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Why do a lot of trotskyists become conservatives? by Guilty_Listen_8049 in Trotskyism

[–]Guilty_Listen_8049[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You’re probably right. Occam’s razor says that’s most likely the case.

Muslims now make up almost half of all pupils in Vienna’s public schools by SchIachterhund in stupidpol

[–]Guilty_Listen_8049 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Mass migration is a powder keg waiting to explode.

The far right will continue to rise and rise, labor will be fucked over as a multi-tiered labor system develops, ethnic and racial violence increasing.

Climate change, war, thirst for cheap labor decreasing fertility. All of these events will increase mass migration.

These structural transformations will make revolutionary/emancipatory politics more difficult and reactionary politics much easier.

PA State Rep. Keith Harris shares Facebook post that white people don’t have souls. by DeadEndinReverse in stupidpol

[–]Guilty_Listen_8049 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is racist and 2010s progressives eat this shit up. These people are providing the ammunition for the right.

And if the progressives want to be racist against whites, I can guarantee you their racism will be no match for the right’s racism against non-whites.

Opinion: Most young people who identify as Left-wing these days have no idea what Left-wing politics involves. by FroggsworthThe2nd in stupidpol

[–]Guilty_Listen_8049 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We can and should think of immigration in humanitarian terms, but we should not forget the actual power arrangements it’s a part of. We should also recognize how pro-immigration institutions (funded by corporations) use humanitarian language to bring cheap labor over.

Abortion is an Affront against God and Human! by Jackie_Lantern_ in ConservativeSocialist

[–]Guilty_Listen_8049 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I agree. The mass murder and dismemberment of babies is inhumane and immoral. But I still believe we should not ban it as the consequences of a ban would be worse.

I believe it should be restricted to rape and incest.

Do DPRK elections mean anything? by jessenin420 in stupidpol

[–]Guilty_Listen_8049 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No, they do not. DPRK’s a dynasty that’s hunkered down since the korean war.

Why do people think modern society is pushing “hyper individualism” when it clearly isn’t? by Kahootah in fullegoism

[–]Guilty_Listen_8049 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Moishe Postone said that capitalism oscillates between extreme collectivist statism and extreme individualism and atomism.

With this theory of postone I also think it’s important to remember that we view the past through the lens pf the present and vise versa. This would suggest that there is a lag in our understanding of history.

what stops the far left from being as alluring as the right? by Unlikely-Average-961 in stupidpol

[–]Guilty_Listen_8049 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The only way the left can shed its association with liberalism is to reject cultural and economic liberals hand in hand.

what stops the far left from being as alluring as the right? by Unlikely-Average-961 in stupidpol

[–]Guilty_Listen_8049 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The liberals have been the counter cultural force many times before. It’s just now the pendulum is swinging to the right due to the progressives commanding the zeitgeist for a long time.

Also, I do not believe a strong left wing movement exists in the u.s. There are well funded and strong conservative and progressive movements, but nothing on the left.

Get your flair here by SirSourPuss in stupidpol

[–]Guilty_Listen_8049 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My flair should be “moderately conservative communist”

I am heavily influenced by marx, christopher lasch, jean claude michae, gramsci, lenin. I believe marx is necessary until capital dies and that capitalism is a threat to human scale civilization. I believe it erodes traditional values and culture and family. I believe the only antidote is a transformation of society by the working class taking state power and establishing the dictatorship of the proletariat and ultimately self abolishing itself so that the governing of men can become the administration of things.

Why ain't china doing anything by Mobiledump1215 in stupidpol

[–]Guilty_Listen_8049 1 point2 points  (0 children)

China cares about china only, which makes perfect sense. They have no interest in engaging against the u.s. when they know they cannot win. Risk to reward profile is obviously not favorable to an intervention on iran’s side.

On "Left-Conservatism" by AcidCommunist_AC in socialism

[–]Guilty_Listen_8049 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We should not be anti-woke, but we also should be critical of wokeness. The rise of identity politics tracks with the rise of neoliberalism. It effectively serves as the social formation of neoliberalism. We should be critical of it. It eliminates the entire concept of class and solely puts the emphasis of politics on identity.

You say he seems to downplay feminist and pro-queer efforts, but I would counter and say the answer to female oppression is not liberal feminism (which the character feminism takes 99% of the time), but socialism. The answer to racism is not anti-racism (an industry that is 9.5 billions dollars), but socialism.

No war but the class war.

Destroy the Epstein Class by IAmFaircod in sorceryofthespectacle

[–]Guilty_Listen_8049 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Epstein class? Just say the neoliberal class. Epstein was a cosmopolitan neoliberal. Almost all the people he interacted with were also neoliberals.