Soviet_Salami posted:When I drag my cursor across that it pulses with the vitality of marxist science.
That's tantamount to rhabdomancy
c_man posted:i do rhabdomancy on myself at night
that explains literally everything
it's obviously tl;dr, but here's the conclusion
In the end, the Game of Thrones series may feel like perfect escapism into a fantasy universe, but the show is so much more than that. Game of Thrones breaks with the heroic world of knights, kings and magic to show the harsh and unforgiving realities of feudalism and power politics for the viewer. It is a world where class and power matters, women are at the mercy of men, and where honor will get you killed. For Marxists, Game of Thrones is essential viewing not only for its gripping storytelling and multidimensional characters and epic battles, but for showing us how exploitation and oppression functions.
FAILAIDS posted:really makes me long for MIM reviews...
Mim owns. Mim will own and it did own. Mim owns.
Yet there are problems with Kriss' statement that the crisis of feudalism had everything to do with the collective action of the masses. Certainly, there is the Brotherhood Without Banners who are fighting all the Kings. Yet the growth of market forces and the decline of feudalism can just as easily be brought about by outside forces. For instance, the crisis of feudalism in Japan came with the arrival of trading ships of Commodore Dewey and the threat of imperialist takeover. To forestall such a fate, the rulers of Japan instituted the Meiji Restoration to develop capitalism. A crisis of feudalism can lead to a decline in living standards for the masses, as it did in Japan with the Meiji Restoration. So contrary, to Kriss who says that the crisis of feudalism allowed peasants to get what they wanted such as higher wages, and he is certainly correct that this occurred in Europe following the Black Death, and as the example of Japan shows this was not always the case. Perhaps the Iron Bank would back a claimant to the Iron Throne, such as Stannis, who would bring a revolution from above?
fucking burn
postposting posted:Yet there are problems with Kriss' statement that the crisis of feudalism had everything to do with the collective action of the masses. Certainly, there is the Brotherhood Without Banners who are fighting all the Kings. Yet the growth of market forces and the decline of feudalism can just as easily be brought about by outside forces. For instance, the crisis of feudalism in Japan came with the arrival of trading ships of Commodore Dewey and the threat of imperialist takeover. To forestall such a fate, the rulers of Japan instituted the Meiji Restoration to develop capitalism. A crisis of feudalism can lead to a decline in living standards for the masses, as it did in Japan with the Meiji Restoration. So contrary, to Kriss who says that the crisis of feudalism allowed peasants to get what they wanted such as higher wages, and he is certainly correct that this occurred in Europe following the Black Death, and as the example of Japan shows this was not always the case. Perhaps the Iron Bank would back a claimant to the Iron Throne, such as Stannis, who would bring a revolution from above?
fucking burn
this is a child's understanding of japanese history. or an anime nerd. also game of thrones is cheap entertainment based on an orientalist fantasy of feudalism and the middle ages and has no relevance to reality. nice production values though.
babyhueypnewton posted:postposting posted:
Yet there are problems with Kriss' statement that the crisis of feudalism had everything to do with the collective action of the masses. Certainly, there is the Brotherhood Without Banners who are fighting all the Kings. Yet the growth of market forces and the decline of feudalism can just as easily be brought about by outside forces. For instance, the crisis of feudalism in Japan came with the arrival of trading ships of Commodore Dewey and the threat of imperialist takeover. To forestall such a fate, the rulers of Japan instituted the Meiji Restoration to develop capitalism. A crisis of feudalism can lead to a decline in living standards for the masses, as it did in Japan with the Meiji Restoration. So contrary, to Kriss who says that the crisis of feudalism allowed peasants to get what they wanted such as higher wages, and he is certainly correct that this occurred in Europe following the Black Death, and as the example of Japan shows this was not always the case. Perhaps the Iron Bank would back a claimant to the Iron Throne, such as Stannis, who would bring a revolution from above?
fucking burn
this is a child's understanding of japanese history. or an anime nerd. also game of thrones is cheap entertainment based on an orientalist fantasy of feudalism and the middle ages and has no relevance to reality. nice production values though.
owned
c_man posted:watching dead ken and greaves go at it ftw
Twitter Beefs: The Triumph of the Unabashed Surface
RedMaistre posted:c_man posted:watching dead ken and greaves go at it ftw
Twitter Beefs: The Triumph of the Unabashed Surface
lmao
c_man posted:something something space filling curves
Same here
tpaine posted:i really do hate sam kris
For the record, fwiw,disagreements about...*gestures vaguely* everything aside, I actually do have a good deal of respect him.
Certainly wouldn't mind having his facility at writing, lol....
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RedMaistre posted:.custom279671{}tpaine posted:i really do hate sam kris
For the record, fwiw,disagreements about...*gestures vaguely* everything aside, I actually do have a good deal of respect him.
Certainly wouldn't mind having his facility at writing, lol....
if i had his 'facility' for writing i would throw up
RedMaistre posted:.custom279628{}c_man posted:watching dead ken and greaves go at it ftw
Twitter Beefs: The Triumph of the Unabashed Surface
nonsense philosophy produces nonsense politics, no surprise here
NoFreeWill posted:RedMaistre posted:
.custom279628{}c_man posted:watching dead ken and greaves go at it ftw
Twitter Beefs: The Triumph of the Unabashed Surface
nonsense philosophy produces nonsense politics, no surprise here
wholeheartedly agreed, have you seen one of these lately?
tpaine posted:help me understand this beef
Perhaps Kriss would explain it best himself, since I am not sure how he can reconcile his complaint that his opponents "constantly harp on about the ephemera" when he himself has said that there is only surface. Because if there are no depths to reveal, then all is ephemera, and we can not help but harp without ceasing on ephemera.
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