I'm honestly at the point now whenever I meet someone in the west who calls themselves a socialist or anarchist I just default assume they're a NATO stan who fans free college.
It'll quickly sort out the possible allies or collaborators from mealymouthed worms.
Sure there's a time and place to put on different hats and keep your ideology to yourself when coalition building a popular front, but United fronts generally require you to be up front with what you stand for when talking about what goals you want to collectively work for.
yup, plus you get to explain to well-meaning but misinformed types who think, for example, that surplus value refers to the reserve army of labor (and therefore casts them aside)
I'm honestly at the point now whenever I meet someone in the west who calls themselves a socialist or anarchist I just default assume they're a NATO stan who fans free college.
The reason why I will call myself a communist and not a "leftist"
same, I'd rather just have the argument
It'll quickly sort out the possible allies or collaborators from mealymouthed worms.
Sure there's a time and place to put on different hats and keep your ideology to yourself when coalition building a popular front, but United fronts generally require you to be up front with what you stand for when talking about what goals you want to collectively work for.
yup, plus you get to explain to well-meaning but misinformed types who think, for example, that surplus value refers to the reserve army of labor (and therefore casts them aside)