▲ 119 ▼ Liberal vs leftist (lemmy.ml) submitted 11 months ago by Confidant6198@lemmy.ml to c/memes@lemmy.ml 36 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 17 points 11 months ago (3 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Weydemeyer@lemmy.ml 10 points 11 months ago (2 children) I second this. I enjoyed reading Lenin’s Imperialism very much, but it also felt very dated (as it should, it’s well over 100 years old now). I can’t help but think that if Lenin were alive today, he’d agree. That doesn’t mean it’s not an incredibly important work that we can’t draw from today, but we should also understand how the world has changed since. I haven’t read John Smith’s Imperialism in the 21st Century yet, but I’ve heard it’s a very good update. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 3 points 11 months ago (1 child) While I understand that it's statistically likely, I can't believe some people are actually named "John Smith" lol. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago Imagine all the doubting stares when you introduce yourself as John Smith (in Poland it would be Jan Kowalski which is funnily enough both literal and contextual meaning) but you're really John Smith. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Weydemeyer@lemmy.ml 10 points 11 months ago (2 children) I second this. I enjoyed reading Lenin’s Imperialism very much, but it also felt very dated (as it should, it’s well over 100 years old now). I can’t help but think that if Lenin were alive today, he’d agree. That doesn’t mean it’s not an incredibly important work that we can’t draw from today, but we should also understand how the world has changed since. I haven’t read John Smith’s Imperialism in the 21st Century yet, but I’ve heard it’s a very good update. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 3 points 11 months ago (1 child) While I understand that it's statistically likely, I can't believe some people are actually named "John Smith" lol. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago Imagine all the doubting stares when you introduce yourself as John Smith (in Poland it would be Jan Kowalski which is funnily enough both literal and contextual meaning) but you're really John Smith. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 3 points 11 months ago (1 child) While I understand that it's statistically likely, I can't believe some people are actually named "John Smith" lol. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago Imagine all the doubting stares when you introduce yourself as John Smith (in Poland it would be Jan Kowalski which is funnily enough both literal and contextual meaning) but you're really John Smith. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago Imagine all the doubting stares when you introduce yourself as John Smith (in Poland it would be Jan Kowalski which is funnily enough both literal and contextual meaning) but you're really John Smith. permalink fedilink source parent