u/Forsaken-Hearing8629

As we know many popular socialist struggles across the world have been waged for decades (Philippines, Myanmar, Colombia, Mexico +)

In conversation with some cadre we discuss the anxiety around having children while understanding the task ahead, revolution or barbarism. There’s a guilt in having children knowing you may be imprisoned or killed in the struggle, even with extended family/communal networks. And that realistically your children will, should they hold the line, struggle or suffer the same fate. The obvious counter is that capitalism and imperialism does the same, only in a different form.

I know the pod boys have an episode on Parenting that I will be getting to soon.

But I wanted to ask if there is any comprehensive analysis or research on children raised in a revolutionary environment. Not just war in general, but one with a specific political aim (doesn’t have to be leftist).

As well as any memoirs or interviews from people raised in these contexts and their feelings about it. If any of you of course were raised in the struggle, be it a hot or cold war, I’d love to hear whatever you have to share.

Kind of like how there’s a lot of physicists, chemists, biologists, or engineers who write Science Fiction

Or historians who write Historical Fiction?

I’m interested in reading any fictional books with “political intrigue”, really any thoughtful examination of politics within the story/series - written by an author who has a background in the field.

Even if they are just a politician or similar community organiser with no formal education, but reasonable experience that aids their writing.

I was inspired the George RR Martin quote about Aragorn’s tax policies. I could never quite understand how in a world with magic, currency exists. How are people poor if you can conjure resources, eliminating scarcity and thus the impetus for markets in the first place?

So I want to read any scholars in those areas taking these ideas to in the realm of fiction, akin to physicists theorising how we could travel at the speed of light.