• SnakeEyes [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    This is the consequence of putting political alignments in a one dimensional chart, Malcolm x, Robert Williams, Assata Shakur, John Brown, Platner, Chomsky, AOC, all of them are leftists

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        Leftism is such a purposely nebulous term, as long as you have one slightly decent take you are a leftist, if you think that a broken arm shouldn’t force you to declare bankruptcy then you are a leftist even if you are pro invasion, same with pro LGBT right but you are a mouth foaming racist, see Bernie Sanders

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      I mean more “far left” people like Samir Amin also engaged in Khmer Rouge apologia. It was a pretty big failure by a lot of communists. There are still Maoists to this day that do this.