I don’t understand why there are so many people who consider themselves “Marxist feminists”, but at the same time are distracted by astrology.

The origin of feminism is working class, and as a working class movement, it is materialist. I don’t know if they at least know what dialectical materialism is, since they don’t see such an abysmal contradiction between astrology (pseudoscience) and feminism (materialism).

They remind me of the liberal “feminist” Gloria Steinem.

And the same with some anarchists.

What do you think about it?

  • vovchik_ilich [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    2 months ago

    There’s nothing anti-materialist in fiction because it doesn’t claim predictive capabilities on reality, there are anti-materialist things in astrology because it claims predictive capabilities on reality.

    • Muad'Dibber@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
      51·
      2 months ago

      in fiction because it doesn’t claim predictive capabilities on reality

      Lots of works of fiction make claims about reality.

      there are anti-materialist things in astrology because it claims predictive

      How seriously those are taken is up to the person. You’re treating astrology in a way that most people interested in it don’t. Its less of a religion and more like a magic 8-ball.