"I'm also a Marxist-Leninist."

liberalism

Both are socialists. I don't think we do ourselves any favors by saying that one of the prominent left politicians in America, who is despised by the Democratic party elite, is a "fake" socialist. Evo and AOC are both important courageous leftists.

The differences between them aren't even that extreme. Evo Morales isn't a Marxist-Leninist or anything, he governed as a moderate reformer and actually was protested by the left for being disappointing on a number of things and not going far enough.

These people are the opportunists you've been warned about. Stop defending them. They're less than useless.

  • Invidiarum [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    I think this is the real take to be dunked. Yes, NJR posted cringe, whatever. But this example of imperialist mindset had to be constructed in a lab. Like on the one hand you have a country that was colonized, had a dictatorship like 20 years ago and where the empire orchestrated a fascist coup last year, where a indigenous socialist movement fights for their rights and a better future. And of course, there will always be critics who think progress is not made fast enough.

    On the other hand you have a nordic european oil rich country with a century long socdem tradition. Yes, they have a great standart of living, but let's be real, you would have to try to fuck this up.

    Like what does Matt thinks beaing a socialist means? Median standard of living? see above lmao

    %of unionmembers? yeah good comparing a country where thats just the default to one where faacists try to murder you for it