• Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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    24 hours ago

    Bold of you to think leftists believe voting to be the most base civic duty to push for change, and not organizing and revolution.

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          23 hours ago

          Source: Trust me bro.

          There are many like me. I also spent almost a decade in the military and you are not going to win a revolution without getting the backing of at least part of the government and last I checked there weren’t any Communists to back you up at the moment.

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            Oh you were in the military

            How many nonwesterners did you murder, gestapo scum?

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            23 hours ago

            Among Marxists and Anarchists, the 2 most common umbrellas for anticapitalism by far, reformism is seen as a “solved question,” as in it doesn’t work outside of very extreme circumstances in Global South countries. The fact that you can recognize how millitarized the US state is, and think you can ask it nicely to leave, is cognitive dissonance.

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              23 hours ago

              I’m not here to debate which type of leftist I am with you. This is just a tangent that serves no purpose for our discussion.

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                23 hours ago

                Sure, then we circle back to how you suggested it isn’t worth engaging with “commies” rhetorically, on account of them being “commies.”

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                  23 hours ago

                  I did not suggest that. I stated that if you refuse to accept the reality of the situation then no one will engage with you regardless of which title you choose to give yourself. That’s why the dems lost lol