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ive been saying this

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by that logic you would have no issue with right wing populism either

im going to tear my hair out

i regret to inform you that the dictionary should not be where you go to learn about political concepts

it sounds like you do not understand how populism functions !

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did i say that they were? anywhere?

the point is that meeting people where they're at ≠ compromising on principles. that doesn't get anyone anywhere, it just keeps us running in circles. or are you content to run in circles?

you're barking up the wrong tree. i've been at this shit for a decade. i am well aware of all of these things and have often been the starving person. doesn't change the fact we have to do it anyways, and that far too many are given far more opportunity than those who are actually doing it and don't

do you think that things are the way they are because of bad faith actors in high positions or because of structural inequality

last thing i will say but i feel like the discrepancy on how my use of "populism" is being interpreted is from people who are not being honest with themselves about the state of the US left. We are nowhere close to any kind of revolutionary populism because revolutionary politics are not popular

sorry ill stop now i just tested positive for covid so ive got the exact wrong combination of "generally mad at the world" and "dont really have fuck else to do" to get into arguments

believe it or not i'm not just a mean bitch for the hell of it but my patience for people who want to run around in circles when the reality is presented right in front of them is running incredibly thin. i'm bored let's all grow a collective backbone

the real gag is most of the "left" are just liberals who don't like the democrats and have opted for the term leftist because calling yourself a liberal is passé. it's seen as an insult more than a political tendency with meaning

did i say that? no. i'm saying people need to get with the program and not expect their hands to be held

? that's the exact argument i'm making. am i speaking in riddles

meeting people where they're at shouldn't mean repeatedly compromising on core principles. as long as the left remains unserious about getting principled, we're not going to see serious results.

most of the US "left" is still infantile and incredibly reactionary. instead of coddling those reactionary tendencies perhaps we should work on building something else so that people have a place to channel their indignation about the state of things that's actually productive

the weird doomer responses and taking this in the wrong faith ate so funny to me i'm sorry. the point is that populism as applied in a reactionary society is going to reproduce reactionary results. That cannot be the tactic you fundamentally organize around if you want to get anywhere.

if you read this post and thought it was fascist i think that is your own problem. "nobody knows you" i am not a public figure i am a guy online mostly talking to my friends. it is pretty obvious even just from the surface that this is intraleft critique

okay i have to stop looking at the replies on that now before i actually get mad. god we are so, so cooked

i don't need that manual on how to make wheels because i can just invent something new out of pure imagination and idealism that does the job better. no i haven't started making anything yet, why do you ask?

context clues. come on

oomf why did u have to quote me now im going to get annoying people on my vent post

i think its incredibly obvious what im saying

like hey we know this thing doesn't work and is going to keep making the problem snowball but we have to keep trying. no we can't try anything new that actually works bc that would be too hard and require too much personal sacrifice

i need everyone to get more comfortable with being uncomfortable now!!!

i know it may sound crazy . but sometimes.... what is right is not always popular 😨 i would even venture to say it is usually unpopular