As Matt said, the only things these terms describe in a country with no left wing is your online posting style. There are no factions to split hairs on because there is no organized left whatsoever in this country.
Yeah one of the reasons among others why I was really off put when interacting IRL with the local Trotskyist group here (whose apparently funded according to one member I was talking to by some local rich Trotskyist) when they kept talking about "stalinist" unironically among the current "left". Like bro we are not at the point were that's relevant at all we need to band together. To be fair though they were much cooler then super online Trotskyist and we had much in agreement and alot of them really do do serious organizing, even if it's within the bounds of western imperialism quite often . One of them worked at a military manufacturer.
When asked in person I just say I'm a "pan leftist" so as to cut through the pointless larping factionalism. Personally my world view is also influenced by many non Marxist writers.
I personally hold the standard that you can call yourself a trade unionist if you're a worker under a union and participate in the union beyond voting for leadership every election, or are working to install a union in your workplace.
Otherwise you're either a union supporter - to which I say there's nothing wrong with being one, fellow travelers are always welcome allies. Or a fucking larper who does more damage to the movement through their performative act as a caricature of everything wrong with the movement.
I call myself an anarchist because I do cool anarchist stuff. Also I got fired in a union busting purge against my organizing committee, I tend to agree that the factionalism present among left politics in the west and especially online is extremely stupid.
As Matt said, the only things these terms describe in a country with no left wing is your online posting style. There are no factions to split hairs on because there is no organized left whatsoever in this country.
Yeah one of the reasons among others why I was really off put when interacting IRL with the local Trotskyist group here (whose apparently funded according to one member I was talking to by some local rich Trotskyist) when they kept talking about "stalinist" unironically among the current "left". Like bro we are not at the point were that's relevant at all we need to band together. To be fair though they were much cooler then super online Trotskyist and we had much in agreement and alot of them really do do serious organizing, even if it's within the bounds of western imperialism quite often . One of them worked at a military manufacturer.
When asked in person I just say I'm a "pan leftist" so as to cut through the pointless larping factionalism. Personally my world view is also influenced by many non Marxist writers.
Not to pull an anarkiddies, but I would bet most people who self-id as syndicalists have never had a job
I personally hold the standard that you can call yourself a trade unionist if you're a worker under a union and participate in the union beyond voting for leadership every election, or are working to install a union in your workplace.
Otherwise you're either a union supporter - to which I say there's nothing wrong with being one, fellow travelers are always welcome allies. Or a fucking larper who does more damage to the movement through their performative act as a caricature of everything wrong with the movement.
I call myself an anarchist because I do cool anarchist stuff. Also I got fired in a union busting purge against my organizing committee, I tend to agree that the factionalism present among left politics in the west and especially online is extremely stupid.
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