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Forum: Learning Yesterday, 19:52
Replies: 10
Views: 155
Posted By GiantMonkeyMan
Organised religion, as a political and economic...

Organised religion, as a political and economic force, will become obselete but the practice of faith and exploration of spirituality in various forms would probably continue. I would say that a lot...
Forum: Trashcan 17th May 2013, 20:53
Replies: 20
Views: 181
Posted By GiantMonkeyMan
This kind of thought experiment is pointlessly...

This kind of thought experiment is pointlessly nihilistic. Let's end suffering by ending capitalism and bringing about a world of free producers emancipated from the shackles of class, state and...
Forum: Learning 17th May 2013, 19:18
Replies: 8
Views: 175
Posted By GiantMonkeyMan
I'm not sure if that's a very good understanding...

I'm not sure if that's a very good understanding of the history of the Black Panther party. The drugs and illegal guns that the Panthers got their hands on were largely funnelled their way by the...
Forum: Politics 15th May 2013, 12:44
Replies: 8
Views: 178
Posted By GiantMonkeyMan
If the police are the 'fundemental basis of our...

If the police are the 'fundemental basis of our society' then that's just evidence of our society's corrupt, racist, homophobic nature and even more evidence of the need to destroy it and create...
Forum: Learning 15th May 2013, 12:38
Replies: 4
Views: 119
Posted By GiantMonkeyMan
I'm not confident in my economics to offer a...

I'm not confident in my economics to offer a rebuttal to the questions posed from the perspective of Mises and the like.

However, in regards to competition and technological advancement. Huge...
Forum: Learning 14th May 2013, 12:11
Replies: 31
Views: 537
Posted By GiantMonkeyMan
What motiates people to run a marathon? What...

What motiates people to run a marathon? What motivates people to paint their house? What motivates people to write a novel, make their friends a cup of tea, garden, tidy their room, put out the...
Forum: Politics 13th May 2013, 18:53
Replies: 31
Views: 714
Posted By GiantMonkeyMan
It would be fantastic if we could simply end...

It would be fantastic if we could simply end capitalism without the need to resort to violence but that is simply living in the same fantasy that bourgeois moralists would have you live in.
Forum: Politics 12th May 2013, 18:53
Replies: 15
Views: 421
Posted By GiantMonkeyMan
If the BBC is biased it is towards the state in...

If the BBC is biased it is towards the state in general. If it seems left-wing in any way then that is because it only appears that way in comparison to the vitriolic right-wing bullshit vomitted out...
Forum: Ongoing Struggles 9th May 2013, 22:12
Replies: 1
Views: 128
Posted By GiantMonkeyMan
Recycling Workers Strike Against Green Council in Brighton

https://ceasefiremagazine.co.uk/brighton-workers/

Great article titled 'Fucking Tories on Bikes' with a petition for solidarity at the bottom (yeah, changing the world one petition at a time and...
Forum: Politics 8th May 2013, 22:56
Replies: 76
Views: 1,736
Posted By GiantMonkeyMan
Once the revolution starts sects/party...

Once the revolution starts sects/party politics/issue groups will become irrelevant. We can sort out our differences in the newly created organs of workers' democracy. The reactionary...
Forum: Politics 6th May 2013, 00:30
Replies: 56
Views: 1,288
Posted By GiantMonkeyMan
It's campaigning on an anti-cuts platform,...

It's campaigning on an anti-cuts platform, arguing that the austerity measures that are effecting so many workers are unnecessary and alternatives are possible. It's trying to emphasise that workers...
Forum: Politics 3rd May 2013, 16:42
Replies: 56
Views: 1,288
Posted By GiantMonkeyMan
Workers are already integrated into the social...

Workers are already integrated into the social machinary of capital by virtue of being the proletariat. It's pure fiction to presume that workers can simply extract themselves from capitalism whilst...
Forum: Politics 3rd May 2013, 16:02
Replies: 56
Views: 1,288
Posted By GiantMonkeyMan
That's certainly an interesting take on history....

That's certainly an interesting take on history. The Second International brought us the 8-hour work day and the International Workers Day and when the first world war broke out it dissolved thanks...
Forum: Politics 1st May 2013, 18:01
Replies: 56
Views: 1,288
Posted By GiantMonkeyMan
It's certainly a transitionary step but it's...

It's certainly a transitionary step but it's clearly utilising the bourgeois parliament to achieve these goals. Don't get me wrong, it's far better than basking in the irrelevance of left communism...
Forum: Politics 30th April 2013, 14:48
Replies: 56
Views: 1,288
Posted By GiantMonkeyMan
They've got councillers in a couple northern...

They've got councillers in a couple northern ex-mining villages, a regular (small) percentage of the vote in various places... enough to keep them clawing on. People want an alternative to the...
Forum: Politics 30th April 2013, 09:29
Replies: 56
Views: 1,288
Posted By GiantMonkeyMan
Some people aren't trots and don't believe in the...

Some people aren't trots and don't believe in the transitional program that the SWP and the Socialist Party advocate and seek to enact through TUSC. TUSC aims to do things like nationalise (under...
Forum: Literature & Films 26th April 2013, 16:46
Replies: 460
Views: 14,444
Posted By GiantMonkeyMan
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Forum: Worker Struggles 25th April 2013, 21:03
Replies: 12
Views: 338
Posted By GiantMonkeyMan
I work at Primark and when I started they gave...

I work at Primark and when I started they gave this speech about 'ethical trading', how they follow the law in every country they buy their produce from and all that shit. Fucking sickened me how...
Forum: Politics 19th April 2013, 14:03
Replies: 7
Views: 490
Posted By GiantMonkeyMan
What bizarre world do these people live in? The...

What bizarre world do these people live in? The CWI article mentions the South's crackdown on trade unionists, it suggests the hypocricy of Chinese and US demands for disarmament when they both have...
Forum: Politics 17th April 2013, 18:35
Replies: 13
Views: 512
Posted By GiantMonkeyMan
http://s11.postimg.org/cjs464e6r/goldthorpe.jpg ...

http://s11.postimg.org/cjs464e6r/goldthorpe.jpg

http://s8.postimg.org/9sqnsgmyt/bonfire_night.jpg

New tradition to replace bonfire night? :thumbup1:
Forum: Politics 15th April 2013, 22:59
Replies: 9
Views: 259
Posted By GiantMonkeyMan
Fucking tell me about it. Some of the folks I...

Fucking tell me about it. Some of the folks I work with are 17 and the fact that they're working the same job as me but getting paid less gets on my fucking nerves. Harks back to the day they paid...
Forum: Politics 15th April 2013, 15:05
Replies: 25
Views: 722
Posted By GiantMonkeyMan
The same thing happened with the Labour Party in...

The same thing happened with the Labour Party in the UK and similarly they were pretty much a capitalist party in entirety before that anyway.... besides, their concept of 'socialism' is just state...
Forum: Politics 15th April 2013, 15:00
Replies: 9
Views: 259
Posted By GiantMonkeyMan
I could do with the extra money but waiting til...

I could do with the extra money but waiting til october to see it just sucks... hopefully I'll have a higher paying job by then.
Forum: Politics 14th April 2013, 08:08
Replies: 9
Views: 252
Posted By GiantMonkeyMan
They aren't left. There are minor leftist groups...

They aren't left. There are minor leftist groups supporting their call for independence but the SNP are not a leftist party.
Forum: Literature & Films 12th April 2013, 18:31
Replies: 7
Views: 245
Posted By GiantMonkeyMan
Clearly without rich people to guide us we'd...

Clearly without rich people to guide us we'd crumble into barbarism and only a strong white guy can save the day. :rolleyes:

Will hold off from any serious criticism until I've given it a watch...
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