Comment by iamnothere
2 months ago
Calling Kim Jong Un “far right” is a special level of ultra-left idiocy. I’m guessing you consider Marx a “moderate” then.
2 months ago
Calling Kim Jong Un “far right” is a special level of ultra-left idiocy. I’m guessing you consider Marx a “moderate” then.
Can you elaborate?
Many left ultras (broadly defined, including Trotskyites, leftcoms, and radlibs alike) have somehow adopted the position that only groups who identify with their cultural agenda qualify as “left”, which is frankly a perversion of the left-right descriptor. It’s why the whole left-right thing should be abandoned, as the waters are hopelessly muddied.
Somehow you now have “radical” neoliberals (lol) and leftcoms both claiming the mantle of leftism while simultaneously casting nearly the ENTIRE HISTORY of Marxism as “rightist”. Like how the fuck is Stalin a rightist? Yet this isn’t an uncommon position in the internet discourse. If you disagree, you are a “tankie” even if you aren’t a Marxist, but are simply fucking educated and understand the history of left economics and politics.
... isn't that exactly what you're doing?
As for "how is Stalin a rightist", how isn't he? Looking at his Wikipedia bio he seems basically indistinguishable from Hitler, but he called it a different word.
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