I feel like I understand communist theory pretty well at a basic level, and I believe in it, but I just don’t see what part of it requires belief in an objective world of matter. I don’t believe in matter and I’m still a communist. And it seems that in the 21st century most people believe in materialism but not communism. What part of “people should have access to the stuff they need to live” requires believing that such stuff is real? After all, there are nonmaterial industries and they still need communism. Workers in the music industry are producing something that nearly everyone can agree only exists in our heads. And they’re still exploited by capital, despite musical instruments being relatively cheap these days, because capital owns the system of distribution networks and access to consumers that is the means of profitability for music. Spotify isn’t material, it’s a computer program. It’s information. It’s a thoughtform. Yet it’s still a means of production that ought to be seized for the liberation of the musician worker. What does materialism have to do with any of this?
we’re all leftists here
Left and right are relative, not absolute. Americans think that Joe Biden is a leftist because they’re all the way on the right. Norwegians think that social democrats are on the left because they’re on the moderate right. Hardcore communists think that demsocs are on the right, and some neo Nazis would think Reagan was a leftist if they met him.
I’m further left than the average Hexbear user, so from my point of view the MLs and anarchists who don’t understand far left theory are centrists. They’re further right than me, but I’m willing to compromise and accept those people as being “in the middle”.
okay, on hexbear when we say “leftist” we typically mean anti-capitalist.
can you explain how you are “further left” than MLs and anarchists?
I am an anarchist, but I’m further left than most of them for simple reasons like radical gender inclusion and neurodivergent advocacy. And for complex reasons like unrealism, magic use, and pagan revolutionary attitudes.
Anarchy is simply impossible if you come into the whole situation thinking there’s no way for the human mind to conquer reality. That’s a defeatist mindset that leads to weak praxis. I use magic to help trans and otherkin people escape the mental shackles placed on them by realist society. Realist “anarchists” tend to reinforce those shackles by saying things like “You can’t become a dragon in real life, that’s impossible.” I say things like “Your draconic identity clearly leads you to a different experience of sexuality and body than a human. You’re obviously nonbinary and you deserve to explore your dragonkin identity to the fullest, here’s some magic to help with that.”
