For everyone regardless if you celebrate or not, I wish you all a wonderful day full of love, happiness, and time spent with those that matter to you. Merry Christmas Comrades, I’m thankful to have all of you in my life.

  • DankZedong @lemmygrad.ml
    13·
    2 years ago

    Merry Christmas!

    My gf gifted me a book about how all people are essentially okay beings. It’s not leftist per se but it makes some decent enough points (sometimes borderline commie). She listened to it as an audio book a while back and in defense of the book it did make her open to many of my communist ideas. It’s like the book helped her push past the ideology of ‘yeah, but muh human nature!’. I’m trying to introduce her to Parenti now as that is a very easy to read leftist author.

    Off to diner with family for the next two days.

    • ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.mlOP
      8·
      2 years ago

      That sounds like a very interesting book! Definitely useful for overcoming that first barrier into communist thought, as many people sometimes forget that communism is not just some artificial economic system, but instead the natural state of being for humanity with our empathy and desire to band together to improve.

      I do hope her introduction to Parenti goes well along with the family gathering! Knowing you I except everyone in your family to be turned communist by the end of the first day haha. But Merry Christmas comrade! Have a wonderful next few days!

      • DankZedong @lemmygrad.ml
        6·
        2 years ago

        Knowing you I except everyone in your family to be turned communist by the end of the first day haha.

        Lmao. Doing my best <3

    • DerPapa69
      71·
      2 years ago

      Nice, I’m happy for you comrade!

      Would you mind sharing the name of the book? It sounds exactly like what my SO needs

      • DankZedong @lemmygrad.ml
        8·
        2 years ago

        In Dutch it’s called De Meeste Mensen Deugen (Most people are okay). It’s by the author Rutger Bregman. It’s translated worldwide actually and the English version should be called Humankind: A Hopeful History.

  • CannotSleep420@lemmygrad.ml
    13·
    2 years ago

    I just had dinner with my family and heard them reminiscing about their hard times growing up. I’m so used to my spoiled labor aristocrat upbringing that I sometimes forget that my mother is a second generation immigrant who grew up in, at least compared to my upbringing, relative privation. When she was a child, she only spoke Italian and learned English through school and social life.

    • DankZedong @lemmygrad.ml
      7·
      2 years ago

      I have a sort of same situation. My parents were poor growing up. My dad could never even afford things like holidays or new clothes growing up. They worked their ass off and with the luck of selling their first house with profit they managed to get comfortable later in life when their kids were born. I never grew up rich or anything but I never had any real shortcomings either. But my parents had when they were young, and it’s always a but shocking to hear what they went through.

      But I appreciate everything they have done for us though.

      • JohnBrownEnjoyer@lemmygrad.ml
        7·
        2 years ago

        Third one with a similar story here. My parents each immigrated to the U.S. when they were young, and they met here.

        They had me when they were I believe 18 and 19, and they didn’t exactly live a life of luxury.

        Looking back, I realized this, but I also realized that even before my parents got good-paying jobs and before we were able to move to a nicer apartment and be able to afford more commodities and luxuries, I never felt like I lacked anything in terms of material possessions or needs.

        While I think they, especially my dad, could’ve done a better job emotionally/psychologically, I’ll give them that they always did their absolute best to make sure my brother and I had everything we needed, or even wanted.

  • whoami@lemmygrad.ml
    12·
    2 years ago

    I get to celebrate by working lmao…at least it will be an easy day. Three days off incoming

    • ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.mlOP
      11·
      2 years ago

      You put the vinyl records in the player only to discover that they’re all in total over 50 hours of theory. But that’s a nice gift nonetheless! Hope you get many listening hours with Blahaj out of the records!

    • QueerCommie@lemmygrad.ml
      8·
      2 years ago

      No theory here either (it was one of the top items on my list), I did get v for vendetta by Alan Moore, though (based dude)

  • Absolute@lemmygrad.ml
    10·
    2 years ago

    Merry christmas comrades, I don’t celebrate it really but am happy to have a few days off from work to study and rest, hope you all enjoy

    • ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.mlOP
      8·
      2 years ago

      Merry Christmas to you too! It fills my heart with joy to see that comrades from across the world can unite for a common cause. From Belgium to Indonesia, and China to the US, it is an incredible sight.