• CatratchoPalestino [none/use name]
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    11 months ago

    you may consider marcyism to be non existent but marcy’s theories, in modified forms at least, maintains a high level of belief in the western or more specifically english cultural hegemony and in the united states specifically the PSL is a former marcyist organization and it’s the largest marxist leninist org in the country. and your explanation is falling on deaf ears when all I’m hearing is “don’t organize against your demsoc government because it’s fighting for national sovereignty against the united states” (sovereignty for national bourgeois who oppress all the same)

    • voight [he/him, any]
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      11 months ago

      Man I'm just 360° noscoping these. Yeah you would have scolded Iraq War protestors.

      all I’m hearing is “don’t organize against your demsoc government because it’s fighting for national sovereignty against the united states” (sovereignty for national bourgeois who oppress all the same)

      Are the Marcyists in the room with us right now?

      • CatratchoPalestino [none/use name]
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        11 months ago

        the iraq war where the united states invaded iraq or do you mean the gulf war where iraq invaded kuwait because I think you’re conflating them

        seems like there are marcyites since it sounds like i’ve found their strongest defender

        • voight [he/him, any]
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          11 months ago

          The protest movement against Iraq II, meek as it was, resulted in the word Marcyite being thrown around quite a bit. And one of Slavoj Zizek's stinkiest papers ever

          You just keep insisting there is a connection between basic anti-imperialist postions and dabbing on the global poor.

          Well, I'm sorry to disappoint you but nothing I said should be heard as telling you not to organize for a better world, I wish you the best with that.

          • CatratchoPalestino [none/use name]
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            11 months ago

            just because the word marcyite has been used as an unfair polemic doesn’t mean that marcyism hasn’t had much control over the literal successor organizations like the PSL or organizations filled with a lot of their members like the ANSWER coalition. and I can organize for a better world tomorrow today I complain about americans

            • voight [he/him, any]
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              11 months ago

              Why complain about the sliver of Americans who take anti-imperialist positions because you view it as... a slippery slope into unconditional support of reactionary governments? You've got plenty of Americans who are more concerned with your country as a source of Poison Blood.

              Our creditors, international electoral & financial organizations the EU+US+Japan+SK has dominance over, & our military training, aid, & intervention are what have amplified reactionary currents in Latin America. Not the PSL. You're tilting at windmills.

              Feel free to be more specific with your actual grievances against these organizations.

              • CatratchoPalestino [none/use name]
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                11 months ago

                I don’t have issues with americans usually mexicans are much worse and all the organizations you list and actions done are your government not you. why would I blame americans for actions done at the behest of capitalists? I blame the capitalists not the workers

    • autismdragon [he/him, they/them]
      hexagon
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      11 months ago

      Im sorry but where are you getting the dont organize against them thing i still dont get that. I havent seen anyone say that.

      • CatratchoPalestino [none/use name]
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        11 months ago

        even if every single american leftist has never said “don’t organize against socdems” and I can assure you there are people probably within this very post who think criticizing let alone organizing against someone like say maduro is western imperialism waiting to end venezuelan sovereignty I think the standard should be higher towards more solidarity and support within the international movement for each other

        • autismdragon [he/him, they/them]
          hexagon
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          11 months ago

          Sounds like you made some assumptions about my positions that dont actually apply then. Ive never even brought up Maduro. I am aware though that the ML party there opposes him and the Guyana situation. I dont want to jump to the conclusion that they are right just because they label themselves ML but i am inclined to lend them faith