To be “respectable” in the online left is to be imperialism-compatible. Being a serious Marxist requires breaking from it.
To be “respectable” in the online left is to be imperialism-compatible. Being a serious Marxist requires breaking from it.
There’s a difference between what’s best for gaining popularity within online “left” spaces, and what’s best for advancing the revolutionary struggle. It’s not hard to notice this problem, the members of the left-wing video essay community “Breadtube” have repeatedly observed how there’s an issue wi...
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Man I used like some of this guys writings but he has a serious problem with his idea that being pro-Russia is the only marker of a potential revolutionary (I’m totally over stating his position but it’s pretty damn close.) He disses people like Brian Becker, and parties like the PSL for not backing a Libertarian backed “anti war” rally, and is not open to any real discussion about it. The guy is real cozy with “patsocs” and dabbles in straight up reactionary Russian Nationalism on twitter. I back Russia over NATO in this war but this guy takes it too far, he takes right wingers are their word and sees actual rightitst as a better ally than leftists who are still fooled but could be brought to our side. I was once a lib that this guy would’ve written off and alienated with his rhetoric. It’s a shame this guy just doesn’t seem to understand that he is pushing a real OP rightitst line.
He even thinks Becker giving critical support for Bernie is some huge sin while he cozy's up to people who give critical support to Trump. He considers backing LGBTQ and drag shows to be “alienating the masses” showing he only cares about a small portion of the masses, or is stuck in a reactionary whole where that is the reality of the masses.