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"The economic mode is the basis of the superstructure" should be our version of "The mitchondria is the powerhouse of the cell" (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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[-] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 20 points 2 weeks ago

Frontend and backend

[-] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 16 points 2 weeks ago

By the social process of socialist revolution, the backend becomes Rust based, and through the social forces brought about by the progressive change in the backend, the frontend switches to VueJS.

[-] RedWizard@hexbear.net 11 points 2 weeks ago

This is a good joke, I just want you to know that.

[-] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 12 points 2 weeks ago

I read Marx not to better understand the process of history, but to know how to make Marxists laugh with esoteric references.

[-] QueerCommie@hexbear.net 16 points 2 weeks ago

Not as catchy but to paraphrase Althusser: the base, in the last instance (which never arrives) overdetermines the superstructure. There is a dialectical relationship and base is primary.