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[–] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

The worst enemy of a communist is other leftists.

[–] Eldritch@piefed.world 9 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

ML aren't communist. I absolutely support communists, they are 100% my ally. I wouldn't turn my back to a Leninist or trust them out of my sight. Because they are such good allies they've been known to imprison and slaughter anarchists when we stop being convenient to them.

[–] ThunderQueen@lemmy.world 8 points 11 hours ago

That part. ML are just fascists in a different economic coat.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

To be perfectly honest you all sound unhinged to me

[–] Eldritch@piefed.world 2 points 3 hours ago

That may say more about you than anything. ML aren't communist. It's just a fact. Not sure what's unhinged about that. They're aspirationally communist in a similar way to Charles Manson being aspirationally humanitarian.

The Soviets and the Bolsheviks slaughtered millions. Not just anarchist. It's just history. It's very fucked up. Especially that there are still so many that defend and lionize them. But it's just history. China has gotten better about hiding it. But they aren't different. 🤷

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

What's unhinged is people watching the end of the world play out in real time, and thinking we don't need a radically different way of living.

So if you find the left unhinged that leaves you as either a conservative wanting things to stay the same, or a fascist wanting to make things worse? Either way that's a problem you should work on.

[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 6 points 16 hours ago

left unity btw

[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 10 points 19 hours ago

Love to see it.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip -1 points 9 hours ago

It is almost like communism isn't a real political belief.