@AnarchoNinaWrites@jorts.horse
Brey, Mao led a whole revolution of farmers who didn't have a library card, using statements you could write on a post-it note.
I'm not saying we should all be Maoists - but I assure you, reading the collected works of every dead German/Russian socialist in history, is not required to do this.
It just comes down to whether or not you're trying to win an argument, or build a world where the purpose of a society, is to care for the people in that society. These are not always the same thing.
@GustavinoBevilacqua@mastodon.cisti.org
@AnarchoNinaWrites@jorts.horse
Mao was a great poet, too, but this involves a lot of cultural heritage.
I've seen a documentary about Ahmad Shah Massoud, the Lion of Panjshir: his troops were happy because he often read them poems.
Can you imagine Gunnery Sergeant Hartman make the same?