Liberals benefit from this shitty economy. That’s why they believe in it.
I mean, I call myself a Marxist, but I am also benefiting immensely from this economy right now because, while I despise capitalism and colonialism and imperialism and patriarchy, I’m not really doing anything about it. If these systems weren’t working so well for me (if, for instance, it became impossible for me to get food), I would be a lot more inclined to riot rather than to just whine on the internet and attempt in vain to convert my last few liberal friends to communism.
Are you reading any communist texts or joining any communist parties?
Welcome to the team! May I ask what radicalized you?
South Korea has potemkin villages on its side of the border. The government pays people to live there for a few weeks out of the year. Otherwise they’re empty. Source: been there.
Liberals defending Nazis, exhibit one zillion.
Nothing is connected. We are all individual monads floating in a void, our interactions mediated entirely by the market.
I forgot, it’s only mature intelligent high-IQ adults who lick the boot of slavery and genocide.
Are you me? My partner is from South Korea, and her parents grew up under a fascist dictatorship and were literal slaves (one is a small business owner now, the other is basically his live-in domestic servant). They’ve actually been really nice to me but they abused their kids pretty severely. My spouse likes them (from a distance—she has a harder time with them in person), refuses to go to therapy, and is basically a Berner who hates China. Other than that she’s pretty cool though.
America might be flawed but it’s still overall a force for good in the world.
Biden might suck but we should still vote for Democrats on the state or local levels and participate in the [nonexistent] primary to put pressure on Democrats because they are clearly better than Republicans and progressives would never lie to us (cough bernie cough fetterman cough AOC).
Communism is impossible because it goes against human nature.
China is capitalist.
Organizing for revolution in the USA is hopeless.
It’s impossible to scientifically understand human societies, even though humans are part of nature and nature can be scientifically understood.
We can solve all our problems with technology alone. There’s no need to change anything else.
Things will be better in the future even if I don’t actually do anything to make them better. (This one has been an issue for me. “The future” for a Marxist like myself isn’t terribly different from religious visions of paradise.)
I mean, it’s the most powerful empire ever to exist, one built on ongoing slavery and genocide. It’s difficult to find global problems that don’t lead back to the amerikkkan ruling class.
“Anyone who questions America’s might is insane! I am a normal person!”
You definitely know you’re winning when you’re constantly complaining about your opponent. You hate communists yet allow them to live in your brain rent-free. Interesting.
“Okay, China built a jump gate to Alpha Centauri, and I’m currently working as a Bloodbag for Immortan Joe, but seriously, when are these tankies going to admit that communism and fascism are the same?”
Paper, the compass, printing, gunpowder. Cope, Nazi.
Not sure I blame them, given that Taiwan has been occupied by fascists for decades.
I don’t think so.
Show me the pictures dude. The genocide’s been going on for decades and western tourists have been free to visit Xinjiang during that period, so it should be easy to find Gaza-style devastation there, right?
I am suffering because you have reminded me that I am a ding dong.
Why is it that people living in former Soviet states overwhelmingly wish that the USSR was still around?
No. It’s just capitalism.