What kind of electoralism is it, proletarian or bourgeois, idealist or materialist? Do they declare solidarity with the occupied third world, or do they sympathize with the naval gazing narcissism of the first world labor aristocracy?

The fact that Bad Faith believes "self driving cars are the future" and "we can go full clean energy without fossil fuels" tells us they're just merely woke liberals who don't know about the effects of resource extraction. How can you be a Marxist with less of an understanding of basic physics than papa Karl? It's impossible to be a materialist if you're as delusional as the Elon Musk death cult redditors

      • a_blanqui_slate [none/use name, any]
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        4 years ago

        I have an explicit carve-out for my annoyingly affected twee "nice to everyone and mails jam" personality that applies to people who without any self-awareness try to moralize what at a base level are trivial aesthetic considerations.

        • purr [undecided]
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          4 years ago

          Well you did it. You were needlessly mean to make a point. Congrats. I used to think you were a really cool user here....

            • purr [undecided]
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              4 years ago

              Oh so you were rude in retaliation! Thanks! Makes so much sense now!

              • a_blanqui_slate [none/use name, any]
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                4 years ago

                Let me see if I cant try this again with the annoying affectation back on.

                I do genuinely think we should be a lot more charitable to people working to further the goals of leftist politics, even if we strongly disagree with their methods and takes, because in the end we're all fallible and could end up being wrong. So when I see perceive that charity is not being extended, either in a mean-spirited or gossipy sort of way (which is how I read your), it does raise my hackles.

              • a_blanqui_slate [none/use name, any]
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                4 years ago

                I have unironically thought about it as a "no first use" type policy before, but then again I'm not sure about the wisdom of analogizing nuclear strategy to interpersonal conversations.