Ember_NE

Although I definetly think that in general class interests rule societies, I do think that specific mainfestations of class rule can be more or less rational with respect to their interests. I'd say that I definetly think the current administration and for example Tsar Nicholas's regime were examples of less rational manifestations. That doesn't change the fact that the entire bourgeoisie class is the problem, of course. But I do think we should be careful with assuming that just because the Trump-administration does something, then it is in the rational self-interest of the Bourgeoisie, it could just as well be a very poor attempt at that. But of course proletarian class rule is the solution anyhow.

I agree in general, but I do think it doesn't help that the leadership is irrational specifically (not just Trump of course)

The future might be uncertain comrade, but that means potential for change aswell. We'll probably never see a Red Western Europe as long as our continent is built on the exploitation of other peoples. But through their emancipation we can eventually build a brighter future for proletarians in our part of the world too!

It's of course morally fine to pursue medical treatment with the means available to you. It's not like you're taking a job for Lockheed Martin for health insurance or something, right :P

Well there are plenty of english podcasts already if you are looking for audio theory! :D

Hi, I've been trying to make a norwegian-speaking marxist theory podcast, because I felt it was lacking in our language. If you are a norwegian comerade you can check it out at: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2468064

You mean the checks contributing to the balance in the politicians bank accounts?

JPDON Grahom 🙏

Come on, do the Potemkin thing ...

In more facist periods the bourgeois ideology gets more and more irrational traits to try to convince segments of the petite bouegeois and the workers to support the bourgeois state despited the increased exploutation of the working class, this ultimately reflects in more irational leadership as well. In this case, I think it is entirely possible the US leadership too eagerly bought into their own propaganda about their military strength and the supposed weakness of their enemies. It is not because of Trump or anything like that, he is just part of a less rational bourgeois state apparatus due to material reasons.

That being said, I think they may have had some indications that could have implied that the war would go better for them, which they too eagerly accepted.

The tech bourgeoisie dream of a world where running AI will require massive constant capital. Thankfully, it seems that there is great potential for more efficient models instead

In the Soviet Union, excessive wage leveling, corruption and corrosion caused by the second economy and the failure to crack down on it, and a failure to maintain a living and vivid dialectical materialist science and living practice of constructive critique, in particular in regards to the CPSU and the party line, contributed to the reactionary character of these classes. After the revolution, doing better on these points will help keep these classes more loyal.

As for the revolution, the key is to secure the class power of the proletariat as expressed through mass organizations and the communist party and the proletarian state apparatus. New intelligensia etc. can be grown by public education. Political Commissars can ensure officers and the like stay in line during the revolutionary period. The key is to make opportunists conform to the revolution because it is in their best interest, and to weed out committed reactionaries and remove them from positions of power, and help them all grow past their false conciousness.