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[–] the_abecedarian@piefed.social 6 points 1 month ago

follow your interests! add in some history along with political theory to stay grounded. you may want to read political writing from different traditions sound the same time period so you can see how they dialogue with each other and compare

[–] SmokeInFog@midwest.social 7 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Let me just put it this way: you can't critique what you haven't read

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[–] XiJinpingStanAccount@lemmy.ml [S] 1 point 1 month ago (4 children)

Well I'm not just talking about critiquing them. Some do deserve it, but I think they also just have a lot of useful information regarding strategy, mindfulness, and tactics that transcends ideology.

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[–] SmokeInFog@midwest.social 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Sounds like you already know the answer to your question, then

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[–] XiJinpingStanAccount@lemmy.ml [S] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

How could I know the answer to my question when my question was what other peoples opinions on the topic were?

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[–] SmokeInFog@midwest.social -2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

Apologies, as a non-campist myself I should probably avoid posting on .ml boards. Because this is a .ml channel I read your OP as genuinely asking if people thought reading non-marxist takes and perspectives would be worth your time as a shortcut to you yourself deciding if they were worth your time. I was trying to say "Yes" without saying that in order to understand the strengths and weaknesses of Marxist doctrine (and vice versa) you should absolutely read outside the tankie cannon. When you responded with great examples of why one might read them even if they are the sincerest of tankies confused me, as they are basically a great response to how I originally read your OP.

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[–] XiJinpingStanAccount@lemmy.ml [S] 3 points 1 month ago

I wanted to gauge like how much people read outside the main ML theory. I have dozens of books like this physically on my bookshelf myself. But I've never heard like an ML mention the Art of War when recomending things to read. So was curious what people thought about it. One reason I find it interesting is modern China actually does incorporate a lot of Sun Tzu and Confucian style thinking into how they do things and it works quite well for them, but it's not something I see highlighted often.

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[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 weeks ago*

I read works from Kwame Nkrumah, Michael Hudson, etc. Even if they aren't strictly Marxist-Leninist, many progressives have good analysis that you can sharpen with your own understanding of dialectical materialism.