The "Communist Hypothesis" 2022

Jeffrey Rubard

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Mar 2, 2022, 4:08:17 PM3/2/22

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I think it's an "open question": Could you even seriously call yourself a "communist" today? What would you mean by that?

Jeffrey Rubard

Jeffrey Rubard

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Mar 8, 2022, 4:37:01 PM3/8/22

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On Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at 1:08:17 PM UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:
> I think it's an "open question": Could you even seriously call yourself a "communist" today? What would you mean by that?
>
> Jeffrey Rubard

The answer, *pace* Zizek and "Alain Badiou", is *no*: it's not a "way of the world" as per 2022.
(Maybe Slavoj would automatically disagree with this, I don't know.)

Jeffrey Rubard

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Mar 9, 2022, 6:14:23 PM3/9/22

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In other words, it's really *a thing you can't be*, perhaps to the point that you might give up "imputing" it to people.

Jeffrey Rubard

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Mar 20, 2022, 6:43:31 PM3/20/22

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Perhaps there is one remaining "hypothesis" from that movement: Modern Russia is in no way "communist".
(It is not even deeply influenced by Marxism relative to coeval states.)

Jeffrey Rubard

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Mar 22, 2022, 1:49:01 PM3/22/22

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Or do you think differently about any of this?

Jeffrey Rubard

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Mar 28, 2022, 1:51:17 PM3/28/22

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*Maybe you don't?*

Jeffrey Rubard

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Mar 28, 2022, 8:14:28 PM3/28/22

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Not really. Why you probably think you see more "Wussian bearz" than you do --

Jeffrey Rubard

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Mar 30, 2022, 1:38:04 PM3/30/22

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"Maybe they had some good ideas."
You know, I used to be that guy...

Jeffrey Rubard

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Apr 4, 2022, 7:33:17 PM4/4/22

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...but a lot of people actually lived in Warsaw Pact/Comecon countries,
and their memories of anything other than "ordinary life" (time with friends)
may really be more negative than they communicate.

Jeffrey Rubard

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Apr 5, 2022, 5:22:15 PM4/5/22

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Update: Kinda talking to myself here, I guess.

Jeffrey Rubard

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Apr 12, 2022, 4:11:42 PM4/12/22

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But I really do think this; I'm not "jiving" you about it.

Jeffrey Rubard

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Apr 25, 2022, 8:53:11 PM4/25/22

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Roughly, I at one point would have claimed I was, in some sense, one of these.
(Some other "social statuses"? Just can't quite "hit the notes"...)

Jeffrey Rubard

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Apr 26, 2022, 3:29:45 PM4/26/22

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Or, were I to be lying, what *kind* of communist would I be?
"Really not, but you get the idea..." Staple stuff like that, ese.

Jeffrey Rubard

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May 3, 2022, 4:55:05 PM5/3/22

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...or really, what would one *be at all*? Don't you with "anti-communist" just issue yourself
a blank check for "venting one's spleen"?

Jeffrey Rubard

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May 21, 2022, 7:09:03 PM5/21/22

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What would "Domenico Losurdo" say, I wonder?

Jeffrey Rubard

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Jul 13, 2022, 10:35:15 PM7/13/22

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7/13 Update: Not sure what I was talking about, here.

Jeffrey Rubard

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Jul 20, 2022, 7:56:36 PM7/20/22

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Does anyone know what Domenico Losurdo would have said about it?

Jeffrey Rubard

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Jul 24, 2022, 6:24:45 PM7/24/22

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They say he died, though.

Jeffrey Rubard

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Jul 28, 2022, 3:40:58 PM7/28/22

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Did anybody ever meet him?

Jeffrey Rubard

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Jul 29, 2022, 5:19:36 PM7/29/22

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"Of course they did."
Was this you, then?