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So many “activists” just wanna feel better and smarter and more radical than everyone else rather than do the hard work of meeting the people where they are and pushing them to learn and organize.

I don’t care that you’re too good to talk to liberals. I’m not.

The USSR wasn’t capitalist. Who were the capitalists You admit Cuba was successful. China and Vietnam have dramatically improved the material conditions for a majority of its citizens

Aaaannnnnd you lost

I’m just tired of the high horse you all sit on while achieving little and having an ideal in your head that is somehow magically going to maintain power

Regardless if that revolution is achieving material gains for the masses-- if it doesn't fit their idealistic view of horizontally decentralized, no state, no authority-- they WILL team up with social Democrats and yes, even fascists to destroy it. Socialist Spain was a perfect example of this.

"stop infighting this" "sectarianism that" Anarchists have historically always been counter-revolutionary. Their ideology is rooted in individualistic whims and desires, not collective liberation. They will destroy any revolution if they believe socialism is not being done "their way."

10. challenge them. It's a mindset crafted through growing up in capitalist culture, and one that any true communist should work adamantly to unlearn.

9. What they really mean is: "Listen to ME." They simply want to disguise their experience as collective, but it is again idpol.

Ultra-leftists view the world through an individualistic and narcissistic lens, which is why they get so hostile when challenged. To challenge their opinions is to--

8. and historical experience, and how sex work is inseparably tied to class exploitation, you will inevitably receive replies from outliers who believe their experience reigns supreme (mostly white, westerners who willingly do Onlyfans). They will say "listen to sex workers, you puritan!"

7. Another example is the topic of sex work. The collective and historical reality of the majority of sex workers throughout the ages has been one of poverty, exploitation, and coercion. Polling from thousands of SWs worldwide reveals this is still the reality. Yet, when pointing out the collective

6. and it's important to read from people with diverse experiences, not just Marx himself. I am advocate for reading from black and brown revolutionaries like Thomas Sankara, Che Guavara, Fred Hampton, etc. Still, that doesn't change the fact that without Marxism, there is no revolution.

5. Those engaging in idpol believe only they have the intellect, the knowledge, the experience to have an opinion-- identity politics is simply their way of bullying others into submission/shutting up.

You can take into account that yes, you personally may not relate to Marx as a person,

4. details like "200 years ago" as if Marx's works don't also describe modern day.

When you try to reiterate the material impact Marx had on history, the same person may respond, "well you're white/a man/privileged/etc. so shut up and listen to ME." The emphasis being on "me."

3. in my opinion, a good way to look at things, because it takes into account the accurate history and collective significance of Marx's literature. However, someone engaging in idpol might respond, "Yeah well he's a white guy from 200 years ago." This argument focuses on identity and irrelevant

2. online debate among leftists of the importance of reading Marx. One might say "Marx was the first to explain class structure in a scientific way to the masses, which laid the foundation for every socialist revolution worldwide, so it's important to at least be familiar with Marx." This is

Many people who consider themselves "leftists" are very focused on identity politics as a way to win arguments on topics instead of viewing things dialectically. They place their own individual experiences and identity over historical and collective experience.

Just one example, the watered-down

I moved the calendar after this

Eating the most delectable peach rn imma become one of those people who eat fruit after dinner and call it dessert

Look at the same old double-standard at play. Some shitheads find one political detransitioner and that gets more airtime than any happy trans people could ever hope for. They still tell you that estrogen will give you all the blood clots, instead of remotely up-to-date info on that rare risk.