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  • Deceptichum@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    You’re not one of those delusional right wing fucks who think Hitler was a leftist because Nazi had the word socialist in it are you?

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      No, I’m one of those very cognizant democratic socialists who knows the difference between a tankie and neo-nazis playing dress up as leftists.

      Funny thing about real socialists and communists, they hate authoritarianism too.

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        Hexbear/Lemmygrad are extreme and authoritarian, but that does not a Nazi make.

        Just call them tankies, no need to dilute the waters with Nazi co-opting of left wing concepts. All that does is associate socialism and nazism, something no real leftist would do.

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          The term you’re looking for is neo-nazi. It stands for neo-liberal national socialist. They believe in liberalism, and socialism, but only under the yoke of authoritarianism.

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            11 months ago

            They constantly criticize “libs”, though, by which they mean classical or neo-liberalism.

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                I’ve found that self-identified leftists oppose the identity politics characteristic of US style liberalism. Some say this is because divisions in society such as gender, orientation and race, are used to distract from class and economic issues. Theoretically communism is egalitarian in terms of race and gender. They seem to hate the US politicians who advocate for race/gender/orientation equality and workers rights though, while rarely criticizing the fascist wing, so it doesn’t all make much sense to me.

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                So like, do you understand what materialism means in socialist philosophy? It’s clear by the way you’ve used the word in this thread that you think it just means “likes having stuff.”

                How do you run around calling yourself a socialist when you don’t even know what historical and dialectical materialism are?

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                  11 months ago

                  I like the way you try to frame a disingenuous question while wrapping it in a layer of personal assumptions.

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                    11 months ago

                    You’re deflecting again. You said in another comment “they say they are communists yet they engage in materialism.” You could just own up and say that you don’t know what you’re talking about.

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              11 months ago

              They refuse to denigrate conservatives because that style of politics is too close to daddy china

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            11 months ago

            Neoliberalism is not Nazism?

            Neoliberalism is a rightwing reimagining of the already rightwing Liberalism. Its primary concerns are how to reduce social benefits, fuck over citizens, and further enrich the rich.

            The fuck has your education system let you down mate?

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      11 months ago

      Your inability to understand this situation explains why you’re so angry about nonsense and unable to identify the politics of this meme.