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Pragmatic Leftist Theory

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The neolibs are too far right. The tankies are doing whatever that is. Where's the space for the people who want fully-automated-luxury-gay-space-communism, but realize that it's gonna take a while and there are lots of steps between now and then? Here. This is that space.

Here, people should endeavor to discuss and devise practical, actionable leftist action. Vote lesser evil while you build grassroots coalitions. Unionize your workplace. Participate in SRAs. Build cohesion your local community. Educate the proletariat.

This is a place for practical people to develop practical plans to implement stable, incremental improvement.

If you're dead-set on drumming up all 18,453 True Leftists® into spontaneous Revolution, go somewhere else. The grown ups are talking.

Rules:

-1. Don't be a dick. Racism, sexism, other assorted bigotries, you know the drill. At least try to default to mutually respectful discussion. We're all on the same side here, unless you aren't, in which case kindly leave.

-2. Don't be a tankie. Yes I'm sure you have an extensive knowledge of century-old theory. There's been a century of history since then. Things didn't shake out as expected, maybe consider the possibility that a different angle of attack might be more effective in light of new data.

-3. Be practical. No one on the left benefits from counterproductive actions. This is a space informed by, not enslaved to, ideology. Promoting actions that are fundamentally untenable in the system in question, because they fulfill a sense of ideological purity, is a bad look. Don't do that.

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[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

yes. any serious looking into the USSR or the PRC will unearth MANY problems. not these.

Ah, yes, the PEOPLE'S genocides!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deportation_of_the_Crimean_Tatars

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_Operation_of_the_NKVD

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_operations_of_the_NKVD#National_operations_of_the_NKVD

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor

You're nothing but a Nazi in red paint, bootlicker.

the ussr was literally the first country in the world to eliminate unemployment.

"If we don't record anyone as unemployed, there is no unemployment!"

A true Trumpian intellect we have here.

coming up with social security and paid vacations, retirement,

Fucking lol

and more doesn’t count as “labor suppression”

"Please ignore us disbanding inconvenient unions and gunning down labor protesters"

A round of applause for the PEOPLE'S Fascist Pig here! 👏