I didn't break any YouTube rules, I didn't get any email on my recovery ID that my account is being deleted and it just disappeared. When I try to login, it says username doesn't exist and I can't find my video on YouTube.

I have trouble reading the communist manifesto, my english is pretty decent but my vocabulary is not that good. Are there any books which I can read on socialism or communism that don't assume I know everything or every term? pls suggest

I haven't really found any subs here and spaces online to connect with people from my city. Don't really know anyone IRL either 😞.

Interpreting Scriptures

But, religion is crystallization of bigotry, right? Yes—scriptures are generally bigoted—but interpretations vary vastly—people are complex and human mind is plastic—some schools of thought are very liberal about women rights, LGBT rights, mental health issues, etc.; others are very conservative: restricted movement for women, LGBT is mental illness, ‘what is mental health?’, etc.; and everything in between. The battle between Man and God is ongoing, as it always has been.

Conservatives are generally more religious—are loudest about religion—so it is natural that conservative interpretations outnumber liberal ones. This is where the left has made a huge mistake—a step not taken—they have made little to no effort to push their interpretation of scriptures. Moreover, they have actively shunned any religious people from their group—the curse of ideological purity is strong with us—we are tribalistic apes, after all.

Scriptures generally warn us against being materialistic—marriage of religion and capitalism is a very recent thing: some of the first American Socialists were Christians, many thinkers during the Enlightenment argued for Human Rights based on teachings of Bible—God created everyone in his own image—therefore all human beings are equal. This just goes on to show that with right interpretation—religion can become a catalytic instrument for revolution.

Religious Allies

The problems—discrimination—faced by people within their religion and because of their religion are vastly different from one another—intersectionality. Moreover, said problems will heavily depend on the interpretation of scriptures prevalent within that religion.

We cannot afford to shun religious comrades because of their beliefs—who do you think religious people are more receptive to: someone from their own community—who can navigate them through their very specific problems, or outsiders—who, often have a rather condescending tone, and are often conditional with their help?

These religious comrades can use their religious platforms to become champions of revolution with their interpretation of religion. Religious comrades are comrades—we have to stand united in the face of coming fascism.

Why Not Push For Secularism/Atheism?

I am not advocating against secularism/atheism. All I am saying is that we should push for religious leftism in conjunction with secularism/atheism. If right-wingers can reinterpret religion and push it down our throat, then why can’t we?

The idea of an atheistic leftism can be quite alien to a deeply religious person—maybe religious leftism can lay the groundwork for a genuine leftist pipeline. We all started somewhere—I started with Adam Something.

Many people turn to religion for solace partly because of the oppressive systems at play in their lives. To discriminate on the basis of religiousity is just class discrimination—we cannot be against class discrimination while discriminating on the basis of one of the best markers of class—religiosity.

What do you think?

So everytime I encounter these people, very few of them actually counters with logical arguments. Most of them just mocks me for being a "leftist" and looks down on me as if I'm committing a sin. Like dude I understand our ideologies are poles apart, even I think your beliefs are bogus just like you think mine is. But atleast make sense, mindlessly trolling someone makes you look a clown.

And I'm really p*ssed with these chintus trolling Sai Pallavi regarding her controversial interview which is 2 YEARS OLD. I saw her recent post and it was filled with comments calling her "leftist 🤡", she isn't even a leftist I think she's just a secular humanitarian. They completely failed to understand what she meant just enjoying their usual job of hate mongering.

And gosh they are filled with hate and since social media provides anonymity so they doesn't hesitate to personally attack someone. I've lost count of the number of times I've been sl*t-shamed and my upbringing has been questioned because I belong from a specific region/ethnicity/community.

Even after receiving so much hate, I've witnessed an alarming number of people from my community identifying as RW 🤦‍♀️ I'll never understand why tho. No matter how much you defend them, they'll still hate you coz you are non-veg eater.

This is all I wanted to get off my chest for now. I don't know if this sub allows rant posts. If the mods approve then share your thoughts in the comments.

This is my first post here. I searched for a group only to ask this question. I don't rely on right wing. But I am disappointed by the left......

My questions might offend. However, do kindheartedly understand my intention and reasoning and then respond and engage in a discussion.

Kindly do not ban. Or block.

In my view, subcontinent, from far streches of Afghanistan to beyond Bangladesh, from Karakoram to Sri Lanka, all has been crippled intellectually. We tend to see upto others, foreigners, for guidance.

It seems to me that ours is a society of fossilised crimes of foreign invaders of the long gone past. Be they Arabs or the British, or any.

This intellectual depression is also associated with the leftists or socialists subcontinent wide. As a matter of fact, socialism too is a western, foreign, ideology.

My question......

Why can't we have a subcontinental wide ideology domestically prepared by us?? By our damned selves for welfare of our people??

Why do we need Islam, Socialism, and, as a matter of fact, any foreign ideology??

Why?? Do we have no intellectual capacity??

Or has the foreign rule of 1000 years rotted the minds beyond hope......

Forgive my bluntness and shameless sincerity. Truth is always naked, I believe. Veiled, it becomes a lie. I am troubled, I share my heart. So please understand me.

Was Muhammad a Punjabi?? Was Marx a Bengali?? Was Adam Smith a Behari?? Was Lenin a Tamil?? Was Keynes a Pakhtoon?? Was Rosa Luxembourg of Sindhi origins??

Where is my people in any of these??

I don't deny the ends of left wing, but where is our own ideology?? And not a thesis of a German Marx, or revelations of an Arab Muhammad, or Right Wing narratives of an Austrian Mises, or British theories, ......

When will this servile thinking, this ever perpetuating intellectual depression, in subcontinent end??

Will we ever develop a subcontinental wide ideology domestically prepared by our selves??

A theory precisely subcontinental only. Our theory.......

Playlist of a workshop held in 2017 by Akhil Bhartiya Jaati Virodhi Manch. Speaker: Anubhav Sinha.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDqnwlOzqOO7KKaRnaliEdw9fDNZnI2uY

I've been calling myself a democratic socialist for a while now, but I've come to realize that it doesn’t quite capture everything I believe. I lean more towards revolutionary ideas than a lot of the reformists who use that label.

At the same time, I’m not a fan of centralized authority and have started to feel pretty skeptical about relying on electoralism to bring about real change.

This shift in thinking has led me to explore anarchism, and I’ve been diving into it online. I just started reading Anarchism and Other Essays by Emma Goldman, and I’m loving her take on individual freedom and social justice.

My beliefs are still a work in progress, and I find myself hopping between different leftist ideas. I’d love to connect with any fellow anarchists out there! If you have any recommendations for books, articles, or resources that have helped you understand anarchism better, please share!

I’m particularly interested in stuff that talks about how to put these ideas into action, critiques of state power, and grassroots organizing.

Aside from Goldman, I’m thinking about checking out Peter Kropotkin for his thoughts on mutual aid and maybe Noam Chomsky for his insights on capitalism and state power.

I’d really appreciate any suggestions for podcasts, documentaries, or communities where I can dive deeper into these ideas.

I come from a tier 2 city and generally see life going as it was in 2018,but when I got to New Delhi, Gurgaon, I felt blasted off my base, I found I was in a different world, extreme rich and extremely poor. Also in social media, people's standard of living shows it has grown(I know some if not all fake it) though their must be some truth in it to exist in the first place but I can't see it on the ground, I still see kids begging in the streets, auto drivers on the streets eyeing for people for their food, govt still gives ration to 50% of our population, where is the 'development'? I mean how bad is the wealth inequality , can't wrap my head about our 'development' and Gdp growth . Is it that consumerism and false reality that we are fed, is our country getting more morally bankrupt?

Hey y'all. I was born in India but grew up and did my schooling in the US and now I am back in India for my BTech. Thus, I never really studied Indian history and culture which I know is very rich and is worth learning

I became a leftist recently and now that I am in India I am curious about its history and what I can do as a student/volunteer to contribute to the community. As far as I know, socialist student organizations here are blacklisted often by engineering colleges.

What books do you recommend so that I can understand what is going on in this country and how I can do my part in helping people?

I've noticed a lot of people don’t really know the difference between Democratic Socialism (Demsoc) and Social Democracy (Socdem), so I thought I’d clear it up a bit.

Even though they can seem similar on the surface, the goals and approaches are pretty different.

Social Democrats

Social Democrats basically want to humanize capitalism by reforming it. They push for a mixed economy where the government plays a big role in regulating the market and providing social welfare programs like healthcare and education. But the key thing is, they don’t want to overthrow capitalism. Instead, they believe in reforming it to make it fairer. They’re all about creating a welfare state, but still operating within a capitalist system. So, in short, Social Democrats want to keep capitalism but make it a bit nicer.

Democratic Socialists

Democratic Socialists, on the other hand, are anti-capitalist. We want to replace capitalism with socialism, not just build a welfare state on top of it. Some people get this wrong and think we just want a bigger welfare state like Social Democrats, but that’s not it. Our goal is to create a socialist society, where the workers or the state control the means of production and wealth is distributed more equally.

Also, a lot of us Demsocs (myself included) are open to the idea of a revolution, but only if there’s overwhelming popular support for it. We recognize that while reforms can help in the short term, they’re often just temporary fixes that don’t get to the root problem, which is capitalism itself.

The key difference here is that we believe a revolution should only happen if people are really behind it. Otherwise, you risk things like totalitarianism or a counter-revolution taking over. That’s why educating people and building support is so important to us. You can’t force a lasting revolution without the people being on board.

I saw a lot of comments in sister subs of people strawman-ing what Demsocs believe in, so I wanted to clear things up a bit.

With that being said, I think it is important for us to work together towards a better future instead of getting caught up in terminology and purity tests.