翔宇歸來 Xiangyu Returns (@XYreturns)
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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

  • 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. 👍