Cowbee

Yep, Cuba's journey with respect to social development is very admirable, their most recent Family Code is more LGBTQ friendly than the US. The PRC has further to go, but the CPC itself is more LGBTQ neutral, so there's good reason to believe the improving trends over time as generations change will improve legislation.

As for Anarchism/Leftism, I think that's more than sufficient to consider yourself one full-stop, no "to my knowledge" needed. I myself have a long way to go as a Marxist-Leninist, but reading theory has been tremendously clarifying for me and my journey. I know you consider yourself an Anarchist, but if you want recommendations on Marxism-Leninism I made an intro reading list (linked on my profile). I think it's generally useful for Leftists of all stripes to engage with the ideas of other predominant Leftist ideologies.

Excellent work, comrade 🫡

It's also framed in a misogynistic manner, even though both parties are men the whole reason it can be seen as insulting is by alluding to shame for subservient sexual actions traditionally used to reinforce gender roles.

Nothing wrong with oral, or with consensual subservience in bed, so therefore it must draw on historical shame to be insulting, just like using "gay" as an insult even though there's nothing wrong with that either.

It's more that as the World Hegemon, the US' propaganda network is far more extensive and developed, and defunding USAID is exposing that side.

Usually techie and anarchist-adjacent, pro-piracy as well, generally anti-Marxist but usually more focused on being anti-Capitalist.

This accelerates that process, for sure! I am more talking about how long-term, users tend to form more similar views. If you join an instance and another better fits your views, users tend to jump ship.

Should be cool to revitalize the game!

Some of Dessalines' audiobooks are on TT, I think!

I wouldn't recommend Capital for a beginner, I'm reading through volumes 1-3 this year and it certainly helps that I've read more from Marx, Engels, etc before jumping into it.

As for an intro to Marxist theory, that's a very broad question. The clearest intro to DiaMat in my opinion is Politzer's Elementary Principles of Philosophy, have you tried that one? For Marxism in general, I prefer Principles of Communism, but Dessalines keeps a Crash Course on Socialism that I also like.

Thanks for reading some of what I recommend! Do you have any particular struggle areas? I think the best thing to do would be to see if there is a good Communist party in your native language and ask if they have study material for you, education is a big part of org work and they may have a course that is especially tuned for your particular environment and language.

Adventurism is typically looked down upon in Leftist circles, instead more of an emphasis is put on organizing.

Lemmy.world has moderators that will remove your comments or ban you for talking about how the Democrats contribute to the genocide of Palestinians.

There are a lot of audiobooks for theory on that instance, so it's useful for anyone wanting to get into leftist theory.

It's also an imperfect view, as @Echidna@lemmy.blahaj.zone said Cuba now has some of the best LGBTQ rights in the world. Social progress is very commonly accelerated in AES countries compared to Capitalist countries because society is oriented in a more cooperative manner. We can see this happen in real time in China, where the youth are far more socially progressive and perspective on LGBTQ issues is stratified more by generation than anything else. There's a long way to go, but progress is happening.

I do wonder what you mean by you aligning leftist/anarchist "to your knowledge," haha.