Mostly in the recommended reading order, but he listed some notes on their importance or when they can be skipped, etc. with many of the sources, particularly at the start of the list.

This should take you up through where you were at State and Revolution and where to go next. I have to say that the recommendation others have given for Black Shirts and Reds is also a very good place to start for the reasons they gave.

Almost all of these can be found on the internet archive, Anna’s Archive, or you can ask around on lemmy.ml or lemmygrad.ml for free digital copies. While some people prefer physical books, there shouldn’t be any need to pay for these unless you want to.

Which books…would you recommend?

@[email protected] put together a good reading list that includes the reading order.

“People”

Care to share what you meant by this?

Just looked again and some of them were removed. The r-slur comment is still there, but there was also at least one n-slur and possibly some other chud comments.

Holy shit, those comments. That X let’s people get away with these kinds of comments ridiculous.

“Omg, this homeless problem is out of control! What are we going to do about the homeless question?”

“Make it illegal to be homeless. Problem solved.”

Fucking liberals.

My name is Xi, but seeing as communism is when no money, I will not be distributing any of the Xi bucks I owe you. Instead I will pay you back with the people’s love.

We need centralised R&D free from market influence for the benefit of all life.

So you’re actually saying holding on to capitalism past it’s useful point was the mistake because it created the conditions for these things to happen?

One of my favorites:

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpb.2019.09.020

It’s important that you also read the section titles.

If I was a good capitalist, I would release a line of spray paints containing a concentrated, strong acid so they would corrode the metal, leaving a mark after the paint was removed. Call it something stupid like “Muskoleum,” “RustEloneum,” or “Cybertruck Repair Spray”," but preferably something catchier.

Yeah, I feel like a good middle ground is to cite your previous work in the context of “as we previously reported,” but maybe that’s just based on something that was ingrained in me by academia. It seems tacky. My boss has no problem with it though, he’s like, “idgaf, more citations, more views, higher impact.”

Not interested.

Communities dedicated to battle videos often become cesspits. I haven’t seen a community that hasn’t, and I’m not interested in the sort of drama that will bring.

Like others have said, if these posts contain geopolitical analysis and it’s not just an armchair military tactician circlejerk, I think they can spark good discussions. As an alternative source of news to MSM reports, I think they can also show merit, but a lot of times they end up being communities that may as well be dedicated to blood sports.

It would be something I would block.

I have a boss who will remote to a meeting that takes place right outside his office, then come in-person to the next meeting that immediately follows in the same room. People like the flexibility.

I was kind of thinking of that with the institutional journal bit. It doesn’t need to be a traditional journal, the only things important to me are:

1. peer review (skip #2)

2. open access

3. professional editors to help improve phrasing, spelling, flow, etc.

4. DOI link or similar unique identifier

I’m totally down to ditch the traditional journal format otherwise. It was just a quick comment not meant to go in-depth, but point out that we already have public institutions that can host publications.

I swear it’s an official rule that reviewer 2 is required to be a huge pain in the ass.

Institutions could easily form their own journals. National organizations that provide grants could also require you to publish in their journal. Universities can run their own journals. These sorts of entities already exist and provide article access for free, publishing in them would just need to be normalized.

These are just a few options without researchers organizing anything for themselves.

I’ve had the same happen too. Most of the time, people just need someone to listen and help them find what they really care about and how they can do that for work. It really sucks when its someone you love to work with leaving, but it’s also really nice to see them follow a path where they are much happier.

Funny thing for me was that it was some of these coaching sessions that helped me realize I was also on the wrong path. Returned to school for a degree I actively avoided before and ended up in a career that fit my values and desired work structure much more.

you don’t even have a tower full of ancient grimoires in forbidden languages?

Look, it’s not my fault that Marx and Engels wrote in German.

GIs and veterans refuse to be complicit in genocide.

A bit late for that, but a good change in direction. Next lets end the imperialistic wars they are participating in as well.

Shakes fist

McDonalds is the communist deep state!