Political affiliation is such a multi dimensional concept; reducing it to the labels of ‘left’ and ‘liberal’ serves only to downsample the space into something simplistically palatable; a tasty morsel to satiate our baser tribalistic instincts.
If anything, things would be a lot more civil if we conversed about specific beliefs or policies rather creating a symlink between one view and a thousand other tangentially related views and calling it some ‘ism’.
“Leave or conform” what a beautiful world it would be.
It is an oversimplification, but I believe the base of it is the base of conflict here. Do you think we should preserve capitalism, or should we move on from it? Do you think socialism would be nice, but have no plan to get there beyond electoralism, or do you have centuries of historical practice to look to for inspiration? I deliberately said the “left” in vague terms because even if I may disagree with anarchists, I can align with them on moving beyond capitalism. These two groups, the left and the liberal, form the most opposing sides in Lemmy bickering.
I’ll also stand in defense of the “-ism.” I am a Marxist-Leninist. This means I accept Marx’s theories on the law of value, the scientific approach to socialism guided by class struggle and historical materialism, as well as dialectical materialism as a world outlook. It also means I agree with Lenin on his analysis of imperialism, the strategy and tactics of the Leninist party structure, and the necessity to support national liberation movements. Telling someone that I’m an ML lets them know right away that I agree with these things.
Political affiliation is such a multi dimensional concept; reducing it to the labels of ‘left’ and ‘liberal’ serves only to downsample the space into something simplistically palatable; a tasty morsel to satiate our baser tribalistic instincts.
If anything, things would be a lot more civil if we conversed about specific beliefs or policies rather creating a symlink between one view and a thousand other tangentially related views and calling it some ‘ism’.
“Leave or conform” what a beautiful world it would be.
It is an oversimplification, but I believe the base of it is the base of conflict here. Do you think we should preserve capitalism, or should we move on from it? Do you think socialism would be nice, but have no plan to get there beyond electoralism, or do you have centuries of historical practice to look to for inspiration? I deliberately said the “left” in vague terms because even if I may disagree with anarchists, I can align with them on moving beyond capitalism. These two groups, the left and the liberal, form the most opposing sides in Lemmy bickering.
I’ll also stand in defense of the “-ism.” I am a Marxist-Leninist. This means I accept Marx’s theories on the law of value, the scientific approach to socialism guided by class struggle and historical materialism, as well as dialectical materialism as a world outlook. It also means I agree with Lenin on his analysis of imperialism, the strategy and tactics of the Leninist party structure, and the necessity to support national liberation movements. Telling someone that I’m an ML lets them know right away that I agree with these things.