No matter how many times I try to study theory (with Cowbee’s method of taking each paragraph and boiling them down simply in their own words), I never get to fully process theory. What should I do?
This goes out to all the DBZer0, Lemmy.ml, Hexbear and Lemmygrad people out there reading this. Seriously!
Try reading something less technical to get your brain in shape. Ursula K Leguins The Dispossessed is a pretty great read and it draws on a lot of the more academic literature.
It is also anarchist, which is way cooler.
Socialism and communism are two different things. Don’t use that slash as if they’re synonyms.
You can simply read the books of Marx et. al.
Note that Socialism / Communism has never been more than a theory. The governments that claimed to practise it were all faking it and using it to cover up how they stuffed their own pockets, just like the so called capitalist governments still do today.
Is there a solution to both capitalism and the “socialism” supported by AES countries?
Alcohol, AFAIK /s
Anarchist theory is broken down into a question by question F.A.Q. format: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/the-anarchist-faq-editorial-collective-an-anarchist-faq-full.
CrimeThinc has a nice visual style design that discusses some basics https://crimethinc.com/tce
And there’s a shit ton of Anarchist zines to read at:https://github.com/rechelon/zine_library
The best thing about Anarchist theory is that a lot of it is modern, relating to the world we live in today, and doesn’t force you to slog through painful 200 year old literary styles.
Read, yes. Study, eh. Process, no; that takes time.
Wikipedia.
There’s a reading guide in communism@lemmy.ml community. It is pretty in depth and also structured in a way to stomach the theory easier
If you want a very quick and extremely easy to read overview that covers the basic concepts, I highly recommend “it’s not you, it’s capitalism” by Malaika Jabali.
It discusses theory in a more modern way and is set up as beginner reading but gives a lot of jumping off points for further reading. It is very US-centric.
