it is the analysis of societal issues based on examining the conflict between the ruling class and the lower class
Conflict is borne out of the contradictions inherent in material conditions/economic structure (thesis v. antithesis) and change happens because of that conflict - giving birth to a new system (synthesis). Idk play Fallout: NV and listen to Caesar or something (don't do this).
I am only a beginning dialectician, but this is what I've figured out.
Dialectical materialism is a description of how systems change. There are three principles.
The first is that quality changes are the result of quantity changes. This reflects that the state of the system changes due to a change in the amount of something. It can be quantities of materials or quantities of more abstract things, for example ice changes state into water due to change in temperature, which is the quantity of energy in the molecules.
The second is that a system is made of components which interact and influence each other and are influenced by each other. This is the law of contradiction.
Finally, the third is the negation of the negation. I think this is the materialist analog to the thesis/antithesis/synthesis triad. A system with parts in contradiction eventually negates a contradiction and produces a new state with new behavior.
Now, how does this apply to America in 2021? Seriously, this is not a rhetorical question. How does this apply to America in 2021?
Now, how does this apply to America in 2021? Seriously, this is not a rhetorical question. How does this apply to America in 2021?
Ugh I dropped out of college why are you giving me homework??? /s
I guess my intuitive answer to that question is something along the lines of "we are watching the misguided negation of years of american domestic policy failures/imperialism/capitalism" but in the sense that - harking back to my comment earlier on this post - most QAnon/MAGA followers do think there's something wrong with the system but are mislabeling the crucial components (capitalism, etc) as whatever they perceive as the bogeyman other. Whether that is 'the mainstream media', 'antifa', or 'socialist liberals' varies based on each individual's experience inside the system - but collectively they are negating the idea of how the United States (and the world to an extent) has operated and governed the last few decades. But like I said, they're mislabeling the crucial components that are in contradiction to each-other.
I dunno; I definitely need to read more theory and my brain is already fried from the last six hours of work but I hope that made some sort of sense.
Conflict is borne out of the contradictions inherent in material conditions/economic structure (thesis v. antithesis) and change happens because of that conflict - giving birth to a new system (synthesis). Idk play Fallout: NV and listen to Caesar or something (don't do this).
I am only a beginning dialectician, but this is what I've figured out.
Dialectical materialism is a description of how systems change. There are three principles.
The first is that quality changes are the result of quantity changes. This reflects that the state of the system changes due to a change in the amount of something. It can be quantities of materials or quantities of more abstract things, for example ice changes state into water due to change in temperature, which is the quantity of energy in the molecules.
The second is that a system is made of components which interact and influence each other and are influenced by each other. This is the law of contradiction.
Finally, the third is the negation of the negation. I think this is the materialist analog to the thesis/antithesis/synthesis triad. A system with parts in contradiction eventually negates a contradiction and produces a new state with new behavior.
Now, how does this apply to America in 2021? Seriously, this is not a rhetorical question. How does this apply to America in 2021?
Ugh I dropped out of college why are you giving me homework??? /s
I guess my intuitive answer to that question is something along the lines of "we are watching the misguided negation of years of american domestic policy failures/imperialism/capitalism" but in the sense that - harking back to my comment earlier on this post - most QAnon/MAGA followers do think there's something wrong with the system but are mislabeling the crucial components (capitalism, etc) as whatever they perceive as the bogeyman other. Whether that is 'the mainstream media', 'antifa', or 'socialist liberals' varies based on each individual's experience inside the system - but collectively they are negating the idea of how the United States (and the world to an extent) has operated and governed the last few decades. But like I said, they're mislabeling the crucial components that are in contradiction to each-other.
I dunno; I definitely need to read more theory and my brain is already fried from the last six hours of work but I hope that made some sort of sense.