Like, I know at best they're ambivalent about things like racial and gender equality. But do you think they ever wonder why their movement is almost exclusively white and male? Ever cause them just a bit of self-doubt? I mean, one reason I know socialism/leftism is right and good is the fact that what we stand for attracts people of all backgrounds (at least IRL, not sure about online).

  • vertexarray [any]
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    3 years ago

    The thing that gets me is that their best-known texts are novels and children's books. Surely that should be the thing that triggers some introspection. Or perhaps the ones capable of critical thought get the fuck out of the movement once they notice that Adam Smith hated landlords.

    • HamManBad [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Liberals are the same way though, only fascists, "intellectual" conservatives and communists seem to actually read history. Obviously, with different perspectives on who the good guys are