Walton Xuan Zong
2024-01-23 21:10:38 UTC
T̶h̶e̶ L̶e̶f̶t̶ i̶n̶ t̶h̶e̶ U̶.S̶. h̶a̶s̶ l̶o̶n̶g̶ b̶e̶e̶n̶ e̶x̶t̶r̶e̶m̶e̶l̶y̶ M̶a̶r̶x̶i̶s̶t̶. T̶o̶ u̶n̶d̶e̶r̶s̶t̶a̶n̶d̶
M̶a̶r̶x̶i̶s̶m̶, N̶a̶p̶o̶l̶e̶o̶n̶ i̶s̶ i̶n̶s̶t̶r̶u̶c̶t̶i̶v̶e̶. H̶e̶ s̶a̶i̶d̶, “M̶e̶n̶ a̶r̶e̶ m̶o̶r̶e̶ e̶a̶s̶i̶l̶y̶
g̶o̶v̶e̶r̶n̶e̶d̶ t̶h̶r̶o̶u̶g̶h̶ t̶h̶e̶i̶r̶ v̶i̶c̶e̶s̶ t̶h̶a̶n̶ t̶h̶r̶o̶u̶g̶h̶ t̶h̶e̶i̶r̶ v̶i̶r̶t̶u̶e̶s̶.” T̶h̶a̶t̶ i̶s̶ w̶h̶a̶t̶
M̶a̶r̶x̶i̶s̶m̶ i̶s̶. I̶t̶ c̶h̶a̶r̶a̶c̶t̶e̶r̶i̶z̶e̶s̶ t̶h̶o̶s̶e̶ i̶n̶ p̶o̶w̶e̶r̶ a̶s̶ o̶p̶p̶r̶e̶s̶s̶o̶r̶s̶, t̶o̶ e̶x̶p̶l̶o̶i̶t̶
t̶h̶e̶ v̶i̶c̶e̶ o̶f̶ d̶e̶s̶i̶r̶i̶n̶g̶ p̶o̶w̶e̶r̶ o̶v̶e̶r̶ o̶t̶h̶e̶r̶s̶. T̶h̶e̶n̶ i̶t̶ e̶x̶p̶l̶o̶i̶t̶s̶, e̶n̶v̶y̶,
g̶r̶e̶e̶d̶... R̶e̶l̶a̶t̶i̶v̶i̶t̶y̶ f̶u̶n̶c̶t̶i̶o̶n̶s̶ a̶s̶ a̶n̶ i̶d̶e̶o̶l̶o̶g̶y̶.
Y̶o̶u̶ w̶e̶r̶e̶ g̶o̶i̶n̶g̶ o̶k̶a̶y̶ t̶h̶e̶r̶e̶, L̶a̶r̶r̶y̶, u̶n̶t̶i̶l̶ t̶h̶a̶t̶ l̶a̶s̶t̶ b̶r̶a̶i̶n̶-f̶a̶r̶t̶. Y̶o̶u̶M̶a̶r̶x̶i̶s̶m̶, N̶a̶p̶o̶l̶e̶o̶n̶ i̶s̶ i̶n̶s̶t̶r̶u̶c̶t̶i̶v̶e̶. H̶e̶ s̶a̶i̶d̶, “M̶e̶n̶ a̶r̶e̶ m̶o̶r̶e̶ e̶a̶s̶i̶l̶y̶
g̶o̶v̶e̶r̶n̶e̶d̶ t̶h̶r̶o̶u̶g̶h̶ t̶h̶e̶i̶r̶ v̶i̶c̶e̶s̶ t̶h̶a̶n̶ t̶h̶r̶o̶u̶g̶h̶ t̶h̶e̶i̶r̶ v̶i̶r̶t̶u̶e̶s̶.” T̶h̶a̶t̶ i̶s̶ w̶h̶a̶t̶
M̶a̶r̶x̶i̶s̶m̶ i̶s̶. I̶t̶ c̶h̶a̶r̶a̶c̶t̶e̶r̶i̶z̶e̶s̶ t̶h̶o̶s̶e̶ i̶n̶ p̶o̶w̶e̶r̶ a̶s̶ o̶p̶p̶r̶e̶s̶s̶o̶r̶s̶, t̶o̶ e̶x̶p̶l̶o̶i̶t̶
t̶h̶e̶ v̶i̶c̶e̶ o̶f̶ d̶e̶s̶i̶r̶i̶n̶g̶ p̶o̶w̶e̶r̶ o̶v̶e̶r̶ o̶t̶h̶e̶r̶s̶. T̶h̶e̶n̶ i̶t̶ e̶x̶p̶l̶o̶i̶t̶s̶, e̶n̶v̶y̶,
g̶r̶e̶e̶d̶... R̶e̶l̶a̶t̶i̶v̶i̶t̶y̶ f̶u̶n̶c̶t̶i̶o̶n̶s̶ a̶s̶ a̶n̶ i̶d̶e̶o̶l̶o̶g̶y̶.
_“𝙍𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙮_𝙖𝙣𝙙_𝙦𝙪𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙪𝙢_𝙢𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙨_𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚_𝙣𝙤𝙩_𝙞𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙_𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚_𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚
_𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩_𝙞𝙩_𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙_𝙗𝙚_𝙖_𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙_𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙖_𝙛𝙤𝙧_𝙩𝙝𝙚_𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚_𝙩𝙤_𝙤𝙗𝙚𝙮_𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚_𝙧𝙪𝙡𝙚𝙨;
_𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧,_𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚_𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙮_𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙨_𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚_𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙙_𝙪𝙥𝙤𝙣_𝙪𝙨_𝙗𝙮_𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚.”
-- Marx, Engels and Lenin
And THAT'S the truth!
next will be say the nazis landed on the Moon, manned, in 1969, and even
before that.