Comradeship // Freechat

It's because these people fetishize liberal democracy as the pinnacle of political systems. This what the infamous "end of history" from Fukuyama is all about. The idealization of the system leads them to rationalize its contradictions rather than honestly confronting them.

Libs will claim to care about human rights and dignity, but they always ignore structural issues like wealth concentration. Their cognitive dissonance stems from a fear that the mere acknowledgement of the flaws delegitimizes the entire system. As Wendy Brown put it, liberal democracy's moral claims often mask its complicity in perpetuating neoliberal exploitation. When push comes to shove, they will always side with capitalist imperatives.

You are not alone in feeling this way. This is why I don't believe in liberals. They are all either crypto-fascists or ignorant comrades because no honest and informed person can look at liberalism and say "this isn't vague platitudes and self contradictions."

Don't intimidate our hexbear refugees 😞

But yeah i agree, "left" libs are like the disguised big bad wolf from the fables. They will sweet talk, convince you they're your friends but when time comes they reveal their true side. Contrasted with the "right" libs who are straight up wolves trying to eat you.

Liberals are just the "left"-wing of fascism, after all.

Hearing a lib touting that USAID cut has already killed one made me wonder how many more USAID has indirectly harmed through their soft-power moves.

Like what is the point? They are not rich. They will never be rich. And their leaders slash their retirement funds to shreds, make their healthcare unaffordable. And yet they keep going after them like sheep. 'We absolutely need to buy new tanks man otherwise PUUUUUTIN!!!! Well we actually spend too much on healthcare so we need to cut back a little, it will be tough but necessary. Billions in tax cuts to rich people? Billions in paid dividends? Never heard of it.'

I'm often extremely frustrated with liberals, but I can't really hate them, at least not the regular non-politician types. Trump's victory has put many liberals in a state of despair and anger and I understand that perfectly well, but their anger is often misdirected. Some are taking the election loss to mean that they need to move further right. The consultants and newspaper opinion writers, etc. do a lot to legitimize this point of view, and it's a shame. Propaganda works, and we're not immune to it. I feel I have more to gain by treating these liberals with respect and compassion. (I don't always succeed, though!)

There are some liberals I can't stand, mostly politicians and consultants. I definitely hate the openly misanthropic right wing people more, and there are a lot more of them.

There is a liberal org in my area that claims to advocate for the unhoused, but just last week they VOLUNTEERED to help the cops with clearing out a bunch of people's tents and taking their shit. Tents donated to them just recently by the local Food Not Bombs org.

They love the lesser evil thing but are insufferable incapable to see what is the lesser evil.

Yeah liberals are the best.

Have you seen the #equalrights mural on the MR office? It’s unreal

I might even hate them more than far right people.

I do too comrade. I have been saying for the past couple of years that liberals are slightly to the right of conservatives. Regardless they uniquely piss me off.

Let's go battle them together in hand to hand combat.