Anonymous _orangutan 3w

“Decolonize their mind” is hilarious this is exactly the type of rhetoric to be denounced. I’m sure the white working family of Pennsylvania will resonate well with such sentiment

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Anonymous OP 3w

why should decolonial rhetoric be denounced when most of the issues plaguing our society come from capitalism and its exportation via colonialism?

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Anonymous OP 3w

mind you that without decolonization we risk collapsing the biosphere

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Anonymous _orangutan 3w

Decolonial rhetoric ought to be denounced not because of its erroneous nature as a theory of historical development, but rather because it’s the kind of apologetic and seemingly “anti-American” or “anti-conservative” speech that turns rural and working folk away from real Marxist economic theory or policy. I short, the left needs better optics to win over working people from the right and needs to prioritize speech that resonates with the reality of the American working class.

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Anonymous OP 3w

are you white?

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Anonymous OP 3w

just to be clear, your issue with decolonial rhetoric is that it doesn’t vibe well with reactionary whites ?

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Anonymous _orangutan 3w

I’m from Indonesia

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Anonymous _orangutan 3w

My issue is that the failures of the left to gain traction in America is because their rhetoric has moved away from actual praxis in relation to working people and has become ridden with virtue signaling and morality policing

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Anonymous OP 3w

is it that, or the red scare?

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Anonymous _orangutan 3w

Obviously both have played roles in the undermining of leftism in America, it is typical exhibition of shallowness for a leftist to attribute lack of success to external suppression or propaganda, rather than be nuanced about their ideological shortcomings.

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Anonymous OP 3w

well it’s just that the people who have had the most success organizing in the US tend to be decolonial in their orientation. think individuals like Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Huey Newton, Fred Hampton, etc. were their successes limited by alienation of the white settler class, or intervention on behalf of said class?

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Anonymous _orangutan 3w

That’s a good point to bring up, although I would argue a figure like MLK was not nearly as radical a figure parroting de colonial narratives compared to Malcom X and Huey newton. Also these figures were leaders specifically for the advancement of a group marginalized by colonial capitalism, and as such they were not staunch advocates of socialism and what that means for all Americans which is what I am primarily talking about.

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