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🧵 Synthetic Leftism vs. American Conservatism 1. Synthetic leftism is the false messiah for those rightfully resentful of the way things are. It is the product of cultural programs spearheaded by the CIA, for Ford Foundation, and other similar organizations, with one simple aim

EDIT: i now see the glaring problem with this thread- it assumes proletarians (white ones especially) are mostly reactionary and won't advocate for their own class interests. further, he only addresses two types of americans, the radlib and the white reactionary. this thread is almost entirely unhelpful to people on this site who are in neither category and consistently fight back against libs and reactionaries alike.

also the term "synthetic left" was coined by calep maupin, a patsoc and genuinely revolting person

a better tweet than this would have been "radlibs appropriate the struggles of marginalized people to distract from the struggle of the working class, but the material conditions of the working class are affected by structures like racism, sexism, transphobia, homophobia, etc. 1/2" "Therefore a mass communist movement must focus on improving the material conditions of the lower classes, but especially to those most oppressed under capitalism"

this was quite the struggle session

Thank you to everyone who shared their input, you guys are the best :soviet-heart: communism will win, love you all

PS read some Mao

  • BatCountryMusicFan [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    where in the thread does it say communists should follow reactionary tendencies just because they are popular?

    by turning class oppression into just another type of oppression alongside racial, gender, national, etc. oppression, you get a "left" that is useless to the broad masses of the working people

    Implying class oppression is a sepatate issue and should be treated as such

    Culture wars should not come before class struggle,

    Inplying those are separate issues and should be treated as such

    • ZoomeristLeninist [they/them, she/her]
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      3 years ago

      class oppression is central to capitalism and emphasizing it above other struggles is not meant to ignore other struggles. in fact, to truly support the struggles of BIPOC, LGBT, and women, one must accept that their struggle results from a bourgeois need to fracture the proletarian. the western communist movement can support things like landback, reparations, queer liberation, gender equality, etc. but we will never achieve these things absent of a true mass movement. and you don't get a mass movement by treating lumpenproles as the other and scapegoating them for the problems caused by the bourgeoisie.

      again, this is NOT to say we should surrender to their reactionary views, rather we should focus on educating and building solidarity

      • HodgePodge [love/loves]
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        3 years ago

        in fact, to truly support the struggles of BIPOC, LGBT, and women, one must accept that their struggle results from a bourgeois need to fracture the proletarian.

        No. That’s literally not how this shit works. Patriarchy is older than capitalism and it survives past capitalism into socialist societies when it is not aggressively combatted.

        we should focus on educating and building solidarity

        Marginalized people demand respect and liberation. We are not guaranteed foot soldiers for some kind of white boy socialist project. I cannot build solidarity with someone who doesn’t view me as human.

        • ZoomeristLeninist [they/them, she/her]
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          3 years ago

          Patriarchy is older than capitalism

          older than capitalism, yes. but older than class? no

          Marginalized people demand respect and liberation. We are not guaranteed foot soldiers for some kind of white boy socialist project. I cannot build solidarity with someone who doesn’t view me as human

          i see where you are coming from. im not saying reactionary views should be accepted in the movement, just that people with reactionary views need education

          • HodgePodge [love/loves]
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            3 years ago

            older than capitalism, yes. but older than class? no

            Arguing semantics is boring. Read up on kyriarchy if you want to nerd out on how this works.

            Every successfully revolution has focused on combatting other systems of oppression in addition to class / capitalism.

            see where you are coming from. im not saying reactionary views should be accepted in the movement, just that people with reactionary views need education

            We agree on this then, good. 👍

      • SerLava [he/him]M
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        2 years ago

        This got reported, but I'm leaving this up cause it seems like you came around.

        Capitalism benefits from and encourages racism etc, but bigotry is a religion for a lot of people, sometimes literally, and meeting peoples' material needs will only make fighting it a a little easier.

        • ZoomeristLeninist [they/them, she/her]
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          2 years ago

          thanks! yeah, not surprising that it was reported since i was being pretty obtuse and borderline defending reactionaries

          but this thread really helped me examine my own counter-revolutionary biases. im almost finished reading settlers. learned a lot the past couple weeks thanks to the comrades in this thread