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How to educate myself in politics
Every time someone talks about politics and economics I feel so lost and bad cuz I barely know anything about modern politics. My peers seem to know a lot, especially boys. I don't want to be left behind and I want to keep up with them. Whenever history teacher talks about politics and economics, boys join him and they start discussing so intensly and I feel like an alien. I'm still very young but I want to improve myself and be better. Where can I start learning from? How to study it so that I don't get too bored? What sources should I use? Come to think of it, I think I lack a lot of common knowledge that most people seem to just know, like things that are nothing big to know about
I'd say start with books and the you can follow news sites like "democracy now!" Honestly you can also try following some political content creators if you want I can tell you a couple of books to start off with
Books:
Communist Manifesto
Das Kapital
Socialism: Utopian and Scientific
The State and Revolution
Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capi...... 1 reply
start by getting informed. is there an issue that you care about? you can start by investigating that. what's going on around you, and how did things get that way? build up your knowledge of history (you can start local!), economic systems, and from there you might get into political theory. it's challenging because all these things are intertwined...... 1 reply
as someone who also didn’t know shit abt politics till a a couple of years ago, watch political satire/comedy shows! if you’re usamerican (or want to be informed abt usa politics as well), i highly recommend Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, it’s very informative and pretty funny/high budget, The Daily Show is also a solid option that’s m...... 2 reply
Focusing on sociopolitics bcI do nawt give that many gafs ab the economy
I sound like a stupid dumbass chud but I'm being so deadass social media (Instagram) is the easiest way to become like baseline knowledgable. stayed on the political side of social media for about three months and I'm very visibly more woke. Also link with political people. ...... 1 reply
my major is in the dept of econ so my explanations are going to lean towards the economics side. though politics and economics are two sides of the same coin anyway, whatever you choose to focus on you're bound to learn about the other. im gonna keep this as simple as possible.
1. learn about the basics first. things like microeconomics, macroecon...... 2 reply
u should familiarize urself with a basic historical timeline, i suggest learning about idk maybe around the 19th century imperialism and social darwism, population politics, WWI, the Russian revolution, and WW2 (also learn about how totalitarian states arose) and how countries rebuilt themselves, plus the cold war too bc it has a big affect on rela...... 1 reply
