Why dont this "leftists" go ask Pol Pot what happens when you dont read theory?

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  • REallyN [she/her,they/them]
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    4 years ago

    The funny thing is, she is right in that even reading 500 communist thinkers isn’t enough, to fully understand leftism in context one needs to have a wide understanding of philosophy, politics, sociology and more. Just reading communist thinkers won’t cut it.

    pass
    I'll just stick with the principals of communism
    i'm not going to be a theorist or whatever

    • Huldra [they/them, it/its]
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      4 years ago

      That's perfectly ok, you don't need any theory to just "be" on the left or support other leftist endeavours, its when you start putting forward opinions, ideas and critiques that a theoretical framework becomes necessary to actually legitimize your position on the left.