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Today in Labor History February 10, 1898: Marxist playwright Bertolt Brecht was born. Brecht was a doctor, poet and playwright. He fled the Nazis only to be persecuted in the U.S. by HUAC during the Cold War. He is most well-know for his play, “The Three Penny Opera.” He also wrote “Mother Courage and Her Children” and “The Days of the Commune,” about the Paris Commune. Additionally, he wrote poetry and composed the lyrics to many of the songs performed in his plays, like “Mack the Knife” and “Alabama Song” (AKA Whiskey Bar).

https://youtu.be/6orDcL0zt34

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MikeDunnAuthor · @MikeDunnAuthor

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Today in Labor History February 9, 1951: The 2-day long Geochang massacre began when the 11th Division of the South Korean Army killed 719 unarmed citizens. 385 of the victims were children. Many others were senior citizens. Two days earlier, the same division committed the Hamyang massacre, killing 705 unarmed civilians.

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Charles U. Farley (he/him) · @freakazoid

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My 11 year old showed me this video, and I watched it with him. It's helped me realize just how much #anticommunist propaganda I've been exposed to.

But I think this video also exemplifies what's wrong with #Marxism. #Hakim tries to debunk the argument that "communism always leads to #dictatorship" by pointing out that every #communist country has been under constant attack from the west, which is obviously true. But Hakim calls himself a #Marxist, #Marx called for a "dictatorship of the #proletariat", and he himself seems pretty neutral or even positive on the idea of dictatorship.

I don't remember if it was in this video or another one, but at one point Hakim says that one of the premises of communism is that power corrupts. If power corrupts, then it makes no sense to give anyone absolute power, no matter how good you think they are. So even if he himself is a Marxist, what Hakim is actually arguing for without realizing it is #AnarchoCommunism.

#anarchism

Debunking Every Anti-Communist Argument Ever
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjwL1mSrPLA&t=2201

#Anticommunist #marxism #Hakim #dictatorship #communist #marxist #marx #proletariat #anarchocommunism #anarchism