>>2566120>unification of what? the struggle is expressly international (i.e. england and ireland working together as separate peoples for a common end). you arent conceiving of this correctly.Of the workers in the countries they are in. Of the German and Irish in America, of the Irish and English in England, etc.. It's not as seperate people's, the Irish and Germans aren't supposed to shrug and say that only the Anglos in the country can do a thing. It's as a united working class.
>its either an accident or not. if its not accidental, then its intentional, so this must be your position.This is a false dicotomy. I can cut down a tree and know that it might crash on a house on the way down, but still do it with primary purpose of getting the tree out of the way or collecting it's wood. Me taking advantage of the fact that it crashed on the house in some way doesn't make it purely "accidental".
>its a win-win for the ruling class, whether the irish are in ireland or england.Yes.
>why is irish independence more "socialist" than not? why does marx specifically care about irish nationalism?Because of its relation to England. Not so much the nationalism, as nationalist undercurrents to Fenian republicanism typically influenced them towards making bad tactical decisions that Marx loathed, but it's revolutionary liberation struggle that was critical towards both weakening the English aristocracy and opening up Ireland to a more complete economic agricultural revolution. By doing so, it sets the stage for proletarian revolution in both countries.
>what conditions? youre not making sense. how does irish independence economically benefit english workers?By weakening the power of the English aristocracy, which opens up the path for the workers of England to make gains and engage in proletarian revolution, which is the ultimate economic benefit for them to achieve.
>how does weakening the aristocracy in ireland materially benefit the english working class? would it be a reversal of what is currently harming the workers?Yes, in a way. Capitalism is what is currently harming the workers, and by giving the English workers a path towards its d
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