:48 UTC  

Interesting. So to get back to the original question, does that make the ideology violent? Like I said about the other ideology referenced, Nazism, the goal is violence towards those deemed as inferior or other. So are they both violent, and Nazism just far more violent, or are they both violent in that violence will be a means to the end?

It's a pointless question since all ideologies are violent.

An anarchist interpretation of that question would be that violence exists so as long as a state apparatus exists.

Differing ideologies simply dictate and prioritize what violence occurs, for what reasons, and to which people.

2018-11-16 23:27:50 UTC  

I dig it. Thanks for the nuanced answer. @hatmam12345 this answer is fantastic.

2018-11-17 01:19:35 UTC  

i agree, if i understand correctly. ideologies are only as violent as their rhetoric and how violent people choose to make them

I mean, no, they're all violent. One would consider socialism's public ownership of the means of production to be violent because it would involve the redistribution of wealth and seizure of some private enterprises, others would consider capitalism to be violent in how it exploits the value of labor in order to generate a profit on the behalf of capital and creates a system whereby you must sell your labor to capital to live.

2018-11-17 02:17:20 UTC  

they are all violent but for example Nazism is inherently violent while say liberalism is less so, because the rhetoric is less violent so the actions taken dont to proceed in the ideology's goals dont need to be as violent

2018-11-17 08:25:01 UTC  

the only redistribution of wealth under socialism wools be transferring the MOP from the bourgeois to the workers

2018-11-17 18:21:04 UTC  

Fun fact.

2018-11-17 18:21:14 UTC  

There are only 2 genders.

2018-11-17 18:21:19 UTC  

And your born with said Gender.

2018-11-17 18:21:33 UTC  

Getting a gender change is denouncing god.

2018-11-17 18:21:36 UTC  

HE made you who you are.

2018-11-17 18:21:40 UTC  

YOUR denouncing him.

2018-11-17 20:57:01 UTC  

California = What they were talking about in Malachi 4:1

do all the hurricanes in the South also mean something Biblical

2018-11-17 21:01:24 UTC  

Rising sea levels

2018-11-17 21:01:29 UTC  

Random things happen

2018-11-17 22:25:49 UTC  

Well not everyone is religious

2018-11-17 22:26:14 UTC  

And do you not understand dysphoria? It’s a mental issue. The only way to treat it currently is transitioning

2018-11-18 00:26:37 UTC  

sniff sniff

2018-11-18 00:51:35 UTC  

Electrocution works well too

2018-11-18 00:58:06 UTC  

45,000 volts at 300 amps

2018-11-18 00:59:39 UTC  

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/441728840025374731/513518618038894622/ElectricPence.jpg

2018-11-18 01:00:03 UTC  

@DarkScythe Is that enough to shock out the gay?

2018-11-18 01:00:13 UTC  

that'll do it

2018-11-18 17:54:00 UTC  

@Donaldus Triumphus this is too american for me

2018-11-18 17:54:09 UTC  

too much hard rock

2018-11-18 22:48:56 UTC  

If Homosexuality is normal.