So you want to be a seismologist

[FireIceTalon]

Class justice, a political scene entirely dominated by the rich, who use it to get richer etc. sadly the rest of the world seems to be following.

Right, and that is because the crisis of capitalism is no longer just economic and political...it has become cultural. I think the picture in my signature, as rhetorical and tongue-in-cheek as it may be, has a lot of truth to it: nowadays if you are even a union member or an apologist for unions, want racial or gender equality, question the myth that the wealthy are the job creators, etc, you are instantly labeled a socialist or Marxist (not that it is a bad thing from my perspective, as an unapologetic Marxist)....and these things, are hardly mutually inclusive to being a radical (except racial and gender equality, which are prerequisites to being a revolutionary leftist of any sort). All political debate, especially regarding change, is only done within the framework of the status quo and the two-party system - our media, education system, politicians, have created a deeply embedded political culture that offers no other alternatives to solve our problems, because they view all of them as independent of one another and without having any meaningful relation to the fundamental organization of society. Sometimes I wonder if people like Jeanine Gorafalo or Rachel Maddow are communists, but cannot say so because doing so would jeopardize their reputation and ultimately their careers. Overall, I would say they are probably just liberals since they have never said anything to my knowledge that would indicate otherwise, but I doubt we will ever really know for sure, because they cannot say so. So much for freedom of speech, aye? On the flip side though, you do have laymen liberals and social democrats claiming to be socialists (or even Marxists), and this is problematic too, because these people have no idea what socialism or Marxism are, what our views and agenda are, and there is already enough misconstrued information about these terms as it is. People throw these words (and others) around without understanding them, and they completely lose their meaning to the point that it is almost impossible to have intelligent discourse.

Within the so-called "liberal" outlets of mass media, class politics are discussed only within the context of the predominant organization of society - you can criticize things like corporate welfare, the tax system, racism, sexism, religious oppression, etc. But you CANNOT, under any circumstances, criticize the almighty and sacred capitalist mode of production, the myths of free enterprise and private property, or social relationships (means of production), or say anything even remotely unpatriotic - these things are off limits in any formal political discussion, and that is a very big problem. So at the end of the day, class politics is pretty minimized in favor of identity politics. Not that I think identity politics aren't important, but they are grossly over emphasized in the mainstream. On the flip side, some Marxists (and even anarchists to some extent) are too quick to ignore identities, which is also not beneficial. Nevertheless, class politics is the fundamental aspect of the Marxist framework, and it is there where we must primarily focus, to understand and solve the problems of identity political divisions. Governments, nation states, and political institutions in general do not exist because there are men and women, different nationalities and ethnicities, or different religions. They exist because classes exist - one sector of society rules, the other is ruled, and therefore by default a State of some sort must exist.

Media outlets themselves are owned by multi-billion dollar corporations, and sadly most people just go along with it. Because being a good, submissive hamster is easier than being a free and critical thinker. But it has gone beyond just this - it has become the so-called "cultural truth" within our society, resulting in a really bad case of Stockholm Syndrome: "The capitalists are the job creators, we have to go along with them or they will just leave and we will have nothing" - to that I say, well, what are they waiting for?? Tell them I said not to let the door hit them in the ass on the way out, and that I also say thanks for saving us the trouble of using a revolution to forcefully tell them to gtfo. In short, they need us, but we do not need them - and the sooner they are out of our lives, the better off humanity will be.