> be me
> be patriotic socialist
> use sinophobia and american exceptionalism to fuel support for my “patriotic socialist” org
> write manifesto called “my struggle”
> org starts receiving a lot of money mysteriously
> membership skyrockets
> start going by “PatSocs”
> get cool uniforms and armbands
> start patrolling neighborhoods
> a lot of those neighborhoods are minority communities
> idpol is an op though so we don’t care
> gain support in the suburbs
> now backed by the country’s most powerful unions
> it’s the police union and prison guard union, but whatever, they’re workers too, right?
> now being called “Patzis” for short
> mfw the actual people’s revolution comes and we’re the baddies
> smdh as I’m lined up against the wall for being a fucking nazi

:hst-gun: :pit:

  • Redbolshevik2 [he/him]
    ·
    3 years ago

    I think people on both sides of the Patriotic Socialism debate are being overly dogmatic, but goddamn have the PatSocs gone out of their way to prove that it just attracts reactionaries.

    • Wheaties [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      There is the correct understanding that we should meet our fellow citizens where they are at, rather than where we would like them to be. But that hardly entails stooping to jingoism.

    • Shitbird [any]
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      3 years ago

      the PatSocs gone out of their way to prove that it just attracts reactionaries

      u kno ef yur ideaolologee keps atraktin reaktshunaris tht mite b a sine ur ideuhs r badd