As children raised in the United States of America, we were expected every morning to recite the pledge of allegiance to our country. In grade school, we were taught that our first president,...
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Many on the anti-patriotic left raise their qualms with the growing discussions of patriotism in the communist movement, citing red herrings such as bourgeois nationalism, imperialism and the history of colonialism to encapsulate why the United States is uniquely incapable of reconciliation - why socialist principles used in imperial and settler colonial countries of the 20th century are incapable of practice in the United States. This critique is reminiscent of Jay Lovestone’s argument regarding capitalism in the U.S. to which led to the phrase coined by Stalin ‘American Exceptionalism’. Often these days, we use this term to describe the imperialist class and their double standards of law and democracy, but lest we forget this term found its birth against a faction in the Communist Party USA who thought the United States was too exceptional of a case for basic communist principles to be applied to. I fear the anti-patriotic left mirrors this error.
Now you too can cackle like a mad person whenever a hog talks about American exceptionalism in a positive light. Because it's literally historical fact our big lovable boy :stalin-cig: coined the phrase "American exceptionalism" and not the Marquis De Lafayette.
Citation: Jay Lovestone was a former prominent figure in CPUSA during the time of Comrade Forester who argued that, during the 20s right before the great depression, that America was too wealthy, rich, and had such a strongly entrenched bougeoise that it was impossible for the Communist movement to gain any ground.
J.Stalin told Lovestone that he's full of shit and a right-opportunist who thinks that America is uniquely exempt from historical materialism and said he should either correct his anti-communist perspective or leave the Party.
And then the great depression happened, Lovestone and his people formed a faction and split from the party, and down the road Jay Lovestone joined the fucking CIA as an anti-communist expert.
The lesson Kayla here is pointing out, is much like how Comrade Stalin looked upon the past and drew the conclusion that "History shows that there are no invincible armies." When the Nazi machine was portraying itself as an unstoppable juggernaut, we should understand that History shows us there are no immortal empires.
America is not exceptional. And America will one day fall. How that happens is up to whoever seizes the vanguard role to guide the people towards the future.
Now you too can cackle like a mad person whenever a hog talks about American exceptionalism in a positive light. Because it's literally historical fact our big lovable boy :stalin-cig: coined the phrase "American exceptionalism" and not the Marquis De Lafayette.
Citation: Jay Lovestone was a former prominent figure in CPUSA during the time of Comrade Forester who argued that, during the 20s right before the great depression, that America was too wealthy, rich, and had such a strongly entrenched bougeoise that it was impossible for the Communist movement to gain any ground.
J.Stalin told Lovestone that he's full of shit and a right-opportunist who thinks that America is uniquely exempt from historical materialism and said he should either correct his anti-communist perspective or leave the Party.
And then the great depression happened, Lovestone and his people formed a faction and split from the party, and down the road Jay Lovestone joined the fucking CIA as an anti-communist expert.
The lesson Kayla here is pointing out, is much like how Comrade Stalin looked upon the past and drew the conclusion that "History shows that there are no invincible armies." When the Nazi machine was portraying itself as an unstoppable juggernaut, we should understand that History shows us there are no immortal empires.
America is not exceptional. And America will one day fall. How that happens is up to whoever seizes the vanguard role to guide the people towards the future.