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[–] Ho_Chi_Chungus@hexbear.net 70 points 2 years ago

"Comrade, I disagree with your interpretation of paragraph 2, page 874 of Kapital"

"then it's time to die, reactionary" xi-gun

[–] Florist@hexbear.net 60 points 2 years ago (3 children)

But I guess to be fair, the Left also overestimates how united the Right is

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 40 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Their obscene financial backing makes up for it though.

[–] Ho_Chi_Chungus@hexbear.net 35 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I donated $50 to keep this site running once and no one thanked me for my "obscene financial backing"

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 31 points 2 years ago

It's the amount that makes it obscene not the naughty messages you send the admins. But thank you for helping to keep the site up. heart-sickle

[–] NoYouLogOff@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago

Thank you for your service

[–] ChapoKrautHaus@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago

Gee, it's almost as if we're a totally atomized society, like, maybe... pringles in a can, that's a great metaphor I just came up with!

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 51 points 2 years ago

I've seen it phrased "The left is into collectivism and are easily unified!", a hypothesis trivially defeated by observing any big tent left space for a yoctosecond.

[–] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 43 points 2 years ago (2 children)

We all know what the most important part of being a communist is tequila-sunset

[–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 40 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Ho_Chi_Chungus@hexbear.net 35 points 2 years ago (2 children)

marx blushing-engels kropotkin-big lenin-pensive stalin-heart

this is one of my biggest criticism of the Chinese communists, for all of their preeminent leaders are completely lacking in facial hair

xi-peel where is you guys's fuckin facial hair????????

[–] sawne128@hexbear.net 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Dong Biwu was technically the leader of China from 1972 to 1975.

[–] ReadFanon@hexbear.net 37 points 2 years ago (3 children)
[–] PoY@lemmygrad.ml 24 points 2 years ago (2 children)

we gotta stop rejecting absolutely everybody that hasn't lived a fully leftist life or doesn't think exactly alike

it's the easiest way to break up any leftist group tbh.. just the smallest detail can rip a group apart it seems

I'm willing to accept just about anyone if they're for helping us dismantle this system and make the world an immensely better place

[–] Antiwork@hexbear.net 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What about the leftists who do want to dismantle every single person who doesn’t align with their form of leftism? Because I noticed this is usually what happens. Spaces get overtaken with people who are unwilling to do the slightest bit of self crit and then want to criticize other leftists and it drives people away as they become more insular. And frankly I hate organizing with people like that even if we agree on most things.

[–] PoY@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago

generally i ignore them and their drama, but it seems like most people are just primed to fight instead and the cycle just continues

[–] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago

we don't reject people who show a willingness to try and learn or at least ask real questions, anyone who doesn't isn't worth the time, and should be bullied until they shut the fuck up, imo

[–] Civility@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago
[–] ProxyTheAwesome@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

We say this, then let in a tiny trickle of people and they are all giga-libs spouting vaush and nato talking points, and close the spigot again

[–] Grimble@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Those people have highly curated ideologies sustained by internet communities so idk how well they represent the world (outside idk, universities?)

[–] ProxyTheAwesome@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

no, it's about 65% of what you find on english speaking internet. Believing that chauvinist "leftists" aren't the overwhelmingly majority of western leftists is self-delusion IMO.

[–] usernamesaredifficul@hexbear.net 34 points 2 years ago

I wish I was the monster you think I am

[–] LordBullingdon@hexbear.net 30 points 2 years ago

Wow this dude would be really dangerous if he had an audience, it’s lucky he’s just some nobody on twitter

[–] sawne128@hexbear.net 27 points 2 years ago
[–] CrispyFern@hexbear.net 24 points 2 years ago
[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 24 points 2 years ago

I didn't know that! Now that I do - I'm going to share InevitableSwing's Leftist Manifesto. I haven't written it yet so be patient please. It may take a while but I'll get there. ~1/1,000

[–] Salmarez@hexbear.net 20 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

CW: Self harm!

Does anyone have that communist edit of a long stand up sketch, with the one leftist trying to convince the other not kill themselves, which ends in "die, liberal!"? Thanks in advance.

[–] Abracadaniel@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Nah all I can find is the original Emo Philips version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANNX_XiuA78

[–] Salmarez@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago
[–] rubpoll@hexbear.net 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The Right is so upset that they're not actually going to be purged in a left-wing revolution. It destroys them inside, knowing they don't get to martyr themselves in a blaze of glory. So they just die of Covid to trigger us instead.

[–] TheaJo@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

Who said they won't?

[–] Utter_Karate@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

We get it Tucker, the left is invincible. Join or die. There is no chance to stand against the inevitable red tide that will sweep across the world, communism will prevail, and all your standard talking points...

[–] boredtortoise@lemm.ee 14 points 2 years ago

Every right wing sect is violent towards each other. Most leftists only argue with dialogue (and the exception makes the rule)

[–] charlie@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago

Is this more right wing projection?

[–] axont@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago

There's some truth to that. The average chud has no clue how to organize and they largely don't, they just let whichever politician or media figure they're into do all the talking.

Also I'm pretty sure Tucker is talking about himself too, maybe not self-consciously. Conservative media people like him all hate one another, because they're all in competition with one another. Tucker hates Alex Jones and they probably both hate Ben Shapiro. They all probably hate Denis Prager. They all hate one another because they're conservatives making money off eyeballs and they're all competing for the same audience.

[–] PZK@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago

Every accusation is a confession... sadly. doomer