There’s a difference between what’s best for gaining popularity within online “left” spaces, and what’s best for advancing the revolutionary struggle. It’s not hard to notice this problem, the members of the left-wing video essay community “Breadtube” have repeatedly observed how there’s an issue with making politics into a fandom. Yet it’s not like merely recognizing this problem makes these creators able to see what the solution is. That solution is to not just become disillusioned with the notion that consuming Breadtube does anything to change the balance of class power, but also give up the ideology that underlies this false solution. To sell the illusion that online politics represents something genuinely offensive towards the existing power structure, the facilitators and spokespeople of these fandoms have to propagate a certain idea: that anybody who deviates from what’s considered the approved narratives within left spaces is an enemy, that to be considered “respectable” you’d better know what not to think and say.
"Anti-colonial Marxism is also real, but that’s simply called Marxism. Marxism, when practiced correctly, is innately pro-environmental, anti-colonial, and otherwise capable of rectifying contradictions."
Then what's your plan for dealing with the hordes upon hordes of colonizers in this country? People run with the line of 'anti-colonial marxism' bc we don't trust cacs like y'all to PROPERLY run an anti-colonial line. You're(collectively) only ever against colonization that isn't outright benefitting you. *That's not anti-colonial.* Just picking and choosing.
"Any 'left-wing' motherfucker tryna be your friend is an enemy; don't believe in his frenemy tactics."
"Anti-colonial Marxism is also real, but that’s simply called Marxism. Marxism, when practiced correctly, is innately pro-environmental, anti-colonial, and otherwise capable of rectifying contradictions."
Then what's your plan for dealing with the hordes upon hordes of colonizers in this country? People run with the line of 'anti-colonial marxism' bc we don't trust cacs like y'all to PROPERLY run an anti-colonial line. You're(collectively) only ever against colonization that isn't outright benefitting you. *That's not anti-colonial.* Just picking and choosing.
"Any 'left-wing' motherfucker tryna be your friend is an enemy; don't believe in his frenemy tactics."