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[–] aleshasmiles@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago

I saw the movie today. If anyone's wondering, it is pretty good for a Hollywood biopic

[–] aleshasmiles@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 years ago

I'm on episode 4 out of 5 and it's pretty good so far. I don't know anything about Last Podcast's political orientation, but I would say this is not explicitly Marxist content like many on Lemmygrad would prefer, but it does seem to be a good objective narration of history and I'm enjoying it

 

Obviously I'm going to see the movie this week. I know a lot about the subject already, but I thought it would be nice to hype myself with a Marxist perspective of the events in the meantime. I recently listened to an episode of the Socialist Program with Brian Becker on this subject, and I'm hoping y'all can recommend some more content like that to refresh my memory on the topic and keep me grounded in the right state of mind. (I should clarify, I'm ok with documentaries, but I need mostly audio based content because- being a single parent -I am limited to consuming education mostly while I'm at work)

[–] aleshasmiles@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (7 children)

I'm terrible at vexillology so idk what most of those flags are, but the one on the green state is literally just a US flag

[–] aleshasmiles@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The architect was actually the same for both, and he designed Mt. Rushmore after Stone Mountain. Mt. Rushmore was originally supposed to depict Lewis and Clark, Sacagawea, Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and Red Cloud, but this racist mf'er convinced the government to use founding fathers instead

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by aleshasmiles@lemmygrad.ml to c/asklemmygrad@lemmygrad.ml
 

Apparently it is available on Hulu which I happen to have. I wouldn’t go out of my way to watch it, but it would be extremely convenient now. So I don’t think for one second that Hulu would host anything which is even remotely praising of Stalin, but I’m wondering if it is at least tolerable for a socialist viewer. Is there any historical accuracy at all? Does humor and entertainment outweigh the ideological position of capitalist Hollywood at all? Will I just get mad if I watch it, or can I enjoy it in the sense that no western media will ever do justice to the history of the USSR and its ok to laugh a little?

[–] aleshasmiles@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Edit: I initially misunderstood your point.

It is a new headline about a thing that happened in the US.

[–] aleshasmiles@lemmygrad.ml 37 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

good American socialists

supported their country and did not endorse USSR

Pick one, liberal

 
[–] aleshasmiles@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah it's crazy because I was worried they might become full patsoc (just recently they were calling Trump an anti-war candidate lol) but now they're just backing soc dems and saying anyone who disagrees is a purist

[–] aleshasmiles@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 years ago

He is a radlib . Very far left compared to his peers, but ultimately invested in reforming aka maintaining capitalism with a friendly face

[–] aleshasmiles@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Nah, Gloria LaRiva outmatches him by socialist/anti-imperialist metrics any day

[–] aleshasmiles@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 years ago

I agree, except with using a real socialist party condiut to do it: the PSL

[–] aleshasmiles@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 years ago

The way he talks about RAWM makes it sound like a damn cult. Pros and cons of it aside, Rainer is just obsessed with it to an unhealthy degree

[–] aleshasmiles@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 years ago

Dude's just being a contrarion at this point. Check out his shirt from PSL's CA sister party

 
 

 
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