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It will never not be funny that American Marxists tend to come from wealthy families, while the actual workers they claim to speak for usually can't stand them.
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Anonymous 1d

I mean most leftist revolutionaries from the last century were at least middle class if not from wealthy families, many spent time getting education in Europe. That’s kinda the whole point of keeping people poor, they don’t have the time or energy to learn about revolutionary ideas or about how Marxists actually aren’t their enemy

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Anonymous 1d

It is common throughout history that the ideologues tend to be those with access to education. Socialist activism used to be more common among the American working class (particularly in urban areas), but racism and xenophobia were successfully used to redirect their anger to other ethnic groups or foreigners.

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Anonymous 1d

Mao was from a rich family who saw the oppression of his father

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Anonymous 1d

me when i argue with a strawman

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1d

Okay

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1d

Mao also killed more people than Hitler did

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 1d

Yeah but not on purpose he just thought we should kill all birds and insects (he didn’t predict ecosystems) and have people smelt iron in their yards (good intention but dangerous)

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 1d

I don’t agree with everything that Mao did like his famines and the killing of innocent house sparrows or the treatment of the Dali Lama or the treatment of the 1959 Tibetan Uprising and his mass killings and his perceution of Feng Shui but I do happen to agree he is a great thinker and was trying to create a Communist utopia

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 1d

Mao only killed a million people on purpose.

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Anonymous replying to -> fuuuckyikyak 1d

It’s amazing how many marxists think that everyone would be totally on board if only they read marxist theory.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1d

Whoops well yeah but the other millions was with good intentions

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1d

I’m not saying that at all, I mean we’ve all read capitalist theory and know how that turned out. I do think most people would be curious what a fair evaluation of the idea would look like if we were ever allowed to have one, and if the government didn’t spend so much time and money equating another government system to witchcraft and the pure embodiment of evil

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