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[jingerpi]

I feel like a lot of leftists™ approach revolution as a kind of charity outreach project and it's really frustrating because it's getting people killed. revolution is not a protest, it's not a demonstration, it's not making lots of friends or advocating for ideology correctly. revolution is class war. we are engaging in literal war, okay? this is not a metaphor, you think they killed fred hampton metaphorically? you think ice is just pretending? cointelpro is some kind of dated silly fact for YouTube essays?

no, this stuff is serious. we can't afford to be pretty pretty when we fight for revolution. you can't try to make all the online leftists happy. you don't fight to look pretty, you fight to win, to crush your enemy. that requires centralization, secrecy, and yes even violence.

this isn't some mistake certain groups are making which deprives them of their pure character, it's not something that disconnects them from the working class and makes them elitist. on the contrary, it's the only way to actually get the working class out of this mess, it's the logical conclusion of the current conditions, it's forced on to us by our opponents. treating this as war, as engaging with enemy forces, is how revolution happens. and im getting very tired of watching people sit back and criticize others for being too militant like it's not simply another form of liberal pacifism. either get out and join the political struggle against opposing forces, or support the people who are doing so.

your nitpicking isn't going to win the proletariat freedom, and if it's not helping the proletariat, it's helping the bourgeoisie. don't be a tool for oppressors. don't be a traitor. if you care about any of this at all, you'll support the people fighting for your freedom

[hagiomoto]

Trump is actually easier to deal with on the global stage. I know people would freak if we said this out loud especially with issues like ICE, DOGE, the gutting of USAID, and the wars and atrocities he’s been involved in but when it comes to international relations, Trump and his team are far more predictable. I just can’t stand it when Obama and Hillary are front and center. Americans barely pay attention to what’s happening in West Asia when those two are running the show. They didn’t just let ISIS happen, they funded them.

[imsobadatnicknames2]

It's not like I'm saying anything new here or anything, but the problem with "leftism" as a political descriptor (and with people who vaguely identify as "leftist" without any specifics) is best exemplified by the fact that "support small businesses" is broadly perceived to be a leftist cause on here.

[communardkitty]

Don't call yourself a socialist/communist, if you aren't one.

Seriously. No, you aren't a communist cuz you want universal healthcare, or a general welfare state, let alone a UBI. Call yourself a social democrat, a traitor, a liberal, a fascist, whatever. You aren't, however, a communist. You aren't a socialist or communist bcz you vote aoc and Bernie or Mamdani, bcz a communist would not give their vote to a bourgeois, genocidal, imperialist party, not for their reformist wing, which captures young marxist leaning people either. Palestine lies in shatters, partially bcz of democrats. Iran is under attack, partially bcz of democrats. Cuba was under attack and is under siege for decades now, partially bcz of democrats. Countless other wars, coups, genocides, not to mention the domestic and foreign exploitation of the international proletariat. Democrats *are* imperialists, they are supporters of the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie. And you are not one of our comrades if you support them in any way.

[communardkitty]

The self glorification liberals undertake is so interesting. Like, you'll tell them that you don't vote bcz parlamentarianism is an obsolete tool for our class, and they'll genuinely treat that like you just killed a baby. "Don't you know what a privilege it is to be able to vote, not everyone can, you are at fault for Trump!!" For one, it is a privilege afforded to us by the dictatorship of the bourgeois, a privilege insofar that its not only at all times redactable if they so wish, but also that it literally doesn't do shit. You wouldn't call giving your toddler a toy so they don't throw a tantrum a great privilege, yet you do when it's done to your entire class? And further, how do you actually disagree with Trump, aside from form?? He's a genocider, so were Obama, Hillary, Biden and Harris, why choose which head represent this barbarism and thereby support the glorification of this illusion of the rule of the people? He's a warmonger, but the targets he chooses aren't exactly unique to him or the GOP, JFK ordered Cuba to be invaded to reimpose the bourgeois american-backed dictatorship, basically every president prepared the country of the USA for this war upon Iran, and for years Venezuela and Maduro were eyed as targets by both parties. Why is that, bcz the USA too have a single party system, giving the illusion of people's rule as in all other liberal democracies, while all established parties (and most of those which aren't established), serve only the bourgeois in reality. And what do liberals do about this? They don't read theoretical work, they don't support the defeat of their own government in imperialist war, they don't even use adventurist violence. They make protest shields and dance in inflatable frog costumes, and expect you to take them serious for that.

Just a word salad I typed out over my frustrations about the class traitors in america, so I'm open to response.