Apologies for the late response, I don't frequent this site too much.
It's funny that as soon as I'm questioned about specifics I'm not even sure what I was referring to lol. I'm not really well-read enough to give you a good answer.
Absent specifics, what I was saying was this: in my experiences trying to bring people into socialism, bringing up the USSR in a positive light has not been successful, even if someone is generally open to the idea of, say, nationalizing industry. This goes double for any working-class person I've talked to.
I guess precisely BECAUSE we are so weak, the #1 thing we can point to in this nascent left movement is the uncontroversial take that militant unions get the goods. Here and now. We can all see it, and many workers are starting to see it too. In the face of that, defending the USSR seems like a silly internet thing to me.
^FOR NOW. I think the main point I was missing though was that if the left were not so weak, the USSR would not be such a fringe discussion.
Yeah, in short, read theory. Let's end it there lol
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Operation Lentil, four pests campaign, etc. I think AES is better than capitalism but there have certainly been some bad things.
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Apologies for the late response, I don't frequent this site too much.
It's funny that as soon as I'm questioned about specifics I'm not even sure what I was referring to lol. I'm not really well-read enough to give you a good answer.
Absent specifics, what I was saying was this: in my experiences trying to bring people into socialism, bringing up the USSR in a positive light has not been successful, even if someone is generally open to the idea of, say, nationalizing industry. This goes double for any working-class person I've talked to.
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For sure. Demonstrable gains are undeniable.
I guess precisely BECAUSE we are so weak, the #1 thing we can point to in this nascent left movement is the uncontroversial take that militant unions get the goods. Here and now. We can all see it, and many workers are starting to see it too. In the face of that, defending the USSR seems like a silly internet thing to me.
^FOR NOW. I think the main point I was missing though was that if the left were not so weak, the USSR would not be such a fringe discussion.
Yeah, in short, read theory. Let's end it there lol