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Italian intellectual and political activist, founder of the Communist Party (Ales, Sardinia, 1891 - Rome, 1937). Thanks to the support of his brother and his intellectual capacity he overcame the difficulties produced by his physical deformity (he was hunchbacked) and by the poverty of his family (since his father was imprisoned, accused of embezzlement). He studied at the University of Turin, where he was influenced intellectually by Benedetto Croce and the socialists.

In 1913 he joined the Italian Socialist Party, immediately becoming a leader of its left wing. After working on various party periodicals, he founded, together with Palmiro Togliatti and Umberto Elia Terracini, the magazine Ordine nuovo (1919). Faced with the dilemma posed to socialists around the world by the course taken by the Russian Revolution, Antonio Gramsci chose to adhere to the communist line and, at the Livorno Congress (1921), split with the group that founded the Italian Communist Party.

Gramsci belonged from the beginning to the Central Committee of the new party, which he also represented in Moscow within the Third International (1922); he endowed the formation with an official press organ (L'Unità, 1924) and represented it as a deputy (1924). He was a member of the Executive of the Communist International, whose Bolshevik orthodoxy he defended in Italy by expelling from the party the ultra-left group of Amadeo Bordiga, which he accused of following Trotsky's line (1926).

He soon had to go underground, since since 1922 Italy was under the power of Mussolini, who would exercise from 1925 an iron fascist dictatorship. Gramsci was arrested in 1926 and spent the rest of his life in prison, subjected to humiliation and ill-treatment, which added to his tuberculosis to make prison life extremely difficult, until he died of cerebral congestion.

In these conditions, however, Gramsci was able to produce a great written work (the voluminous Prison Notebooks), containing an original revision of Marx's thought, in a historicist sense and tending to modernize the legacy of Marxism to adapt it to the conditions of Italy and twentieth-century Europe. Already at the Lyon Congress (1926) he had advocated the broadening of the social bases of communism by opening it to all classes of workers, including intellectuals. His theoretical contributions would powerfully influence the adaptation of Western communism that took place in the sixties and seventies, the so-called Eurocommunism. 🤮

Gramsci’s concept of hegemony. Gramsci saw the ruling class maintaining its power over society in two ways –

Coercion – it uses the army, police, prison and courts to force other classes to accept its rule

Consent (hegemony) – it uses ideas and values to persuade the subordinate classes that its rule is legitimate

Hegemony and Revolution

In advanced Capitalist societies, the ruling class rely heavily on consent to maintain their rule. Gramsci agrees with Marx that they are able to maintain consent because they control institutions such as religion, the media and the education system. However, according to Gramsci, the hegemony of the ruling class is never complete, for two reasons:

The ruling class are a minority – and as such they need to make ideological compromises with the middle classes in order to maintain power The proletariat have dual consciousness. Their ideas are influenced not only by bourgeois ideology but also by the material conditions of their life – in short, they are aware of their exploitation and are capable or seeing through the dominant ideology.

Antonio Gramsci Marxists.org :gramsci-heh:

Antonio Gramsci and the Italian Revolution :anti-italian-action:

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[–] President_Obama@hexbear.net 8 points 3 weeks ago

I haven't made a good boypost in a while NGL

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Everyone talks about the uncanny valley but no one talks about the cold wind swept too canny peaks

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[–] Rojo27@hexbear.net 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Talking about my dad's Parkinson'sFeels like my dad has spent more days this month feeling weak and having trouble doing anything than not. Going to have face the reality that his Parkinson's may finally be getting to the stage that hes not going to be able to do much by himself. I mean we've helped him out a lot over the past 4 or so years since he was diagnosed, but now we almost have to constantly watch how he's doing.

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[–] CrawlMarks@hexbear.net 8 points 3 weeks ago

Not to be parasocial, does will menaker slur his speech? How long has he been doing that?

[–] combat_doomerism@hexbear.net 8 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

i think the lebron amv (easiest way to describe it imo lol) that people use on twitter 24/7 might be my favorite video of all time. it makes me laugh in the context of the caption and then i watch the video itself like 10 times before i get bored

[–] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 8 points 3 weeks ago

I think most South Americans, especially Argentinians, are familiar with the comic strip Gaturro and its creator, Nik (Cristian Dzwonik). The comic is a very bad copy of Garfield and, in some ways, Nik is lazier than Jim Davis, the guy who has been stealing and plagiarizing stories and jokes from everywhere. Besides, I'm pretty sure the guy is a fan of Milei.

For several years, there has been evidence of plagiarism in the strip, largely from Argentine artists. These cartoonists include Quino, Leo Arias, Paz y Rudy, Roberto Fontanarrosa, Caloi (Carlos Loiseau), Juan Carlos Argüelles, Lola, and in the international field, Bill Watterson and Jim Davis. Gaturro does share many similar features to Davis' Garfield, leading some to refer to the series as a bootleg.

A "black book" of NIK has been created which lists many examples of alleged plagiarism. The announcements have led the author's rejection from participating in some publications and shows. Between July and August 2022, a statue of the character located on the Paseo de la Historieta in Buenos Aires was vandalized and later retired.

Some time later, Nik announced on his Twitter account that they were preparing a new statue with "anti-vandal technology". On July 14, 2023, another statue was put in the Paseo de la Historieta; it only lasted for two days before being retired, again, due to vandalism. On July 20, 2023 in Córdoba, a statue of Gaturro located in the Plaza de la Intendencia was inaugurated, which in less than 24 hours was vandalized, was later removed and a statue of Sonic was put in its place.

For some reason Gaturro's English page was vandalized, and since nobody cares about this character it hasn't been fixed yet, lol.

Gaturro was the main person responsible for the September 11 incident, the Argentine cat was imprisoned for 30 years in the Soviet Union for crimes of human trafficking, drug trafficking, theft, murder And war crimes during the cold war, his favorite drug is cocaine

[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 8 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Dragging my old music directly from my sansa fuze to my phone because newpipe has been being flaky lately, time to listen to modest mouse again

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[–] WhyEssEff@hexbear.net 8 points 3 weeks ago

what the hell they’re remaking OFF npc

[–] HarryLime@hexbear.net 8 points 4 weeks ago
[–] Grownbravy@hexbear.net 8 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Gonna just make stickers for a side gig. I’d like to pay off a bill or two, but also completely overcome by my desire to make agitprop that would honestly never sell without a healthy base of leftists infighting over which book they didnt finish reading is better.

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[–] glimmer_twin@hexbear.net 8 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Sitting still without fidgeting challenge (impossible)

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[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Now that star fox 64 is open source on PC, anyone wanna make a sequel directed by me that ice.slowly been building since I was 6?

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[–] Kolibri@hexbear.net 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It would seem fun to join one of those like, organized dancing groups? where it's like all coordinated and stuff. It just seems fun dancing with/as a group together.

[–] EstraDoll@hexbear.net 8 points 3 weeks ago

white supremacists say that white people are really great, but whenever a form or something asks me for my race, "white" comes dead last all the time

[–] whatnots@hexbear.net 8 points 3 weeks ago

just had a really wholesome interaction in eso and i'm in such a good mood now meow-melt

[–] Cimbazarov@hexbear.net 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

There are alot of posts dunking on libs (deservedly so) but I can't help but think that its because the fascists have basically gotten everything they wanted and the liberals are just easy targets right now due to them not having a stable ideology.

Not trying to defend these people, but shitting on them doesn't really make me feel any better about the situation. It just illustrates more the powerlessness of the left and the strength of the right.

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[–] john_browns_beard@hexbear.net 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

The English language is ridiculous. Herd, word, bird, curd. Four different vowels that are pronounced exactly the same, all of them should be spelled with a U.

Hard, lard, card, bard. Gard? Nope, that needs a U to make the same sound for some fucking reason. Ward? Pronounced differently.

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[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

How in the absolute fuck did Primus become popular? Not just cause they're weird but cause holy fuck they suck. Like they're skilled and whatever but that doesn't make for good songs, also I hate Les Claypool's vocals and his whole shtick, dude looks like hipster Kid Rock.

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[–] peppersky@hexbear.net 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Me a cishet male: I want what those queer kids have

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[–] Tomboymoder@hexbear.net 7 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

Harry Potter shitI have no idea why it seems like the overwhelming consensus among Potterheads that Chamber of Secrets is the worst book/movie.

It seems like whenever I see these people’s opinions they always say the same thing.

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[–] Rojo27@hexbear.net 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

Severance S2E1 spoilerThe absurdity of the corporate video that the innies are shown about their uprising and Lumon's response had me chuckling. Such a perfect satire of the corporate culture of showing how much they "care" for their employeeschefs-kiss

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[–] Moonworm@hexbear.net 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Plato's cave as applied to understanding that everything you experience is a fiction mediated by your senses and everything is made of mostly nothing.

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[–] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Star Trek Axl Rose going to Orion:

Take me down

To the pirate-run city

Where the girls are green

And the grass is pretty

https://hexbear.net/comment/5843768

If what this comment about Russia in Syria is true

"Forget about Syria, we're cutting our losses and pulling out. Anyone who's down there now is on their own, I repeat, if you aren't already, you are f-"

[–] Sebrof@hexbear.net 7 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (2 children)

Just finished the Sopranos. Finally, all the memes... all the emojis...

spoiler

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[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I REALLLLLY wanna do Paladin for my next DnD guest appearance that is the first just straight up Christian to appear in DnD world. The idea being that I'mitwrally the only person who believes this and I'd use early Christian historical sources etc yo make it good but I guess one player is super reddit Atheist so even as a gag it wo t fly

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[–] john_browns_beard@hexbear.net 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I had to give my last 10 years of residence history for something, and as someone with ADHD who went through a divorce and moved a LOT during that time period, I can not stress how much of a nightmare the last two hours of my life were. I was looking at exif data on phone photos from 2012, which were in a random hard drive collecting dust my basement.

The last piece of the puzzle came from a 2014 Facebook post. Perhaps our parents were onto something by saving literally every paper document they received in their adult lives.

[–] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 7 points 3 weeks ago

It kind of sucks being someone with a genuine interest in classic films and music while being lumped in with self-described “old souls”

[–] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Six word story, The Sequel:

100 baby shoes, never worn

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