Utopianism and idealism have long plagued the left, as Marx and Engels pointed out a century and a half ago. But these days, the leftists are tilting at wind...

This is actually quite good; addresses the western left's obsession with purity and martyrdom without producing a single useful result.

    • Collatz_problem [comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      They were even more idiotic than modern brainworms, but massive disillusionment with old society really helped.

      there’s probably always a period where radical ideology is disseminating through the masses and is mostly misunderstood you know?

      There was literally a joke about it:

      • Who you support: Bolsheviks or Communists?

      • I support the International!