The French revolution. It’s the French revolution. [On English YT, I’m actually curious what French YT is like with it]
I mean seriously, go look up the French revolution on youtube right now. For an event that is not only important for Marxists to understand and represents an important case study of class struggle through the ages, but also has some dissenting opinions in the historical and histiographic academic sphere, basically all of the videos (save for maybe one or two documentaries) are from, at the best, an extremely Girondist perspective, if not an outright Ancien one.
I mean you can get good stuff on the Russian and Chinese revolutions by people like Finbol and Onedime*, and there’s plenty of stuff on modern china and imperialism and all that [not saying that this content shouldn’t be produced, just that I don’t think i could add much to it].
But on English YT, you can call Robsepierre the most evil person in French history and no one bats an eye. So if I ever have the time, setup, and self loathing it’d require to make something on it, I would definitely like to.
(*I am aware that 1dime might have said something apparently Patsoc like on a podcast or something a while ago. I can’t find it again [thanks to reddit nuking thedeprogram] but if that’s a problem I just want to say I’m aware of it.)
Edit:People in the comments have pointed out that 1dime is not a communist, is a moralist, and a patsoc. I still reccomend his videos on the cultural revolution as decent sources not plagued by the usual garbage, but [as with anything, bit especially here] view it with a critical lense
Make them. And you may gain other skillsets on the way.
(1dime is problematic for various reasons; if you want a glimpse of issues look at their “discussions” with/against bidetmarxman on twitter for a sample. Pretty much typical western anti-marxist stuff. For example, he said China succeeds because they don’t subscribe to any ideology (in a world dominant of capitalism I will let you decide what that means) in an attempt to negate marxism-leninism as a source of good. Bidetmarxman is on the other hand is a good resource.)
Ah, yeah I always forget to check Twitter for these things
I am aware that 1dime might have said something apparently Patsoc like on a podcast or something a while ago. I can’t find it again [thanks to reddit nuking thedeprogram] but if that’s a problem I just want to say I’m aware of it.
Tony is openly anti-communist. He dislikes the idea of a stateless, classless society, and believes that nationalism can be made progressive (and no, not with the usual anti-colonial caveat), thinks the far-left who is in “c*azy land” is actively dangerous and should be fought against. Plus, he’s a moralist and socially conservative.
Smart guy, but definitely on the left to right pipeline.
Alright, I’ll add another addendum to the post to address this.
But also, this is kinda naturally the end point of moralism, and it’s something I noticed a lot in his videos on the cultural revolution (although i kinda thought he’d go in another direction, like Anarchism or something).
https://www.marxists.org/archive/deutscher/1950/ex-communist.htm
Trot text. It describes the mindset of a large faction among renegade communists pretty well.
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I think one part that is often overlooked about the French Revolution is its roots and impacts in colonialism. The rising bourgeoisie of the time was gaining a lot of political power specifically due to their massive profits through slave trade, privateering and plantations.
The bourgeois character of the French Revolution goes directly against the romanticised narrative of the Republic, and the fact that slavery was allowed to continue signalled the new order of the world.
The Jacobins abolished slavery, and Napoleon brought it back.
