You make a good point. Nationalism in socialist projects still deserves scrutiny.
Fascist and fascist adjacent nationalism tends to define the “nation” in a way that excludes and endangers entire demographics who often wield little power to begin with.
I’d argue that nationalism itself isn’t inherently bad though. Many anti-colonial movements are nationalist, and AES countries have nationalist traits.
I believe Stalin’s “Marxism and the National Question” wrestles with this but I am yet to read it.
I feel that. I wish I could be smug about dropping a childhood fascination for political reasons but it was never really interesting.
If you really wanted capitalism gone, getting rid of humans is a lasting solution. The tricky part is getting the humans on board with the plan.
It’s probably a lot easier to convince the humans to just do communism.
Unionise, strikes, mutual aid, and other forms of collective action that leverage the power of a group of people to their benefit.
Fights though? Where did you get that from?
If the only thing you know about Bolsheviks is that they are spooky skeletons, you might be convinced.
Hey now, just because we’re communists doesn’t mean we can’t have a dozen different brands of the same joke.
A three letter agency employee has just learnt about the process of elimination.
(Athel for short)
Would these western leftists…
Yes. The western left loves the communists who were crushed.
You would hear “Stalin would have built a much better nation than Mao did.” Just like you hear about Trotsky.
One day I hope to see a map of Chinese flags around the US, but instead of military bases it’s just Chinese built infrastructure.
Exactly this. He’s already acknowledged China has no interest in the current set of demands.
“Small governmint”
Donates to pro-USAF orgs.
This article is written in the premise that these “mistakes” are any action that causes the US to take a hostile action. Presumably the ideal strategy would be to tiptoe around the US and never act counter to it’s agenda.
It’s the tune of an imperialist. The empire has only one direction and if you get hurt standing in its way it’s your own fault. Let’s not mention the likelihood that you’ll get hurt anyway.
And they don’t elaborate whatsoever. Goddamit.
I’m relieved to say I wasn’t part of it. I’m not about to take your word on how it really went down though since I can read.
our little arrogant tone. The self awareness is genuinely spooky.
Exhibit A here folks.
This lib has equated “your tastes are juvenile” with telling them to off themselves. This ambitious stretch of reality is necessary to reduce this community to a hateful mob without nuanced opinion in their eyes.
Eventually loves it when the scrappy underdog comes out on top!
“What does that mean?”
It means he’s forgotten who the president is again.
Buttering hard to reach bread, probably.