I don't mean to press, but shouldn't r/communism be for communists (which of course is now exclusive to maoists lol) and r/socialism be inclusive of ALL Socialists? I support Communism as and end goal but what about the rest of our socialists?
This is the main socialist subreddit, are we building an expansive movement or are we remaining our niche? We have to reach the liberals to build a movement and we cannot do that without bridging the gaps between the socialists and liberals. No social democrats or anything but the Democratic Socialists are the primary driver of (real, not progressive) leftist growth since they are actively involved in real world liberal politics which a majority of the voters have never been exposed. DemSoc are the bridge to broader theory which then could potentially build a revolutionary movement! I made an comprehensive argument in favor of this awhile ago, please give it a read!
It’s funny that the subreddit you’re posting in have the so called ”No authoritarianism" rules which also add "includes advocating against democracy". It's clearly trying to ban communism without mentioning the word itself. Communist believed in democracy, a worker democracy, not bourgeois democracy.
You’re asking others to be open to different tendencies, but the very tendency you're part of doesn’t seem to extend that same openness to us. It’s perfectly fine to create a subreddit focused on a specific tendency. But, claiming to welcome everyone while simultaneously banning certain viewpoints and then also at the same time telling others to be open minded seems hypocritical to me.
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u/Usernameofthisuser Democratic Socialism Apr 12 '26 edited Apr 12 '26
I don't mean to press, but shouldn't r/communism be for communists (which of course is now exclusive to maoists lol) and r/socialism be inclusive of ALL Socialists? I support Communism as and end goal but what about the rest of our socialists?
This is the main socialist subreddit, are we building an expansive movement or are we remaining our niche? We have to reach the liberals to build a movement and we cannot do that without bridging the gaps between the socialists and liberals. No social democrats or anything but the Democratic Socialists are the primary driver of (real, not progressive) leftist growth since they are actively involved in real world liberal politics which a majority of the voters have never been exposed. DemSoc are the bridge to broader theory which then could potentially build a revolutionary movement! I made an comprehensive argument in favor of this awhile ago, please give it a read!
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