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[-] Socialism_Everyday@reddthat.com 9 points 14 hours ago

This is literally the vast majority of western "leftists", of course they're the same person.

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

I'm a Western leftist, and neither of these positions represent me. I do know people who are represented by one or the other, but I don't know anyone who is both. Are you sure you're not just conflating the loudest voices as being from the same people?

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 4 points 7 hours ago

Do you support Cuba, the PRC, DPRK, Vietnam, Laos, Venezuela, Nicaragua, former USSR, etc but not Luigi? What do you mean you aren't represented by either?

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 0 points 5 hours ago

Support them? Like how, with money? Votes? Attending rallies? Because no, I don't actively support any of those countries. I do think each country has the sovereign right of self-determination, and I oppose my country's efforts to overthrow or undermine those governments.

I also oppose authoritarian dictatorships like the DPRK and the Trump administration.

As far as Luigi is concerned, I do not condone murder, but I also don't think he's guilty of murder. I think the oligarchy needed to find the killer, even if they didn't find the actual killer, and planted all the evidence against Luigi.

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

I think you should read Roland Boer's Socialism in Power: On the Theory and History of Socialist Governance, but I more or less understand your point now.

[-] Socialism_Everyday@reddthat.com 4 points 9 hours ago

It might be my biased sample from the people I interact with IRL (I live in Spain) and on the internet, but out of all self-declared leftists and progressives, a vast majority support Luigi and use slogans like "eat the rich" while repelling any repression from Actually Existing Socialist states.

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