[dude with glasses in a communist t-shirt, arguing] I'm the only leftist here, your opinions are TRASH
[dude holding a theory book on smug, arguing] Read theory you losers, you're all WRONG
[dude in an anarchist hoodie, arguing] Nuh-uh, I'm the only leftist here, you're SHITLIBS
[the three dudes are now caught in a cartoon fight, glasses gone flying, punches everywhere, while a firing squad of nazis are targeting them with rifles]
[a confused nazi asks] Why… why are they still arguing?
I didn't deny any genocide. And if you knew me better, you would understand how stupid this statement is.
I said your statement that liberal democracies have killed more people than regimes that are seen to be associated with communism is false.
To be frank with you, I think you are projecting an image of an enemy on me.
I do not like oligarchs, especially American ones because of their impact and their tendecy towards degeneracy.
I already told you I found standard US copytext around alleged differences between socialism and capitalism to be comically dumb. It's one of the reasons why my default mode of thinking is to assume that the content of common American socio-economic arguement is gibberish (unless proven otherwise).
I think Marx is prophetic and I believe his ideas will actually be realized in the future (maybe not in our lifetimes). In contrast the theological thought leaders of US-stope oligarchy (Friedman and other "economists") will go down in history as liars and criminal enablers; evil people.
That being said, communism as perceived by wider society is a dead end.
What we need is a new movement that reflects the dialectical materialism of the information age and offers a different mode of economic relationships to the oligarch regimes and the type of relationships that people associate with the word "communism".
I think we agree on a lot more things than you think, with the exception of "communism" as a brand, as opposed to it's end goals.
I quoted you directly
But yes, I'm going to continue to take a page from your book. To everything you say: This is false.
You do you. I still believe we are actually on the same side.
I made a good faith effort to try and explain my views and show that even if you disagree, there is a measure of nuance in what I am saying. I will note that good faith effort doesn't mean I was agree with falsehoods.
I will just add that your abrasiveness and lack of desire to build bridges won't lead to anything good. Mark my words.
This is false.
Great, neither will I. Especially not genocide denial.
This is false