GenZhouArchive
I will work on making this more accessible in the future but for now, here is a link to download all /r/GenZhou submissions up to 3/29/2022 in json format. https://mega.nz/file/knBwmTJL#PpqO0I3Jv-xw-o7RBWSi0JSScjSV7-4Eb3JR5HzTc5w
I'm asking for book recommendations in understanding Social Democracy through a Marxist perspective, particularly European Social Democracy. Book recommendations on the history and development of Social Democracy in Europe and the continued exploitation of the global south by the Social Democratic countries of Europe
I know they had Hoxha and even though I disagree with some of his criticisms(like calling Guevara an adventurist for traveling to other countries to help with Revolution, absolutely small brain take) I didn’t understand why Albania fell in 1992. They were not the Soviet Union, they weren’t in the Warsaw pact for long and were not Yugoslavs, so why did they fall? Was it lack of support from the USSR after it had fallen, because I had heard that was the main cause of DPRK’s Arduous March? Was Albanian Socialism a good system? What were the issues and what went right(I know that Hoxha helped bring electricity not much else I know)
Perhaps I’m making a generalization, but from what I hear these people were the most comfortable with Western ideas and bourgeoisie domination. Is this true, because the Imperial Core has awful lies about the USSR and I’d like to know more about the USSR accurately, even the Westernmost areas. I might as well toss GDR in as well, basically just lmk about Western USSR bc I have literally little to zero knowledge of the policy or differentiations of these SSRs, thanks
I felt like doing a bit of front-end for fun this weekend, so I made a browser for archive. Was too lazy to set up any server-side software, this downloads the whole archive (~10MB compressed) and processes it in browser before displaying posts, so it might take some time for initial load and not work well on your microwave. It looks like some of the comments from very deep branches have not been saved in the backup, likely in cases where reddit would give the "Show X more". Oh, and I've left all the somewhat-deleted cancer in. Like [this wonderful post](https://escapefromnatoids.quest/#/posts/ks5oqj).
Since this is supposed to be archive of r/GenZhou and the creator has all the posts until 2022-03-29 here is an archive Link seems to break when in the “URL”, so here it is, in plaintext: https://web.archive.org/web/20220402021053/https://www.reddit.com/r/GenZhou/comments/mia2i8/how_do_i_refute_the_argument_that/i3289k8/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
Since this is supposed to be archive of r/GenZhou and the creator has all the posts until 2022-03-29 here is an archive Hmmmm, link seems to break when in the "URL", so here it is, in plaintext: https://web.archive.org/web/20220402020939/https://www.reddit.com/r/GenZhou/comments/mia2i8/how_do_i_refute_the_argument_that/i328015/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
Since this is supposed to be archive of r/GenZhou and the creator has all the posts until 2022-03-29 here is an archive
What's the plan of idea here? Are we supposed to manually post stuff?
`u/Anananaso - originally from r/GenZhou` Mostly short primers or articles on what actually went down that isn't western propaganda (book recs are good too). Basically the mini-series came up in conversation the other night and everyone was talking about the disaster as if having watched TV made them a bunch of nuclear experts, extremely aggravating. I'm relatively ignorant on the subject so I'd like to learn more.
`u/TheRealSlimLaddy - originally from r/GenZhou`
`u/discoinfffferno - originally from r/GenZhou` [https://www.reddit.com/r/communism/comments/5v5epl/response\_to\_china\_as\_a\_socialist\_marxistleninist/](https://www.reddit.com/r/communism/comments/5v5epl/response_to_china_as_a_socialist_marxistleninist/)
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`u/JITTERdUdE - originally from r/GenZhou` Something that’s been in my mind recently. Shit looks like it’s going to hit the fan over the next several years. Seeing how easily the population has slipped into a Russophobic rage through disinformation and propaganda shows that the seeds for fascism have already been planted here. This country’s government does everything to actively suppress communist movements and are attempting to exhaust Marxist-Leninist efforts. I have developed two reactions to this, one cynical and one more optimistic, but I struggle to tell which one is closer to reality. The cynical side of me thinks that this country has fallen too far into the deep end and can’t be saved, that communism cannot happen in a place like this, and it’s better to leave and start elsewhere than stay and possibly die at the hands of fascists. The other part of me believes that choice could be cowardly, and it is better to stay and create communist infrastructure and protect the marginalized.
`u/Bacon_Is_Greasy - originally from r/GenZhou` At least in classical Marxist texts there is a focus between class divisions and the inequalities that come with those those divisions. I have been thinking about the economic differences within the working class and if those differences would cause any divisions after the revolution and into socialism. I know communism isn’t egalitarian in that we all get the same pay and things like that, I was just wondering if those differences would have us regress back into class society.
`u/ich-sehe-dich-nicht - originally from r/GenZhou` I'm looking for books that can help me better understand the basic concepts behind economic planning, any suggestions? I'm looking for more recent books if possible, but really everything helps thank you guys
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`u/LeftConnoisseur - originally from r/GenZhou`
`u/CorneliusSavarin - originally from r/GenZhou` I don't really understand too much of Europe's relation to America. The current situation in Ukraine is clearly not in EU's favor. They would have to deal with refugees, an angered Russian neighbor, expensive LNG from the USA, and possibly more segmented trading blocs that does not benefit them. Yet Germany just took the boot to the head like a dog. This would have been more understandable when there was no alternatives to the US in the 90s perhaps, but as of today whats stopping the EU from looking out for their own interests and working with RU or CN if thats what they need? Why so subservient? And if so, why not any moves to at least stand up for itself? The EU and the Euro is definitely in jeopardy now. Is it literally because of NATO and EU has a terrible army? Is it because they don't have any of the technological dominance and shares too much of it's cyber networks with the USA (unlike RU and CN which has their own ecosystem)? I am super confused at the lack of them even speaking up for their own interests...
`u/KiyoKei - originally from r/GenZhou` https://lemmygrad.ml/post/178267
`u/Fusion_Reborn - originally from r/GenZhou` [removed]
`u/Radiant_Ad_1851 - originally from r/GenZhou` I need to get some facts straight for something coming up. So, what I remember is that Khrushchev is blamed as the catalyst for the fall of the Soviet Union(in Marxist Leninist circles) mainly because A.He reintroduced the anarchy of production when it was sorely unneeded, allowing things like the Brezhnev Stagnation to happen B.Removed the dictatorship of the proletariat, which allowed for a new class of people to own the means of production, which then incentivized the reintroduction of the capitalist system like we saw in 1991. C.The secret speech that caused some party members like Gorbachev and Yeltsin to be completely dissolutions with Communism I know this is a vast oversimplification, but is this basic line of thought correct, am I going in the complete wrong direction, or am I just forgetting a few things? Edit:Where in the hell did I get this information from?!
`u/JITTERdUdE - originally from r/GenZhou` I’ve been wondering lately how this would work, as I know the idea is that many institutions that are governed by the state would be run entirely by the people. However, I’m wondering how this would work. How would these institutions operate without a state? What does it mean to be run by the people? How is it any different from what anarchists envision?
`u/ZhongguoGraecia - originally from r/GenZhou` If you have simple questions regarding China, Marxism, etc. that do not deserve a post you may ask them here.
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`u/ThePeoplesBadger - originally from r/GenZhou` Unfortunately, my knowledge of the conflict is very limited and the US media, surprise surprise, has almost entirely ignored the war and devastation going on there. Does anyone have good resources which seek to explain the history of the conflict, the material conditions leading up to it, the material conditions during the lifetime of the conflict, and the material conditions now on the ground? All I know is that Islamic extremists (ISIS? Salafism? Wahhabism?) are involved, it seems that Syria and Russia have been working together against them, and the US is doing its "drone strike everything" military strategy. I know that people are starving, I know that entire cities have been completely destroyed, and I assume that the West is interested in ousting Assad by any means necessary. I know that absolutely awful things are going on over there and then the US and West are very involved in the horrors but are engaged in a media blackout on the realities of the conflict.
`u/MarsLowell - originally from r/GenZhou` I’ve been trying to come up with a more concise answer to why prices have risen, as opposed to just “it’s complicated”. Popular liberal narrative has been trying to simply reduce it to “printing more money bad” and thus something something we shouldn’t help the poors, but we know the more expansive reasoning behind it (strained supply chains, deprecating value of commodities, etc). I suppose the question is, where can I find good “in summary” explanations from a Marxist-Leninist perspective?
`u/YahyaFaizan - originally from r/GenZhou`
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`u/Jane_Is_Trans - originally from r/GenZhou`
`u/Rayiull - originally from r/GenZhou` I saw a video someone recommended here or on the other sub that explained how FIAT works, how an economically sovereign country can print relatively infinite money without repercussion, and it also explained how money got value due to taxation and a menace of violence; examples with Japan and their 200% debt to GDP ratio, UK and the head of the National Bank explaining how they could print x amount of money for the government, etc. I found the video to be really good and, shame on me, forgot to save it. Infinite amount of gratitude for the one that shares the video with me and the sub.
`u/Unclerickythemaoist - originally from r/GenZhou` Which “communist” parties in the United States are Liberal
`u/AdventurousAd9522 - originally from r/GenZhou` a) democracy in AES states. Not just workplace democracy, but structural power too b) how capitalist media is propaganda, I’ve read some about how certain media is propaganda, but moreso id like to find an analysis of why western media is prone to being propaganda c) literally anything to read on cuba, I’m binging podcasts on cuba and would love to perhaps write a paper about it for personal purposes d) historical walkthrough of the Cold War from leftist perspectives