???? what does this sentence mean???
you think the people who fractured the popular american left are the… communists?? the black panthers?? the filipino revolutionaries??
a song?? a podcast?? an online journal?? you think that's what did us in???
i mean i'm open to criticizing tankies; all comrades deserve criticism; but if you think they’re the reason for the left’s fracturing i would like to introduce you to Everybody Except The Tankies
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@Lady Mr CIA has entered the chat
@coriander the rest of the post was fine, it was about keeping an eye on billionaires influencing the media, whatever
but tankies???
@Lady Sounds like someone just wanted to get a jab in right quick
@coriander i think they think the reason the left is suffering is because berniebros and commies were loud on twitter
which i have to say is just a really pessimistic view of humanity; i much prefer historical materialism
@coriander like you think all politics is decided by rhetoric?? not like, material conditions and shit?? idk man, i don't think people are THAT easily swayed
@Lady I saw a post the other day talking about this where people will be like (paraphrasing) "A leftist was mean to me on line once so now I'm a fascist" and like
You were not turned into a fascist because someone was mean to you, you were already a fascist and just waiting for an excuse to take the mask off, because if that's all it took for you to swing hard-right, all the awful shit THOSE people are saying should be way more than enough to push you into "I will make Stalin look like a fucking anarchist" mode