Donovan Thought (Undergoing rework!)

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donovan-thought's avatar donovan-thought 11 hours ago

Just to doubly clarify - this is the page that was previously Heoism!

donovan-thought's avatar donovan-thought 9 hours ago

In case anyone's curious, I do still have my files and code, not to fret -w-

The site will be undergoing drastic changes starting tonight. If possible, even the URL and associated email will be changing. I'm okay, just need to change the name and some key documents have changed so drastically they'll be pending for a while
donovan-thought's avatar donovan-thought 12 hours ago

If you're curious: a critical mistranslation (rip) is the straw that broke the camel's back for a rework

donovan-thought's avatar donovan-thought 3 days ago

To be clear on the new note, this is largely due to reading the entirety of Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism (which I failed to update on the site as being read) to verify a claim made in one of the Communist Party USA classes, and I've almost completed State and Revolution. These two documents have created a drastic increase in understanding of Marxism-Leninism when paired with what I'd read in Capital.

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donovan-thought's avatar donovan-thought 3 days ago

This has, in turn, clarified to me: 1. I had initially misunderstood some of the concepts (for instance, withering state vs. abolished state) and 2. was far too focused on quality-of-life increases over functionally abolishing imperialism

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somewhat echoing caesthoffe here because it's also been on the mind but despite recognizing that i don't have to constantly update the site and i can take time for other things i do feel irrationally under pressure to do so
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donovan-thought's avatar donovan-thought 2 weeks ago

we stay silly (I'm still writing the same document I keep having to take rest blocs)

i really hope the ephemeral one is okay. proletarian-library is gone
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donovan-thought's avatar donovan-thought 3 weeks ago

okay, returning sorta but to clarify I'm primarily writing off-site at the moment and doing research into a few topics, particularly the origins and purpose of the state

donovan-thought's avatar donovan-thought 3 weeks ago

something notable lenin pointed out is clarifying that engels' discussion in anti-duhring points out that the marxist philosophers and the anarchist and social democrat philosophers (both) perceive the fall of the state entirely differently. engels stated and lenin clarified:

donovan-thought's avatar donovan-thought 3 weeks ago

bourgeois state → violent revolution → workers' state → withering into nothing more than an organization that distributes commodites once class antagonisms are done away with (as the state serves as a mediator to force the oppression of one class over another, ex. bourgeois state over proletariat or proletarian state over bourgeoisie, to prevent class warfare)

donovan-thought's avatar donovan-thought 3 weeks ago

the anarchist movement (bakunin and kropotkin) and the social democrat movement (bernstein, bizarrely also bakunin, and kautsky) interpreted the fall of the state as a full abolition, with a minor distinction that the anarchists presented bourgeois state → violent revolution → free association in a stateless, alegal society

donovan-thought's avatar donovan-thought 3 weeks ago

the social democrats, precursors to the modern democratic socialist movement, contrarily presented the ludicrous concept of bourgeois state → electoralism in the bourgeois democracy → somehow transitioning into a proletarian state → state abolished. notably the modern democratic socialist movement has slightly altered that first stage to market socialism (or just capitalism with social protections)

donovan-thought's avatar donovan-thought 3 weeks ago

that demsoc idea specifically advocating for personal benefits under whatever the current country needs to be without abolishing the systems of imperialism they benefit from

congrats to new york on electing zohran mamdani; here's hoping y'all get the first demsoc with a backbone
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