There's definitely a strain of "Stalin did nothing wrong but AOC's a fascist" leftist that I don't see building any sort of mass socialist movement in the U.S.
i like to bother M-Ls, but the fact is every tendency has their way of logically justifying our collective paralysis in the face of widespread impending doom
That's why it's so frustrating to see shit slinging (not mere criticism) directed at people at least trying to move in the right direction. No one on the left or anywhere near the left has a proven answer. If they did, the left would be a lot more powerful than it is today. So why be pissy to those who are at least giving something a go?
We should have a bias toward people who are taking action, because inaction isn't going to cut it, and no one can really say for sure if a given action is bad.
organizing reading groups and posting is the only acceptable praxis. anything else is either ultraleft adventurism or social-democratic fascism
There's definitely a strain of "Stalin did nothing wrong but AOC's a fascist" leftist that I don't see building any sort of mass socialist movement in the U.S.
i like to bother M-Ls, but the fact is every tendency has their way of logically justifying our collective paralysis in the face of widespread impending doom
That's why it's so frustrating to see shit slinging (not mere criticism) directed at people at least trying to move in the right direction. No one on the left or anywhere near the left has a proven answer. If they did, the left would be a lot more powerful than it is today. So why be pissy to those who are at least giving something a go?
We should have a bias toward people who are taking action, because inaction isn't going to cut it, and no one can really say for sure if a given action is bad.
I see that kind of stuff on this site all the time.