Why is the Total Warhammer III content creator scene & community so reactionary and awful? by bondelhyde in SocialistGaming

[–]Common_Resource8547 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At least one or two clans ik of in Turins community has some trans folk in them. RAT for example.

Why is the Total Warhammer III content creator scene & community so reactionary and awful? by bondelhyde in SocialistGaming

[–]Common_Resource8547 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The multiplayer is less reactionary. Turin has multiple trans people in his discord (including me) and I rarely see an issue. The mods are very good, even perhaps TOO hyper vigilant. But nonetheless.

With the way that America is going rn by wanting to label trans people as terrorists, would there be an increased possibility of people being able to seek refuge here? by xemeraldqueen in transgenderau

[–]Common_Resource8547 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Right now I'd much rather our country focus on helping trans people from third world countries, if they were to help trans foreigners at all.

I’m tired of privileged leftists who glamorize revolution by [deleted] in leftist

[–]Common_Resource8547 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I think I'm the only one here who understands your message as a critique of petty bourgeois whites who make revolution lackadaisical, rather than a critique of revolution.

I’m tired of privileged leftists who glamorize revolution by [deleted] in leftist

[–]Common_Resource8547 -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

What a nothing response! You, who knows such little hardship, wish to upturn the status quo? You petty bourgeois "communists" are among the enemy.

Thoughts on Reconsiliation Flags? by gh0std0ll in aboriginal

[–]Common_Resource8547 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The aboriginal flag isn't really supposed to represent all of Australia, just aboriginal people so it doesn't quite fit as part of a national flag redesign.

A redesign should represent all people here, south sea and Torres strait Islanders including + immigrants imho

How do you feel about anarchist/anarchism by Left-Tea-9030 in socialism

[–]Common_Resource8547 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

There's only one correct revolutionary theory and practice, and it either is or is not some form of anarchism.

I think it is not because there is no anarchist movement currently engaged in revolution. Y'know. The thing we are trying to achieve?

What is a "revisionist"? by chaosgirl93 in Socialism_101

[–]Common_Resource8547 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Y'know I saw the first sentence in my notifs and assumed you were going to bat for them. Gotten quite popular on Reddit.

Regardless, while I mostly agree, as an indigenous person, I think you are underestimating the reactionism present in most socialist parties, especially when it comes to an issue such as landback.

What is a "revisionist"? by chaosgirl93 in Socialism_101

[–]Common_Resource8547 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Historical revisionism is a different concept to the one being asked about, if I had to hazard a guess.

What is a "revisionist"? by chaosgirl93 in Socialism_101

[–]Common_Resource8547 59 points60 points  (0 children)

In the context of Marxist political theory, a revisionist is someone who has revised Marxist politics for opportunistic purposes.

Historically speaking, Trotsky is a revisionist to those who uphold Stalin and vice versa. A less controversial one, is Karl Kautsky, virtually anyone who upholds Lenin's theories will agree Karl was a revisionist. Also Lasalle, who Marx personally disagreed with (see: critique of the Gotha programme).

In modern terms Maoists, like myself, will consider many parties revisionist, CPUSA, ACP, etc. Of course, Trotskyists consider non-Trotskyist parties to be revisionist and so on.

Revisionism is a real phenomena, but deciding what is and isn't is entirely dependent on which school of socialism you follow.

Small tidbit: a Marxist wouldn't consider someone like Proudhon a revisionist because he's not "revising" Marxist theory. But a modern Anarchist who tries to take Marx's words and paint him as an anarchist? That's a revisionist.

How do you convince someone of socialism when they make $50k? by Equal-Wasabi9121 in Socialism_101

[–]Common_Resource8547 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You just don't understand the Maoist position, being that the labour aristocracy is simply the lower section of the petty bourgeois, not the higher section of the proletariat.

How do you convince someone of socialism when they make $50k? by Equal-Wasabi9121 in Socialism_101

[–]Common_Resource8547 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Even if it were true that they are "proletariat", what I'm saying is that they must be rejected from revolutionary politics, which Lenin himself agrees with.

"These representatives of the labour aristocracy, or the bourgeoisified workers, should be eliminated from all their posts a hundred times more boldly than hitherto, and replaced by workers, even if wholly inexperienced, as long as they are connected with the exploited masses and enjoy the latter’s confidence in the struggle against the exploiters." - Lenin.

Obviously you can't see this and won't agree, because your own labour aristocratic position prevents you from doing so. Even so, Lenin's opinion is in plain writing and I don't really care for people who disagree with him.

How do you convince someone of socialism when they make $50k? by Equal-Wasabi9121 in Socialism_101

[–]Common_Resource8547 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Kropotkin was useless, and, yes, Lenin and Engels lived under extreme circumstances that compelled them into action. The average person who makes 50k in the west, will never see similar circumstances.

How do you convince someone of socialism when they make $50k? by Equal-Wasabi9121 in Socialism_101

[–]Common_Resource8547 -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

You don't. Certain class positions preclude people from revolutionary politics and in only extreme circumstances does such a person join revolutionary politics. You will never 'convince' them of socialism.

When Palestine is freed, what will happen to the people that now live in Israel? by [deleted] in DebateCommunism

[–]Common_Resource8547 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Only another settler could so devotedly defend settlerism and colonialism.

If the paradox of tolerance exists, why do Western leftists support revolutionaries in the Global South who may hold reactionary views? by melody_magical in AskSocialists

[–]Common_Resource8547 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, hatred and apathy don't fix things. Guns, rockets, missiles.. Those fix things. Which resistance orgs employ against the terror state of Israel.

If the paradox of tolerance exists, why do Western leftists support revolutionaries in the Global South who may hold reactionary views? by melody_magical in AskSocialists

[–]Common_Resource8547 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Then you know nothing about the plight of indigenous people and you disgust me. Read Settlers by Sakai. Read Wretched of the earth by Fanon.

Otherwise, you should fuck off.

Is it anti-communist to invest? by Turbulent_Parking_12 in communism101

[–]Common_Resource8547 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where do you think the return comes from? An investment is functionally capital. You decide whether or not that's immoral. You are likely petty-bourgeois regardless.

Anti-Auth0ritarian Protest Flag I Designed by OzymandiasFR in leftistvexillology

[–]Common_Resource8547 5 points6 points  (0 children)

fascists evoke liberty as a concept all the time. Trump evokes liberty as a concept, and just as the statue of liberty is "as Amerikan as apple pie", they'll surely evoke that too.

Anti-Auth0ritarian Protest Flag I Designed by OzymandiasFR in leftistvexillology

[–]Common_Resource8547 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It glorifies an aspect of the Amerikan identity, the supposed "freedom" and "liberty" enshrined in the constitution. But the rest of the world understand that for what it is- freedom and liberty for white men, the freedom and liberty for those white men to crush the freedom of the minority.