Pragmatic Leftist Theory
The neolibs are too far right. The tankies are doing whatever that is. Where's the space for the people who want fully-automated-luxury-gay-space-communism, but realize that it's gonna take a while and there are lots of steps between now and then? Here. This is that space.
Here, people should endeavor to discuss and devise practical, actionable leftist action. Vote lesser evil while you build grassroots coalitions. Unionize your workplace. Participate in SRAs. Build cohesion your local community. Educate the proletariat.
This is a place for practical people to develop practical plans to implement stable, incremental improvement.
If you're dead-set on drumming up all 18,453 True Leftists® into spontaneous Revolution, go somewhere else. The grown ups are talking.
Rules:
-1. Don't be a dick. Racism, sexism, other assorted bigotries, you know the drill. At least try to default to mutually respectful discussion. We're all on the same side here, unless you aren't, in which case kindly leave.
-2. Don't be a tankie. Yes I'm sure you have an extensive knowledge of century-old theory. There's been a century of history since then. Things didn't shake out as expected, maybe consider the possibility that a different angle of attack might be more effective in light of new data.
-3. Be practical. No one on the left benefits from counterproductive actions. This is a space informed by, not enslaved to, ideology. Promoting actions that are fundamentally untenable in the system in question, because they fulfill a sense of ideological purity, is a bad look. Don't do that.
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And the Republican lunatics are actually left-wing trolls, right? Or are they Russian bots?
Unfortunately, that's not some clever scheme to make them look detached from reality. They just are.
Did you seriously watch Tucker Carlson for ten whole minutes? Are you punishing yourself for something?
Are you trying to 'both sides' a rejection of 'both sides?'
It's possible for allegedly-left-wing assholes to be conservatives at heart, and plainly-right-wing assholes to also be conservatives at heart. Like hey, maybe the root problem is conservatism, as a tribalist worldview.
I'm clumsily pointing out that same logic can just as well be used by the other side to deny the problems in their camp. Maybe nobody should do it?
'They could say that about you!'
Yeah, but it would be wrong.
If Shaq tells me 'you're short,' DARVO's not gonna get me very far, unless he picks my ass up and throws me.
So the Nazis were socialists? I mean, they said so. Who am I to judge. Apparently.
If you meant to say that I, personally, don't get to unilaterally declare who's in the club - because words mean things, and labels are either accurate or not - yeah, that is what I am saying. Anyone can point to tankies and say 'you're identarians who don't seem to care about theory,' and be right. Anyone can point to Illinois Nazis and say 'you're secretly antifa!,' and be wrong. This is not a contradiction. You have to evaluate claims.
I don't even think identarian is a word
Substitute tribalist, campist, conservative, or whatever else communicates the fucking obvious meaning, before this antiyanks sockpuppet also gets banned.