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Forum: Anti-Fascism Yesterday, 18:54
Replies: 23
Views: 412
Posted By Tim Cornelis
Wait, is this why Crixus self-banned? ...

Wait, is this why Crixus self-banned?



The effect is getting fascists scared associating as such. It plants a psychological seed.



It may be more effective against insignificant members...
Forum: Politics Yesterday, 15:47
Replies: 13
Views: 329
Posted By Tim Cornelis
I don't know about the rest of what you wrote but...

I don't know about the rest of what you wrote but this so much! desperately almost. Almost any polemic or appeal written by the Dutch SWP involves using the Egyptian revolution (or any other Arab...
Forum: Sports & Health Yesterday, 12:01
Replies: 245
Views: 4,491
Posted By Tim Cornelis
Peanut butter sandwich. what's the joy of...

Peanut butter sandwich.

what's the joy of telling people what you eat though?
Forum: Introductions 20th May 2013, 18:56
Replies: 6
Views: 96
Posted By Tim Cornelis
Welcome. What's with all the 15 year olds...

Welcome.
What's with all the 15 year olds flooding the forum though? Seems way too coincidental.
Forum: Learning 20th May 2013, 16:36
Replies: 10
Views: 256
Posted By Tim Cornelis
What's the point of minimum programs?

I do not grasp the need for a minimum programme as advocated, generally, by Leninists of all stripes. Looking at the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia, the Portuguese Communist Party, French...
Forum: Learning 20th May 2013, 16:11
Replies: 26
Views: 402
Posted By Tim Cornelis
None of this refutes anything I wrote. If you're...

None of this refutes anything I wrote. If you're going to claim a hypothesis/theory is stupid or nonsensical, then at least use proper arguments to back this up. You're calling the NEP "the actual...
Forum: Learning 20th May 2013, 14:08
Replies: 26
Views: 402
Posted By Tim Cornelis
Now that this thread has descended to this, I...

Now that this thread has descended to this, I might as well respond. But next time when someone asks a question about a 'communist state' or country you might want to use neutral wordings. For...
Forum: Ongoing Struggles 20th May 2013, 12:27
Replies: 39
Views: 1,017
Posted By Tim Cornelis
So I oppose a movement, that's what discussions...

So I oppose a movement, that's what discussions are for, that's what, you know, internet discussion forums are for. If you're not interested in discussions you may be interested in retreating to...
Forum: Ongoing Struggles 19th May 2013, 23:31
Replies: 39
Views: 1,017
Posted By Tim Cornelis
That does not prove the Maoists will not manage...

That does not prove the Maoists will not manage capital.



How cheap. Please inform me how to integrate Marxist analysis into doubting 60,000 rebels can beat 4,000,000 armed personnel.
Forum: Music 19th May 2013, 12:48
Replies: 79
Views: 1,380
Posted By Tim Cornelis
"you ain't saying nothin to me, me and my penis...

"you ain't saying nothin to me,
me and my penis is kinda small,
but it's small enough to get inside and dent your pussy wall"
lolol, I can honestly say that's my favourite hip hop line without...
Forum: Learning 19th May 2013, 10:40
Replies: 1,062
Views: 90,787
Posted By Tim Cornelis
I explained this a bit here: ...

I explained this a bit here:

http://www.revleft.com/vb/showpost.php?p=2618369&postcount=4



Ditto: http://www.revleft.com/vb/showpost.php?p=2618369&postcount=4
Forum: Ongoing Struggles 19th May 2013, 01:12
Replies: 39
Views: 1,017
Posted By Tim Cornelis
About the bolded part, the first part suggests...

About the bolded part, the first part suggests you do not know too much about the Naxalites. The second part is where you suggest I don't know much about the Naxalites. How can you know that I don't...
Forum: Politics 18th May 2013, 19:41
Replies: 8
Views: 259
Posted By Tim Cornelis
People, I think, tended to vote against Monti and...

People, I think, tended to vote against Monti and the left, not for Berlusconi. Berlusconi 'exploited' the disillusionment with Monti (for raising taxes and spending), and promised tax reductions. As...
Forum: Ongoing Struggles 18th May 2013, 19:32
Replies: 39
Views: 1,017
Posted By Tim Cornelis
Note: I just start writing responding to each...

Note: I just start writing responding to each claim. It may be that I criticise one point while you have actually already addressed it further below in your comment.



Nonsense. Capitalism is a...
Forum: Ongoing Struggles 18th May 2013, 12:38
Replies: 39
Views: 1,017
Posted By Tim Cornelis
Which is strange given that this has nothing to...

Which is strange given that this has nothing to do with my tendency, or the Maoist tendency in general for that matter. It has to do with strategy, specifically workers' empowerment and workers'...
Forum: Ongoing Struggles 18th May 2013, 11:01
Replies: 39
Views: 1,017
Posted By Tim Cornelis
With a mere 60,000 fighters, seemingly little...

With a mere 60,000 fighters, seemingly little urban support, no institutions of workers' power, I anticipate this "people's war" will end like the FARC, or the Shining Path, or the PKK. It will drag...
Forum: Discrimination 18th May 2013, 10:41
Replies: 25
Views: 567
Posted By Tim Cornelis
I don't understand how one march of a few hundred...

I don't understand how one march of a few hundred people is supposed to signify much, in Turkey, for instance, much larger LGBT rallies have been held unharassed. It's pretty apparent that people...
Forum: Learning 17th May 2013, 12:57
Replies: 22
Views: 380
Posted By Tim Cornelis
Never have I read such an acknowledgement of...

Never have I read such an acknowledgement of "benevolent elitism" by a Marxist-Leninist. Of course, the bureaucracy and Party know what the interests of the proletariat are, so no need for all this...
Forum: Politics 17th May 2013, 10:53
Replies: 10
Views: 443
Posted By Tim Cornelis
The Turkish were Maoist-inspired in the 1980s,...

The Turkish were Maoist-inspired in the 1980s, but since the collapse of the Soviet Union moved towards reformist democratic socialism. In 2005 the PKK and Öcalan founded the Koma Civaken Kurdistan,...
Forum: Politics 16th May 2013, 21:34
Replies: 10
Views: 443
Posted By Tim Cornelis
That's why I said "'bit of an odd title", and...

That's why I said "'bit of an odd title", and specified the actual question, as the Syrian Kurds of the PYD.
Forum: Politics 16th May 2013, 21:20
Replies: 10
Views: 443
Posted By Tim Cornelis
Do the Kurds validate Orthodox Marxism?

Bit of an odd title. My question is do the Syrian Kurds of the Democratic Union Party (PYD) validate Orthodox Marxism? As Q (http://www.revleft.com/vb/member.php?u=12488) states:



So what does...
Forum: Learning 15th May 2013, 21:07
Replies: 15
Views: 233
Posted By Tim Cornelis
I imagine a council of third party jurors would...

I imagine a council of third party jurors would mediate disputes. Law would be based on custom and freely chosen social contract.



Common law may be developed by jurisprudence in accordance...
Forum: Opposing Ideologies 15th May 2013, 19:42
Replies: 58
Views: 1,010
Posted By Tim Cornelis
To be honest, I don't think anyone claims they...

To be honest, I don't think anyone claims they want a libertarian world government. I suspect you made this up to make the question about world socialist government seem unbiased. Now, communism is a...
Forum: Introductions 15th May 2013, 17:16
Replies: 18
Views: 417
Posted By Tim Cornelis
Actually, liberalism would be the lifestylism you...

Actually, liberalism would be the lifestylism you described. And identifying consumption with greed in a negative sense is another sign of liberalism. Guilt doesn't drive me at all, and I assume it...
Forum: Learning 15th May 2013, 13:47
Replies: 4
Views: 130
Posted By Tim Cornelis
Prices subject to market forces convey flawed and...

Prices subject to market forces convey flawed and distorted information due to the disequilibrium of markets. Using these flawed prices as sole criteria for economic decision-making is in itself,...
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