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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?

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[-] CascadeOfLight@hexbear.net 6 points 4 hours ago

The abolition of religion as the illusory happiness of the people is the demand for their real happiness. To call on them to give up their illusions about their condition is to call on them to give up a condition that requires illusions.

Man, I'm sure I've read it before but I must have forgotten, he really does always cut it right down to the purest truth. marx-ok

I agree with everything you've said, and having read through this other thread about astrology I think I was taking too soft of a position on it, for exactly the reasons you mentioned.

I'd also like to link an essay, The Overthrow of Religious Authority and the Eradication of Superstition (1927) which I think is relevant.

[-] HauntedBySpectacle@hexbear.net 3 points 3 hours ago

thanks for the link

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