I think a little clarification is needed. No. I don’t actually think everyone there is insane. I don’t care about the bans so stop trying to use that. HB enthusiasts coming here and trying to call me out achieves nothing besides proving my point

Edit: Feel free to keep trying to brigade me. It’s not going to scare me to take this down

    • amber (she/her)@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      3 months ago

      I highly recommend you give Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism and On Authority a read. At least On Authority, as it’s a very short piece, but the two combined should give you a basic understanding of the historical and theoretical basis of why marxists defend the use of authority. I can understand where you are coming from, I was more than a little skeptical of authoritarianism when I was younger and still identified as an anarchist, but I think if you take the time to honestly engage with our position then you will at least understand why our stance is what it is, and how we are diametrically opposed to fascism, even if you don’t agree with us.

    • Lvxferre@mander.xyz
      127·
      3 months ago

      Plenty HB users are authoritarian. I disagree with them in this; however I don’t think that both things cancel out, given the fascism is orders of magnitude worse than authoritarianism alone.

        • Lvxferre@mander.xyz
          166·
          3 months ago

          Yeah, because saying “cat shit is not as huge as elephant shit” is the same as saying “cat shit is not shit”. /s

          • Allero@lemmy.today
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            2 months ago

            Liberalism in the center? Gosh, this is the most American political coordinates there could be

            It’s almost physically triggering how off-base that is

              • Allero@lemmy.today
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                2 months ago

                The point is that it skews the understanding of “left” and “right” to favor the latter.

                Essentially serving as a tool to claim socialist policies extreme and liberal ones perfectly balanced.

                • Hydra_Fk@reddthat.comEnglish
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                  2 months ago

                  Sounds like your just slurring his opinion without trying to be civil and engaging with honest logical discussion.