I'm going to quote some good posts I saved/collectivized recently.

On the "Anti-Tankie "Left"

I’ve never seen such adamant leftists who don’t realize they can easily be swayed into supporting imperialism. Literally every socialist nation sucks ass to them, every revolution sucks, every leader to them is ass. There is nothing to learn from any contemporary or former socialist state, 20 billion dead and essentially why didn’t they press the communism button.

Who do they like? What do they support? What are their present goals? They can never get to the masses, because most of the developing world looks at China, Cuba, Vietnam, Venezuela, USSR when it was around as symbols of resistance to imperialism. Imagine one of these white western leftists talking to a poor citizen of the third world like “yeaaa umm actually having a strong central state that alleviates your poor material conditions is fascism, yea btw ur free education, healthcare, housing is not really socialism. You guys need to start a worker co op selling Lima beans, that is the true way.”

I’m just so pissed because I’ve recently got into hard leftism (used to be a socdem) and there’s one group of people who treat their personal politics as a cool kids club who like to sit, laugh and point at everyone else. Truth is, nobody outside their little insular group actually takes them seriously. These libertarian socialists have never provided any real material solutions to working class or poor people in any part of the globe yet they sit around all day lecturing everyone else on “real socialism.”

Unfortunately, this brand of leftism is rising in popularity in the United States and I fear that it is doomed to fail. I also find it strangely manufactured. Hmm, leftism in the US gaining popularity but also conveniently aligned against all socialist nations, as well as Iran, Russia, and Syria. LMFAO these people are literally sheepdogs to my entire generation. In short, they offer no solidarity to victims of imperialism and they don’t really seem to care about material conditions and historical materialism.

They serve a purpose, a purpose to ensure the left stays neutered and gets absolutely NOTHING done for poor/working class people. They’re like someone stranded at sea, who refuses to step foot on land because their goal is to reach the moon. Completely impractical, idealistic, naive, stubborn, and spineless. A paper tiger left that is just waiting to get fucking steamrolled by fascism without putting up a fight.

On wasting time arguing with wilfully ignorant

Imperialist propaganda efforts are currently spiking. CIA shills are out in droves trying to incite confrontation and instability.

I see a lot of comrades taking it upon themselves to educate the ignorant. While admirable, this is ultimately a lost cause 99% of the time. Refuse to interact with those adamantly hostile to you; identify those who are arguing with bad faith and leave them to wallow in their hatred and ignorance. Let reality bite them in the ass when their worldview inevitably collapses.

They are not worth your time and effort. They are irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. They shall be left behind in the long march for progress and history will forget them.

Preserve your mental health and use your time for productive activities such as learning, developing your own skills, or contributing to common prosperity.

Remember the proverb: "You can't wake a person pretending to sleep."