Sad to inform you that the socialist fraternal kiss is actually counterrevolutionary (hexbear.net)

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[-] privatized_sun@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago

Marxist analysis of modes of production: people who lack fresh water/medicine are afraid of spreading germs, people who won't get killed by a virus are happy to swap biological fluids

[-] HumanBehaviorByBjork@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

except these cultural norms almost always predate both germ theory and modern sanitary technologies. an anthropologist would point out that there is no reason kissing should be considered a natural gesture.

[-] oregoncom@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

I thought it wasto ensure exchange of one particular virus that was fatal to fetuses if the mother contracted it during pregnancy but harmless if she contracted it before.