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"As revolutionaries, we don't have the right to say that we're tired of explaining. We must never stop explaining. We also know that when the people understand, they cannot but follow us. In any case, we, the people, have no enemies when it comes to peoples. Our only enemies are the imperialist regimes and organizations." Thomas Sankara, 1985

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The invention of so-called ACP and the astroturfing of r/AskSocialist will haunt us for a long fucking time. (lemmy.ml)
submitted 5 days ago by Cecil_Bollinger@lemmy.ml to c/thedeprogram@lemmygrad.ml
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Real fucking damage being done here. Imagine someone being curious about socialism and went into that fucking place but ended up finding conservative, imperialist MAGA larping as socialist and spew hateful reactionary rhetorics about important social issues that serious socialists are actually in support of, and they ended up thinking "oh no socialists are bad people and untrustworthy!" ... Like the poster I was responding to is a lib but what could have been an educative conversation turned into this. I'm not sure if my comment would even reach that person. I'm loosing way too many brain cells over this.

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[โ€“] darkernations@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I've heard the poster's critique before so I am wary of dismissing it. The west has a long history of posing as progressive but only to use that as a club to bludegeon post (formal) colonisation countries with cultural reactionary sensibilities as a justification for imperialism; ie an extension on the White Man's Burden

I am not saying that this what they were alluding to but I want to hear what they say, I would be surprised there isn't something to learn here.

[โ€“] Cecil_Bollinger@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 days ago

I just realized that. Yeah I might have misunderstood their meaning.