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unbutthurtable
Dec 2, 2016

Total. Tox. Rereg.


College Slice
Forgetting about this praxtical crap for a minute, I hope we can all take a minute and let the real lesson of the Danny Fetonte saga sink in: cyber bullying gets results

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Sheng-Ji Yang
Mar 5, 2014


Autism Sneaks posted:

sums up your posting well

surfacelevelspeck
Oct 1, 2008

communism's sleepiest soldier

unbutthurtable posted:

Forgetting about this praxtical crap for a minute, I hope we can all take a minute and let the real lesson of the Danny Fetonte saga sink in: cyber bullying gets results

lol that had nothing to do with it though? he quit because we were applying a ton of pressure on him locally, and he realized he was losing control of his fiefdom, so he decided to quit in as nuclear a way as possible in an attempt to destroy the austin local.

Thug Lessons
Dec 14, 2006


I lust in my heart for as many dead refugees as possible.
He quit because he was too good for us

Zerg Mans
Oct 19, 2006

Praxis is a cautionary tale of the imperialistic and capitalistic excesses of the dilithium mining industry and how it can cause devastation to the planet as a whole.

Larry Parrish
Jul 9, 2012

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Tricky Dick Nixon posted:

The key to the concept that differentiates praxis from "practice" is that it's done with consciousness.

From Gramsci: "The average worker has a practical activity but has no clear theoretical consciousness of his activity in and understanding of the world; indeed, his theoretical consciousness can be “historically” in conflict with his activity. In other words, he will have two theoretical consciousnesses: one that is implicit in his activity and that really unites him with all his fellow workers in the practical transformation of the world and a superficial, “explicit” one that he has inherited from the past."

It's practice done with theory, informed by and informing it. Shouting it at people won't convert them to socialism, but it's still worth talking about when people are getting involved as its what differentiates doing just activism towards practices like universal health care, and translating that towards building a movement towards socialism.

oh boy this really makes a lot more sense than just using the word process

Larry Parrish
Jul 9, 2012

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Praxis is clearly a codeword for Trotskyism

Tricky Dick Nixon
Jul 26, 2010

by Nyc_Tattoo
Considering how "trust the process" is tainted now I wouldn't use that either lol

Lumpy
Apr 26, 2002

La! La! La! Laaaa!



College Slice
How can the working class afford these fancy words?

Tricky Dick Nixon
Jul 26, 2010

by Nyc_Tattoo
we must nationalize philosophy departments at every state university, and include mandatory reading lists for the proletariat

an actual dog
Nov 18, 2014

Tricky Dick Nixon posted:

we must nationalize philosophy departments at every state university, and include mandatory reading lists for the proletariat

You will NEVER! EVER! make me read a book!

Impermanent
Apr 1, 2010
socialism really is too eggheaded much of the time that's more to do with endless relitigation of the faults or non-faults of previously existing maybe socialist states than :gasp: different words.

Tricky Dick Nixon
Jul 26, 2010

by Nyc_Tattoo

an actual dog posted:

You will NEVER! EVER! make me read a book!

the book gulag will serve you nicely, comrade

Agean90
Jun 28, 2008


can u turn das kapitol into a graphic novel???

an actual dog
Nov 18, 2014

Agean90 posted:

can u turn das kapitol into a graphic novel???

https://www.amazon.com/Capital-Manga-Karl-Marx/dp/1926958195

Impermanent
Apr 1, 2010
yes https://www.amazon.com/Capital-Manga-Karl-Marx/dp/1926958195

Tricky Dick Nixon
Jul 26, 2010

by Nyc_Tattoo

Agean90
Jun 28, 2008


time to put in a book purchase request at my library then!!!

Karl Barks
Jan 21, 1981

(talks to first person i see in rough part of town) so it was called Laissez's Faire and it was a message board that was really ahead of its time. there were great posters like tpaine and getfiscal. so are you ready to become a communist??

Zerg Mans
Oct 19, 2006

tpaine, maggotmaster, and red ken got really annoying towards the end of LF where everything that wasn't about them was spammed with manga and dubstep

Al!
Apr 2, 2010

:coolspot::coolspot::coolspot::coolspot::coolspot:
thats not true


maggotmaster was always annoying

Business Gorillas
Mar 11, 2009

:harambe:



Impermanent posted:

socialism really is too eggheaded much of the time that's more to do with endless relitigation of the faults or non-faults of previously existing maybe socialist states than :gasp: different words.

I blame the fact that leftism has only survived in the US in academia for the past 40 years

ThndrShk2k
Nov 3, 2009

by Nyc_Tattoo
Bread Liar

Thug Lessons posted:

He quit because he was too good for us
:911:

Ruzihm
Aug 11, 2010

Group up and push mid, proletariat!


Tricky Dick Nixon posted:

Considering how "trust the process" is tainted now I wouldn't use that either lol

that settles it, I move that DSA adopt the official slogan of "Trust the Praxis"

ThndrShk2k
Nov 3, 2009

by Nyc_Tattoo
Bread Liar
PRAXIS
Reinforces
And
eXemplifies
Individual
Socialism

bump_fn
Apr 12, 2004

two of them
praxis of evil

surfacelevelspeck
Oct 1, 2008

communism's sleepiest soldier

bump_fn posted:

praxis of evil

Goon Danton
May 24, 2012

Don't forget to show my shitposts to the people. They're well worth seeing.

bump_fn posted:

praxis of evil

This would be us, wobblies, and juggalos, right?

Internet Explorer
Jun 1, 2005





There was a pretty good amount of talk here and in other DSA circles about something passing at the convention to support the abolition of the police. While it seems impossible to find what decisions were actually made at the convention (lol), I am having a hard time finding anything about the DSA adopting an approach in favor of police abolition. I see there was a resolution for prison abolition, but nothing related to the police.

The closest thing I can find is a post of Medium by Praxis talking about it as part of their slate, but details were sparse - https://medium.com/@DSA_Praxis/abolish-police-and-prisons-fa263c44b3cb

Does anyone have any further info on this? I have talked to a non-zero amount of people who were interested in DSA but thought "abolish the police" was a bit out there. I have tried to explain it as more of a "abolish the police and form a different type of people protector thingy" rather than just abolishing all types of law enforcement, but it would really be nice to hear what DSA's actual position is, if we have one.

bump_fn
Apr 12, 2004

two of them
https://twitter.com/UAA_YDSA/status/907300807544119296

Agean90
Jun 28, 2008


In four years
there will not be
a single unbent knee

BrainParasite
Jan 24, 2003


an actual dog posted:

You will NEVER! EVER! make me read a book!

When the revolution comes, you will be the first to suffer Das Kapital punishment.

platzapS
Aug 4, 2007

Business Gorillas posted:

I blame the fact that leftism has only survived in the US in academia for the past 40 years

This is really key. From Marx up through the mid 20th century, Marxist theorists were usually leaders of trade unions and mass parties, so they had to speak accessibly to get anything done. Post-60s though it's mostly academics, who have completely different incentives.

Goon Danton
May 24, 2012

Don't forget to show my shitposts to the people. They're well worth seeing.

Extra long general meeting in Pittsburgh tonight. I should have known something was up when they were handing out Robert's Rules cheat sheets at the door.

Plus side, Danny got a round of applause, for dying.

e: and we appear to be stealing New Orleans' tail light idea, so that owns

Goon Danton has issued a correction as of 02:44 on Sep 12, 2017

achillesforever6
Apr 23, 2012

psst you wanna do a communism?

Goon Danton posted:

Extra long general meeting in Pittsburgh tonight. I should have known something was up when they were handing out Robert's Rules cheat sheets at the door.

Plus side, Danny got a round of applause, for dying.

e: and we appear to be stealing New Orleans' tail light idea, so that owns
Was a good meeting love seeing proposed amendments get proposed amendments. I was the one goony look guy wearing a wrestling shirt.

ThndrShk2k
Nov 3, 2009

by Nyc_Tattoo
Bread Liar
https://twitter.com/dsahonolulu

DSA Honolulu's logo kinda made me think it was the island getting nuked when you see it smaller in the feed

BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


Lipstick Apathy
I want to make a pic-list of every DSA logo and then judge them all accordingly.

:effort:

BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


Lipstick Apathy


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txuWGoZF3ew

TheDon01
Mar 8, 2009



Holyshit thats so good.

I love the Boston DemSoc's too

VVVVV
Everythings red now
:getin:

TheDon01 has issued a correction as of 05:35 on Sep 12, 2017

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Al!
Apr 2, 2010

:coolspot::coolspot::coolspot::coolspot::coolspot:
[pushes up glasses] um excuse me, the roundels are all the wrong colors........ the D should be orange, the S should be gray (for shuttle) and the A should be blue.

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