/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.9918445]

>be raised in a conservative protestant American home
>be told communism is the work of Satan and Marx was a raving lunatic
>grow up not really understanding 20th century thought and world events
>read Marx at 20
>it all makes sense now

[Anonymous No.9918647]

What makes sense? Marx or your parents?

[Anonymous No.9918819]

>>9918647
I assume 20th century events make sense

[Anonymous No.9918821]

Was Marxism just a Catholic conspiracy to destroy Orthodoxy in Russia?

[Anonymous No.9918838]

>>9918647
Marx, I have finally opened my eyes.

[Anonymous No.9918848]

>>9918445
The twist is that your parents were right all along

[Anonymous No.9918856]

>>9918445
reddit is leaking again

[Anonymous No.9918858]

>>9918821
>religion is the opiate of the masses
probably not

[Anonymous No.9918864]

>>9918445
This is a good step towards being patrician, but please don't post here until you've moved past Marx. Marxism is an important stage in the development of any intellectual. It's happened to all of us. However, it is not the last step, and if you happen to stop there, you don't belong here.

[Anonymous No.9918867]

>>9918858
That section is actually fairly sympathetic to religion, though - opiate is used to relieve great pain

[Anonymous No.9918871]

>>9918858
>religion is the opiate of the masses
why doesn't he get made fun of more for this?

[Anonymous No.9918878]

>>9918867
It's not meant to be sympathetic. It's meant to illustrate that religion is something people only use as a coping mechanism because the real world is so shit.

[Anonymous No.9918882]

>tfw hate capitalism for causing greed and exploitation but don't want to be a Marxist lefty cuck

what do I believe in?

[Anonymous No.9918884]

>>9918882
You're an edgy kid who is driven by internet narratives, the most intellectually worthless narratives out there.
Stop listening to people on the internet and read books instead.

[Anonymous No.9918917]

>>9918882
This is what happens when you listen to 4chan, you end up literally vomiting ideology while recognizing it's not in your best interests to do so.

[Anonymous No.9918924]

>>9918445
Now read Nick Land and Walter Benjamin and realise linear time itself is a bourgeois illusion

[Anonymous No.9918950]

>>9918871
let's hear a jest then, if it's so easy to pick apart

[Anonymous No.9918961]

>>9918884
>read books instead

What books?

[Anonymous No.9918972]

>>9918884
>think for yourself
>please tell me what to think for myself
LMAO

[Anonymous No.9919011]

>>9918445

Its weird OP, the strangest thing.

I don't identify as a communist, I've never read any communist works of literature, and the only knowledge I really have of communism is in a historical context and how it related to the shaping of modern society.

For some reason though, people insist on calling me a communist. I have never even uttered the word communism advocating it or even discussing it. Can you help me out, what did they mean by this?

[Anonymous No.9919017]

>>9919011
You probably exude some of the same (typically negative) traits people associate with teenage "communists".

[Anonymous No.9919020]

>>9918445
>give up on religion
>dive into another system that appears to provide all the answers
Marx was good as a critic, but not so good at providing realistic solutions. Read more history.

[Anonymous No.9919021]

I can never understand the U.S conservative mind, how can they reconcile Christianity with capitalism, and demonize things such as socialism

[Anonymous No.9919023]

>>9919011
Pointy beard, maybe?

[Anonymous No.9919025]

>>9919017

How does one go about "exude"-ing traits? I dress in name brand clothes (polo, dockers, nike, etc) am generally unassuming and I don't really talk to anyone about politics at all, let alone communism [which i don't even know enough about to discuss anyway?]. I'm not wearing any communist icons and I've never owned any. I just don't get it.

[Anonymous No.9919033]

>>9918882
Learn some economics

[Anonymous No.9919036]

>be me
>fedora atheist who fell for the stoic meme
>read marx
>realize stoicism just enables class collaboration
>read kierkegaard
>mfw christian commie

[Anonymous No.9919037]

>>9919021
Because Christ never discerned between two economic systems that were created thousands of years after he was born and have literally nothing to do with individual spirituality you pretentious faggot.

[Anonymous No.9919040]

>>9919025
Critical thinking makes you seem menacing, and most people think communists are menacing and thus relate them to you.

[Anonymous No.9919041]

>>9919025
Do you have long hair? Are you quiet? Do you smoke weed? What kind of music do you listen to?

[Anonymous No.9919045]

>>9919036
>kierkegaard
pathetic excuse of a (((philosopher))), religious people cannot think
read Camus instead

[Anonymous No.9919046]

>>9919041

>buzzcut
>not really, I have no problem talking to people
>actually no, used to
>classic rock?

[Anonymous No.9919052]

>>9919040

So, I'm being associated with a political affiliation because I exercise rational thought about general situations? What's menacing about that? I like to think most people think rationally, but that's probably not true...

[Anonymous No.9919053]

>>9918445
>pretending conservative American protestants are the ones reading Marx and becoming commies
>not jews and catholics which are just jew-lite
kys

wow. look at all those beautiful catholic countries that are totally not shitholes and totally not complete assbackwards

Catholics...when will they ever learn?

[Anonymous No.9919060]

>>9919053
protestants were a mistake

[Anonymous No.9919063]

>>9919046
Then I have no idea man.
>>9919052
Actually if you genuinely talk like that I kinda see it

[Anonymous No.9919065]

>>9919045
This is a christian board, back to r/atheism

[Anonymous No.9919066]

>>9919060
If it were possible for catholics to actually think for themselves they would realize how retarded they actually are. Maybe someday. One can hope.

[Anonymous No.9919067]

>>9919053
Poland and France are okay

[Anonymous No.9919069]

>>9919063

>talking
>typing

what? do you speak like you type? I sure as hell don't.

[Anonymous No.9919071]

>>9919067
>Poland
>okay

[Anonymous No.9919073]

>>9918445
Now if only Marx didn't glue his weirdo philosophy onto his insightful economic analysis...

[Anonymous No.9919075]

>>9919053
>italy, spain, poland, new zealand, argentina
>shitholes

you're fat aren't you?

[Anonymous No.9919080]

>>9919067
>France
>okay

[Anonymous No.9919081]

>>9919036
>mfw christian commie
The true /lit/ tendency

[Anonymous No.9919082]

>>9919067
oh well, in that case, I'll completely revise the insinuation since this wise anon proved a success rate of 1/50. And saying France is okay is a bit of a a stretch there pal. Everyone hates the French.

[Anonymous No.9919083]

>>9919069
Unless it's like a professional e-mail or something, I think I do type like I talk, but maybe that's just me

[Anonymous No.9919085]

being a communist is the cringiest thing ever. it's the coldsteel of political ideologies.

[Anonymous No.9919087]

>>9919075
lol. catholic fag can't face that he's a mouth breathing fucktard who has no part of his brain capable of intelligent thought. quick, run to your priest and ask him for another good comeback. God knows you can't, and he won't, let you read any.

[Anonymous No.9919088]

>>9919085

what the fuck's a coldsteel?

[Anonymous No.9919091]

>>9919082
But anon, I like the French

[Anonymous No.9919092]

>>9919088

[Anonymous No.9919093]

>>9919036
>christian commie
peak patrician

[Anonymous No.9919101]

>>9919081
That pope is the worst thing ever to come out of Latin America after reggaeton.

[Anonymous No.9919102]

>>9919036
>>9919081
>>9919093
Christian Communism, for when one failed ideology isn't enough

[Anonymous No.9919104]

>>9919092

I don't see the relevance here

[Anonymous No.9919105]

>>9919091
Je t'aime aussi anon

[Anonymous No.9919111]

>>9919104
I said that being a communist is cringy like that picture. you have poor reading comprehension

[Anonymous No.9919115]

>>9919101
>he doesn't like reggaeton
virgin spotted

[Anonymous No.9919117]

>>9919111

You didn't say the picture was cringy in your first post though

[Anonymous No.9919119]

>>9919115
normie spotted

[Anonymous No.9919120]

>>9919111
your reference sounds so niche that I can only imagine how cringe the type of people who would get it are

[Anonymous No.9919122]

>>9919119
>he's not part of the accelerationist 2000's revival scene
heheh

[Anonymous No.9919123]

>>9919117
fuck off
>>9919120
its posted on several 4chan boards all the time its not exactly niche

[Anonymous No.9919128]

>>9919083

Whether or not its just you... it ain't me.

Man that was fucking good.

[Anonymous No.9919129]

>>9919115
fucking sudaca get off my lit

[Anonymous No.9919139]

>>9919105
m-merci

[Anonymous No.9919148]

>>9918878
When I was a depressed nihilist I thought religion was retarded. When my life finally began coming together and I could smile without it being forced, just being pleased with my lot in life, I began to look on with fondness at religion, or at least, religious tradition, which for me was the first step to engaging Christianity with an earnest intrigue and appreciation.

You might call it a blogpost but my point is just that, it is not something that people "only" do for such and such a reason; especially not just for merely coping with the state of things. I had to learn to find beauty in things on my own before I could appreciate the Church, which is diametrically contrary to perceiving that "the real world is so shit".

[Anonymous No.9919160]

Take your communist shilling to reddit.

[Anonymous No.9919165]

>>9919160
remember this is an alt-left board

[Anonymous No.9919169]

>>9918882
Strasserism

[Anonymous No.9919170]

>>9919160
Anyone have the screenshot from the lefty Reddit where amke plans about to subvert our board culture? This shit has been proven.

[Anonymous No.9919173]

>>9919036
>Not being a Christian stoic

You were so close

[Anonymous No.9919176]

>>9919081
This new pope is total dogshit. He probably sucks off muslims children instead of christian children.

[Anonymous No.9919179]

>>9919165
Threadly reminder that metaphysics and aesthetics are more important than politics as politics itself is grounded in metaphysical presuppositions of reality.

Therefore we should say that /lit/ is an idealist board.

[Anonymous No.9919184]

>>9919170
lol reddit commies show up here all the time thinking they can make this their base of operations on 4chan, but they slowly get discouraged by learning we're really not interested in ideological debate, nor as academically inclined as they had previously imagined. They typically get bored and leave after a day, or they slowly give in and join us.

[Anonymous No.9919186]

>>9919165
No it isn't.

[Anonymous No.9919188]

>>9919179
the only thing /lit/ is is a christian board

[Anonymous No.9919190]

>>9919179
I can't believe some people don't understand this.

[Anonymous No.9919191]

>>9919165
Try again

[Anonymous No.9919193]

>>9919179
Politics is just the practical application of aesthetics as they relate to material conditions

[Anonymous No.9919197]

>>9919169
>actively supress a socialist revolutionar because of "da joos"
>get cucked and murdered by the fascists you idiotically decided to ally with
The Strasser brothers were the biggest dopes in post-WW1 Germany.

[Anonymous No.9919199]

>>9919186
remember that the term alt-left is just a meme

[Anonymous No.9919206]

>>9919191
>>9919199

[Anonymous No.9919214]

>>9919197
>mfw Strasser didn't take over the NSDAP in a coup and kill hitler
Imagine this timeline

[Anonymous No.9919222]

>>9919105
P A R I S
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[Anonymous No.9919223]

>>9919214
I've unironically thought of writing that as an alt-history novel

[Anonymous No.9919232]

>>9919105
Will you be my qt french gf (male)?

[Anonymous No.9919310]

>>9918882
I wonder if there is a way to divide capitalism from consumer culture? Making small scale capitalist society that doesn't thrive off constant growth, but aims for sustainable populations and use of resources. Yet still rewards individuals for their work and contributions.

[Anonymous No.9919315]

>>9918882
Anything that isn't materialist filth.

[Anonymous No.9919320]

>>9919310
It's called Christianity, anon.

[Anonymous No.9919326]

>>9919310
>>9919320
Distributism more precisely.

[Anonymous No.9919336]

>>9919326
>Distributism
No, that's the Catholic version that is just Communism-lite and the reason many Catholics are basically commies and their countries are shitholes today.

Catholics aren't Christian. I'm not talking about distributism at all. Not at fucking all.

[Anonymous No.9919360]

>>9919310
well obviously consumerism is just an attitude, change the attitude keep the system.

[Anonymous No.9919474]

>>9918882
Watch this for starters
https://youtu.be/KG8hAULqUOw

[Anonymous No.9919621]

>>9919067
Man over here has learned everything about Poland from /pol/ lmao