The left has a PR problem. No one wants us to be right, and having political views to the left of Hitler is a good way to be alienated by mainstream society. I'm not saying "sigh, we gotta get more racist." or saying "Look, I AM racist, but..." but what I am referring to is stealing right wing arguments and talking points, then using it in our favor. We already (kinda) defused based, and it was a little funny seeing some nazis claim that's cultural appropriation (never mind that Lil' B, a black guy, came up with the term first).
It sounds semi-promising to use demagoguery ourselves, but if this is a no go: I'd rather just learn that right now.
Alright, let's work with an example that I've seen recently on mastodon: https://transmom.love/@elilla/108170684453719319
Now I'm not holding this up as a case of someone with 'good marxist values', far from it. I think their personal antifascism is chaotic, and while well-meaning, I don't think her method should really be held up as the ideal form of activism.
BUT, what she is doing moreso than most actual marxists is working with people at their level by using practice to dialectically make adjustments to her theory of the world. In doing so, she gains a support network not just on the fedi but irl as well. This is what I mean in my other comment in this post when I say "we need to take on the language of the proletariat by working with them". The Pedagogy of the Oppressed doesn't work when it's one-sided. Leftist praxis furthers the cause by simultaneously decreasing both the alienation of the organizer and the alienation of the people they're organizing through direct contact and empathy. This is why Coal Mining Unions and Black Liberation movements were able to explode in popularity in the US before the govt started to catch up and design counter-strategies.
You're not going to get that from the detached cynicism of the fascist death drive that fuels right-wing meme strategies. Wholesale adoption of postmodern ideology without criticism is anti-marxist.
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