religionesque

so now i hope youre wondering
what marx moses have
alike

well no metaphor/analogy
is going to be perfect

my simple argument is perhaps
a reiteration of stuff
already said on the topic which
I am too lazy
& unattached
to investigate

marxism & anarchism
are political religions
im using the term
mystocracy
either by invention
or unintentional theft
i feel no guilt

fig16a i hope you get as much a kick out of this picture as i do

like moses
marx established
a tradition

of transmission
enlightenment by
received texts

sectarian really pegs it
each congregation
within international
structures
party platforms
commandments

explains why
is explained by the fact
that academics
find appeal &
perpetuate it
keep the light
burning
so to speak

fig16b distinct albeit ironic mystical undertones

they are fond of saying
they dont have a crystal ball
& then freely play
weatherman
for sport

inexactitudes
divinations
excuses
lucky guesses
all play a role
in recruitment

not to mention half the fun
of being a marxist

fig16c marxism makes martyrs

less fun
time energy free time
social time
sacrifice
must be given
to the deus politicki
wherein gods of eld
wanted the blood
& jesus wanted your tithes
marxisms utopia
competes with capitalism
for your unpaid labor power

work a job & go to school
& whatever else you want to do
youre only a good comrade
if you make politically appropriate
amounts of sacrifice
our resources are thin already
organization is always thirsty
leads to the burnout

leadoffs & branch meetings
are indeed ritualistic
dues collection discussion
nothing upsetting the norm
there are lots of historic
examples to draw on
its especially important
everyone be well versed
in the same texts ad pukeum

contrast anarchism
more utopia by revelation
still narrative
infinitely more accessible
doesnt dwell on history
political figures formulas

lived experience
more than a little
propaganda
adventurism no less

fig16d young counterculture in capitalism necessarily suffers from oneupmanship & punker-than-thou snobbery

sort of suffers
from a peter pan syndrome

no small wonder
it attracts teenagers

still im moved to think
of zen buddhism
while master is chopping off a hand
the anarchist laughs & is enlightened

weird spiritual crossings
seeking utopia
today now urgently
at the very least
on this earth

yours for the revolution
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we must link activist stress with emotional & transformative justice

ongoing postmarxist critique

older now but
this article
the immediate need for emotional justice
speaks again
experiences in sectarian
socialism

not only my own emotional
luggage
that of
burnouts wanderoffs
jadeds tired outs
overstressed
folks
all around

stress confrontation
buildup & letdown

fig13a lets not forget the sectarian student recruitment fetish while we are here

so few ways to vent
so few ways for feelings
to be taken seriously
always talking about
sacrifice
like for blood
im going to have to write
more on that later
but

fig13b with narrative logic like that no wonder enrollment is at historic lows

speaking to abuse
in the activist community
in which i seem
to have taken interest

lacking emotional justice

folks from homes
broken

by capitalism
the state

turn to what theyve learned
violence abuse
coercion manipulation

mirroring
in these communities
those very dynamics
poison dynamics

which the world we
want to change
consistently
regenerates

if we cant fix it
in ourselves
our loved ones
comrades
trusted

how can we empower
friends
acquaintances
strangers

& even our enemies

yet
i know sectarians
wont listen
at best theyre slow to change
its all about building
glorious proletarian revolution
without ever addressing
personal problems
problems must in essence first
be polticized
too often at the cost
of dehumanizing
the problemed
sacred logic ending
with dismissal

yours for the revolution
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