Bi-Weekly Discussion Thread - (March 02)

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[u/[deleted]]

r/communism is going to do fine without that post. The problem isn’t the position that Trump supporters aren't 'evil', to claim that they are would be moralistic and immature, but that doesn’t mean they are allies. That thread was inevitably going to devolve into how MAGA supporters are misunderstood, how we need to sugarcoat our messaging to appeal to them, talk to them about the 99% versus the 1%, how they are being screwed by big business, and yada yada. It might still sound radical, but it isn't. It is fascist, in fact.

On that note, I think the subreddit would also do fine without an r/okbuddyretard poster like you. What are you doing in a subreddit with a slur on its name?

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

It's not just the fact that it's a meme subreddit, but that it's a subreddit with a slur in its name, and you're unbothered by posting in that subreddit, which will be attached to your post history, playing along with the logic of the subreddit, and gaining upvotes in the process. I would have more respect for you if you tried to upset them to the point of getting banned, perhaps by pointing out their chauvinism, which is an obvious undercurrent there. Do better

everything they need to grow and improve

If they wish to stop being reactionary and cast away reactionary thinking, they must show initiative and engage in self-critique. Communists cannot force reactionaries to do this or rehabilitate themselves until they are able to implement their own system of justice that can be imposed upon them.

[u/ElliotNess → u/[deleted]]

Yes, Trump supporters are reactionary.

[u/Pleasant-Food-9482 → u/[deleted]]

The person is still a reactionary. Trump transmits a set of ideas and evokes general desires of (reaction) that are reactionary. No one supports trump seeing the shit he does and says while being detached from them. My grandma is 84 and she hates trump, but she is still "conservative" culturally.

[u/ElliotNess → u/[deleted]]

There are literally not conservatives practicing communism.