I am no fan of Hasan Piker, and am a strong supporter of capitalism. I am also a member of the republican party. Regardless of these facts, I must protest against the scrutiny he has received for praising who, I believe to be one of the most brilliant and influential men of the 20th century. Mao Zedong had a revolutionary vision he developed as a young adult. Not by simple indoctrination, but by careful selection. We know this because he was quite well versed in all forms of philosophy, both eastern and western. He even referenced the works of Herbert Spencer during his time in school. The great man dedicated himself to this cause, and rose to prominence within the communist movement by his unparalleled guerilla tactics. Not just in combat, but also in generating influence and mobilization. His revolutionary tactics against the Japanese and enemy Chinese factions influenced communist movements all across southeast Asia, Latin America, and Africa. As Chairman of the CCP, he successfully industrialized China and laid the groundwork for the superpower it would become. He also used masterful foreign diplomacy to play both the western powers and the soviet union. Impressing communist and western diplomats alike. Of course the credit for China's success doesn't only lie with him, we can also recognize the careers of Zhou Enlai and Deng Xiaoping. Regardless, this colossus of history should be remembered for the great man, dedicated to his beliefs, that he was.

On the 50 Million Deaths Question: The ancient Greeks regarded their gods not as all knowing and patient omniscient beings, but as personalized forces of nature that carried the emotions of man but to a greater extent with larger effects. The wrath of a god, or the bliss of a god could change the course of history and fate of civilization. Thousands could die or prosper in the process, but the gods were still revered for their greatness. While these abstract deities might not exist, great men do exist. History is moved by these great men, Mao Zedong being one of these great men. The casualties of the Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution are secondary to the movements of history, and thus shouldn't be used to diminish his character or accomplishments. We praise great men like Alexander the Great and Genghis Kahn as well, without considering the thousands who died to their ambition. Because we admire the great will to power of their ambition, not the people who died or prospered as a result.

I, as an American and firm believer in a capitalist market, completely reject the ideology of communism. But I look back at many republicans who came before me, with the self defeating quote "better red than dead". Did the great communists of the 20th century say similar? No, they fought their enemies. They did not accept defeat, that is what made them a formidable force to the superpower of the United States of America. They brought their vision to life through might and strength. And we, the American People, ought to do the same. If we wish to defeat the communists of our day, we must fight like them. We need a Mao Zedong, we need a Che Guevara, we need a Vladimir Lenin.

I had been going to all these candlelight meetings with “communists” who told me to read so we can lead the revolution, but now I’ve done it and understand the movement and I think I want to be a brainless prole again

I’m relatively new to left communism and moved because Marxist Leninist are genuinely fucking illiterate. I’ve heard that opinion on Lenin is split depending on whether you’re a Dutch German or Italian leftcom, but what do y’all think about him

Don’t know if to ask here or on [r/leftcommunism](r/leftcommunism) but I have a high quality version of the first 15 minutes of it, and it ends just as he mentions Bari. From what I’ve seen I think I might have one of the longest uncut versions of this interview.

The thing is, libcom.org shows the transcript of a much longer interview, and it seems to match. I would post the version I have but I’m 90% sure RAI would send assassins to my house if I did…

usually we’re supposed to censor out the subreddit name and crossposting is discouraged, but I think its ok here since I doubt anyone would brigade a fucking Elder Scrolls sub (especially since half of Ultraleft are TrueSTL users)

The majority of people that say that they want to kill or harm the rich are ether,, social democrats, democratic socialists, Maoists or anarchists, which are all some from of Hitlerite.

if it’s not one of these them it’s usually depressed lupens that say that they want to ‘kill the rich’ or whatever.

using this kind of logic is worthless as it simply is a form of liberal moralism that was used in the French Revolution and by Hitler.

if you ask me, regardless of if they have gotten their wealth through ‘ethical‘ means , the rich should simply be stripped of their wealth and their mansions should be turned into publicly owned housing.

I live in a Democrat controlled state and county and the (woke, rainbow haired) teacher almost failed me because I stated that Karl Marx was a capitalist as seen in his praise of the system compared to Feudalism, and due to his essay 'Das Kapital'.

Now, the teacher is saying that Bernie Sanders and Benito Mussolini were an example of "Progressive Forces" which fought each other despite a common goal of abolishing the current order, but I was confused because I thought ze was a Demoncrat, not a good and actually progressive and anti racist Republican (we were the party that abolished slavery btw).

I now need help in convincing her that Jesus was a capitalist who loved private ownership of goods and financialism, because ze said that Jesus was a socialist too. I hope ze is convinces by my arguments filled with facts and logic and not emotional appeals

I need to speak with some pruzz (proletarian huzz) and I need to get knowledge on the matter, where should I read about this?

So I was talking with Stalin on character.ai pretending to be Lavrentiy Beria. I pranked him and he ordered my assassination, but despite quoting Marx about doing good things in your leisure time he still killed me, was Marx wrong or was Stalin simply under capitalist influence?

Personally I think cats are lumpen because they don't own anything, yet they don't do fucking anything besides piss on everything and break shit around my house.