#existentialcomics
If you want to make sense of the current political moment, and why electoral politics under capitalism can never, and will never, serve anyone but the wealthy capitalists, look no further than the most influential political theorist of the 20th century: Vladimir Lenin.
If you are like me, you did not read Lenin in High School. You did not read him in college. You have never seen his ideas debated on TV. No politician has ever claimed to be inspired by him, or even mentioned his name.
Strange, for someone so influential across the globe.
Why is it that in America, the supposed land of free speech, we cannot read or discuss someone who inspired millions of workers, and continues to inspire millions across the globe? The man whose ideology was the official State ideology of some of the largest countries on Earth ...
The Parable of the Freedom Monster
http://existentialcomics.com/comic/259
h/t @Rhysy
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