• Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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      21 hours ago

      I think a strong understanding of Marxism helps seed the revolutionary optimism that makes watching the news more bearable than for liberals who see the world as a scary swirl of chaos and no way out. Lenin says it well:

      Despair is typical of those who do not understand the causes of evil, see no way out, and are incapable of struggle.

      This fits the liberal nihilism to a T.