/leftypol/ - Leftist Politically Incorrect

Rampant Wall Street speculation: The fever chart of a terminally diseased system
>The phenomenal rise of the cryptocurrency Dogecoin, which has risen 11,000 percent since the start of the year, is the expression of a seemingly new principle in the world of speculation—the more intrinsically worthless a so-called “asset” the faster its rise.

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/07/pers-m07.html

Always a thrill to read Mr.Beams's articles.
The rampant orgy of speculation fueled by the ultra loose Monetary policy measures of the Fed ever since March of 2020 not only further increased the wealth and income inequality gap, but has created a very dangerous bubble on all asset classes. Add to that these excess asset valuations are raising the price of basic commodities as well, and this is creating inflationary pressures across the board. Normally as the author pointed out tightening should have happened already, but under conditions of massive built-up of debt any slight increase of rates would bring this entire house of cards down. So as we can see this gigantic speculative bubble is destined to collapse, and once it does it would have catastrophic effects on the real economy. In the end it is up to the working class to put an end to this terminal disease called Capitalism that continues to suck the life of the living labor. Now more then ever humanity deserves an alternative society one that meets the social needs of the society rather then needs of the existing Oligarchy.

Throughout my life living ghetto I came to form feelings of confusion at criminal culture and society as a whole. Most criminals choose to engage in criminal activity yet despise integration into society rather than to say that their socioeconomic upbringing dictates their future throughout their whole lives, I've seen Mexican and black gang members(and on 1 instance a group of single mothered asian thugs)prey and harass youth who ignore or reject gang life and the people who push said gang culture on youth I've observed to being less angry under the idea that they're "acting white" but more frustrated with the concept that those kids arent trying to actively destroy their communities. To compound my feelings of confusion I've also come to realize that it is actually alot easier for your average criminal to simply choose not to engage in violent activity and risk nothing even if they choose to not participate in society than spend years coordinating attacks, learning to use weapons and tools, risking their health in shootouts and their futures by getting themselves incarcerated while spending god knows how much on consumerism and equipment. I dont understand criminals nor do I understand criminal culture nor the purpose of it but why could I know I have an iq of 82 and live around white trash and spics, do you know anon?

I think it's pretty uncontroversial to say that, in the mind of the average American liberal, Donald Trump is basically the worst person since Hitler. But it wasn't just my libtard parents who felt that way; everyone from liberal politicians (and even some conservative ones like Bush and McCain) to the mainstream media to the FBI had it out for him. The question is: Why? Obviously, we as communists recognize Trump as a bourgeois, imperialist, reactionary force, but that can't be why he generated so much seething (since the aforementioned "establishment" groups have been happy to cheer on other bourgeois, imperialist, reactionary politicians). So what was different about the orange man? I've seen a few theories, but I haven't been completely persuaded by any of them.

>He was too rude
This argument is basically that the ruling class likes to maintain a decorous appearance to establish its legitimacy, and Trump blew that appearance apart with his wild comments (especially on Twitter). However, I just don't feel like a lack of decorum can explain the total shitstorm around him.

>He wasn't imperialist enough for them
People who say this point out that Trump didn't start any new wars, unlike the last few presidents, and that he was (compared to other American politicians) friendly with Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un, and they therefore argue that he didn't satisfy the imperialist aims of the ruling class. However, this ignores that he continued all the wars the US was already involved in and raised tensions with Iran, Venezuela, and China. Trump was far from a non-imperialist; just look at the people he surrounded himself with (Pompeo, Bolton, etc.).

>He was too unpredictable
This is, I think, a better version of the previous argument. Trump often wildly vacillated on assorted policies. This might make the ruling class see him as too unpredictable and uncontrollable. However, at the end of the day, as I said above, Trump was still a bourgeois imperialist.

>It was just theater
Basically, this argument says that all the establishment outrage about Trump was just a way to keep the masses distracted. But if that's the case, why Trump? And why do they seem so relieved now that Biden's in office?

>He put kids in cages (or whatever other bad thing he did that week)Post too long. Click here to view the full text.

This isn't a thread to shit on Stalin, quite the opposite. But rather was Napoleon simply the figurehead of a revolution with values that were over 100 years prior. With people at the time who were seriously claiming to be the inheritors of the Roman Empire (Holy Roman Empire and Russia) was his claim at being Emperor that outlandish?
I might be simply a retard and not know about about the man however. As a glance everything he did seemed reasonable for the time however.

Just want to revive the New Multitude thread. New Multitude has left wing perspective from all around the world and seeks contributions from anons too. Some articles are already written by anons. Send your thoughts and drafts to [email protected]

<South America
https://newmultitude.org/frankensteins-monster-in-brazil-a-rant-on-culture/

<Europe
https://newmultitude.org/is-the-uk-a-managed-democracy/
https://newmultitude.org/mukastanacsok-in-the-midst-of-the-1956-revolution/

<Southeast Asia
https://newmultitude.org/the-democratic-foundations-of-marxism/
https://newmultitude.org/singapore-let-they-who-reject-meritocracy-cast-the-first-stone/

<Africa
https://newmultitude.org/a-brief-history-of-nigerias-left/
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Now that the dust has finally settled, was Perestroika a good idea?

We already had a thread like this before. Some great informative posts were made, but it got lost a while ago. Making a new thread, since this is an important topic.

Informative sources
https://climate.nasa.gov/
https://www.ipcc.ch/

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What country is most likely to have a communist revolution, or a great victory of a working class movement, or otherwise to go in a positive direction for world communism. Personally, I think India and Mexico are too good candidates. They both have a lot of people, growing industry, and high levels of class consciousness. The Communist Party of India is already very successful I believe. A communist India would be tremendous for world communism for a lot of reasons, given that India is growing in power and prestige, and a huge part of the world population lives there.

What do you think? And what about your own country? What are its prospects? What about international affairs, like in regions or continental unions?

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What is the materialist explanation as to why most of the most monstrous figures in human history were men? Is there anything in particular driving men to be this way? Is there something in particular stopping women from reaching such notoriously criminal heights as men?
It does seem bizarre to me that when you name off the ten most evil people in world history odds are there actually won’t be a woman in the list.

>your face when you believe that the revolution will win in Poland, Germany or England but in the end your vanguard is Russia - main policeman of Europe
Maybe all is not lost and the United States has a chance to become a communist state?