• Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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    54 minutes ago

    Might be anecdotal, but many more people tend to like me than hate me, especially to the degree you do. Especially considering the baseless accusations of LLM use, the subsequent dehumanization of me (ie, calling me an “engagement bot”), all of this is far more unserious than taking a consistent, principled line on the DPRK, a line shared by the Black Panther Party, Party for Socialism and Liberation, and the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC). The fact is, Marxist-Leninists have been sympathetic to the Korean socialist project since its inception, and its resistance to Japanese and later US colonialism.

    As for the idea that I am “trying to get the republicans elected,” or that I have changed how active I am because of primary season, neither of these have any evidence. I do actual organization work, which means organizing against Trump and the capitalist state. I have agitated against both the democrats and republicans consistently, because I am a socialist, a Marxist-Leninist specifically. This consistent, principled stance does not make me “bad-faith,” even if you yourself disagree with Marxism and Marxism-Leninism. I put my skin on the line and roll my sleeves up because I truly believe a better world is possible, if that’s “bad-faith” then what would you consider to be “good-faith?” Anything you personally agree with? Would also like an example of how my understanding of theory is shallow, I love to know how to improve.

    • edible_funk@sh.itjust.works
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      3 minutes ago

      You encourage people not to vote because you genuinely believe democrats and republicans are the same. This gets republicans elected, therefore you work to get republicans elected. You refuse to acknowledge the fundamental reality that third parties are wholly nonviable as a means of political change in the US. You refuse to acknowledge the currently successful strategy of primarying democrats with progressives and preventing republicans from winning in the general by any means necessary which in very nearly every instance explicitly means voting for the democrat. And you never actually directly address criticisms you don’t have a questionably sourced talking point for, hence the commonly held opinion you use ai for your comments. You’re not a serious person.

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      42 minutes ago

      I had to go through a stage of deliberately training myself to not great-(wo)man a few comrades, but I still love you all.

      • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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        40 minutes ago

        Haha, it’s an easy trap. Socialism comes from the working class, while leaders are important we have to understand that the working class as a whole is the maker of history.