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  • horse_battery_staple@lemmy.worldto196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneno rules
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    2 months ago

    Historically yes. Any transition of power is a dangerous time. There’s a history of communists factions and bad faith actors working with fascists in Italy to murder anarchists who were planning to kill Mussolini. However that’s not a conversation that’s necessary this very second. Stratification of power and the way in which it’s weilded is not lost on me. The problem with people that make bombs is sometimes the only cause they have is the one that necessitates bombings.


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    Are they doing this to support the organization of a politburo and a direct line of authority from a single charismatic leader at the top? Do they make apoligistic statements for human injustices and advocate for the expansion of borders through war?

    Otherwise they’re just communists doing rad communist shit and you should labor to help them organize and shoulder their burdens.

    I think there is a general misconception of communists especially here in the US and it’s been a problem in leftist circles for a while.



  • I wouldn’t go that far. Billionaires want fewer regulations on taxes and monopolies. Trump and Kamala were going to allow the same profits for the oligarchs.

    Democratic leadership didn’t want Trump elected. They don’t have the same levers of power with a Republican majority government.

    Dem leadership however has been very disconnected from what the common voter experiences since Clinton. Obama and his grass roots efforts were too large to ignore. They made changes to the process during Obama’s second term to favor establishment candidates and representatives. Then made further changes in 2016/2020 during those primaries and didn’t hold primaries in 2024.

    These led to low voter engagement as they didn’t talk about what the common voter was upset about. And during Biden’s presidency didn’t highlight Republican obstructionism nor did they do anything that would’ve lowered prices for Americans like medicare for all or breaking up grocery/pharmaceutical/agribusiness monopolies that were price gouging under the auspice of inflation.

    This all led to Harris not being elected, not Trump being elected. This is however a pedantic distinction in a two party system.





  • Do you support Chinese or Russian imperialism? Do you think Uyghurs are being peacefully integrated into society? Do you think the Ukranian president is a Nazi? Was Assad forcefully ousted by Western powers for merely doing what is best for Syria? Does China have a right to control Taiwan and all territorial waters around Taiwan? Is North Korea the greatest and most transparent democracy?

    The US is currently complicit in a genocide that BiBi and Trump are looking to expand. Australia is expanding and encouraging a genocide in Papua New Guinea for mineral rights on the islands. Germany is flirting with literal Nazis because of energy prices. The Entire West is overlooking slavery in Saudi Arabia for cheap oil.

    If you make apologies for “Communist” imperialism and only decry Western imperialiasm you might be a tankie. That’s the general definition as I understand it. I’m happy to be corrected and learn more.