Materialism Community

marxist/post-marxist theories

What is your understanding of dialectical materialism? Have you ever wondered about your relationship to the economy and your status in society? Do you have a feeling that the world is on the wrong path? Let's discuss these things in a polite and constructive manner without all the preconceptions... read more

Dialectical Materialism

Is the most important mode of analysis in our toolkit and can be applied to any system to better understand cause and effect. If you do not start from understanding materialist frameworks then you’ve already established that you have an aesthetic, non-factual basis of analysis, i.e. a liberal... read more

using my cat photo😸

If you want a woman with a curvy body or beautiful face, and if you want a man with an athletic body or wealthy, then marry a man or woman like that. Don't marry just because you love him or her but he or she doesn't suitable your desires or repeat the same sentence "I love him/her so I accept... read more

No Other Choice (Korean/ 2025/ MUBI)

It's surprising and disappointing to see this Park Chan-wook film being snubbed over the likes of ultra-mediocre films 'The Secret Agent' and 'Sirat' for the Best International Feature Film Category at the Academy Awards (thankfully, the worthy 'Sentimental Value' won). This is similar to another... read more

It honestly bothers me that people believe that materialism such as money is the sole provider of stability when that couldn't be further from the truth. Stability does not come from money and money alone.

I can never truly understand someone who has a desire for the fakeness of the world, like materialism, greed, etc. maybe they're trying to fill a void but what they're doing to fill that void is just using another void on top of it.

Truly what worth do these desires have? They don't give you true eternal happiness, contentness, pleasure, joy, anything truly substantial and that has worth, etc. in fact they give nothing but misery and fake temporary feelings. Rich people cant find someone who will actually love them for who... read more