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

  • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    Yeah I think in a South African context, point 3 is really good when applied to things like tribalism and xenophobia.

    Unfortunately it is very easy for things to be misunderstood and I think a lot of Americans are burnt out because they've seen some "Marxists" in the USA say similar things and then turn reactionary. I'm not American though so I'm guessing though things I've seen on here.