Soviet SciFi books?
I'd be interested in getting into Soviet SciFi literature. Does anyone have recommendations for me?
In no order
Radiohead - In Rainbows The Strokes - The New Abnormal Sonic Youth - Washing Machine Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother The Good, The Bad and The Queen - selftitled Charlie Winston - Hobo
This is a very helpful answer, thank you.
How can we be sure that China isn't "turning imperialist"?
Asking in good faith. Right now China is an emmerging power. It is clearly the better alternative for e.g. African countries right now and is certainly an adventageous power for these countries. China is not doing this out of the goodness of their hearts though. They take the opportunity because it is also a win for them. But what happens once the world power dynamic shifts from the US block towards China? Is China not going to turn into a destructive imperialist country? Even if countries like Russia and China aren't imperialist at the moment, they certainly might be in the future if they are more powerful? So does it make sense to unconditionally support them today?
I am asking this because I have heard this argument about China before and I would love to hear you guys debunk it.
I need to rant
Just had a company event and out of nowhere they all started talking about ma freeze peach and how China is "literally 1984" and how we can see that our main conflicts nowadays are between "evil autocracy" and "democracy with western values where it could never happen that the press is lying". I had to bite my tongue so hard the entire time, which I think they noticed. In the end I just said that I don't want to provoke the inevitable world war 3 even more, which killed the mood hard lol.
It's so frustrating to be alone in a group of "intellectuals"... Especially if you need to stay civil to not get fired.
How can I "practice" thinking like a marxist?
So I was wondering how I can get better at analysing the world through dialectical materialism. I've read a fair share of theory and other comprehensive stuff about dialectics and materialism and I do think I get the core principles. What I think I need is to get some kind of practice to overcome my idealist way of thinking. I'm not really sure what I'm looking for, maybe a collection of applied examples, maybe even exercises with solutions? Or you could let me know how you guys got better at thinking in a marxist way. Thanks in advance!
I also got converted into an ML by GenZedong. I was already drifting away from being a social democrat at the time and started to mostly sympathize with anarchists. I followed some general socialist subreddits and it was actually Reddit that kept notifying me on GenZedong posts. I remember how shocked I was first that there were actually people supporting China l(mao). But then I kept clicking on the recommended posts because they sounded intriguing and slowly got to respect the sub more and more, realizing how much propaganda I've actually been exposed to. So I guess thank you... Reddit push notifications?