I have to go to work so this will be the last thing I say on this socdem stuff but:
Imagine, if you can, you’re a person born into a country where what you make now in the imperial core in an hour is the weekly or monthly wage. You know your country is ravaged by the forces of imperialism and recognize socialism is the only way to right the wrongs of the current world order
You hear about the empire of all capitalist oppression having some “socialist” politicians and they say “Medicare 4 all, anyway bomb Yemen or whatever I guess lol” and you, knowing how core anti-imperialism is to socialism just have to laugh. That’s not a socialist
As with all struggle sessions I’ve seen on this site this primarily comes from someone in a position of relative privilege forming an opinion about something with little to no regard for the people who are hurt most by it. It is chauvinism to immediately clutch pearls for some imperialists when they’re being criticized by those that are exploited by that imperialism.
I’m sorry but if there was a button in front of me that said “no able bodied cis white people in the imperial core ever get health care ever but capital pulls out of the global south rn” I’d push it 100 times. There’s no reason people should work from the time they can walk in horrific conditions and live tragic lives so we can be fail children and play Pokémon into our 30s (relatively speaking of course, I am aware oppression exists here but it’s way more present for the global poor).
Please listen to some videos of hakim or other comrades in exploited countries, or read Modern Imperialism by John smith.
It is fine to want better for your community but it shouldnt come at the expense of already brutalized communities and if it does we, as socialists are morally obliged to speak up on the behalf of those whose voices are given no regard by capital.
Who do you think you have more in common with ideologically and goal wise? A politician, now with vested interest in capitalism and making 174k+ a year, or the exploited proles, your comrades in these poor countries. Stand up for your comrades.
I have to go to work so this will be the last thing I say on this socdem stuff but:
Imagine, if you can, you’re a person born into a country where what you make now in the imperial core in an hour is the weekly or monthly wage. You know your country is ravaged by the forces of imperialism and recognize socialism is the only way to right the wrongs of the current world order
You hear about the empire of all capitalist oppression having some “socialist” politicians and they say “Medicare 4 all, anyway bomb Yemen or whatever I guess lol” and you, knowing how core anti-imperialism is to socialism just have to laugh. That’s not a socialist
As with all struggle sessions I’ve seen on this site this primarily comes from someone in a position of relative privilege forming an opinion about something with little to no regard for the people who are hurt most by it. It is chauvinism to immediately clutch pearls for some imperialists when they’re being criticized by those that are exploited by that imperialism.
I’m sorry but if there was a button in front of me that said “no able bodied cis white people in the imperial core ever get health care ever but capital pulls out of the global south rn” I’d push it 100 times. There’s no reason people should work from the time they can walk in horrific conditions and live tragic lives so we can be fail children and play Pokémon into our 30s (relatively speaking of course, I am aware oppression exists here but it’s way more present for the global poor).
Please listen to some videos of hakim or other comrades in exploited countries, or read Modern Imperialism by John smith.
It is fine to want better for your community but it shouldnt come at the expense of already brutalized communities and if it does we, as socialists are morally obliged to speak up on the behalf of those whose voices are given no regard by capital.
Who do you think you have more in common with ideologically and goal wise? A politician, now with vested interest in capitalism and making 174k+ a year, or the exploited proles, your comrades in these poor countries. Stand up for your comrades.