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Lemmygrad mod team statement on "patriotic socialism" (lemmygrad.ml)
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The Lemmygrad mod team has deliberated and decided that "patsocs", especially those claiming the title such as Maupin, Hinckle, and Infrared, are hereby banned and are not welcome on lemmygrad.

This ban does not include those who feel some level of "patriotism" (for lack of a better word) for non-settler states ( namely those who have historically been victims of colonialism ).

Discussions surrounding the topics of settler-colonialism, and decolonization will always be allowed, as long as they don't veer into the territory of defenses of colonialism, or affinity with colonizer over the colonized.

This includes:

  • No apologia of settler-colonialism, or defenses of colonizer over the colonized. IE no defenses of Israelis over Palestinians, or European Settlers over indigenous americans fighting for the return of stolen lands.
  • Please adhere to the Marxist-Leninist principle of Right of Nations to Self-Determination: especially holding true for indigeous peoples.
  • Please adhere to the Marxist-Leninist principle of Proletarian Internationalism.
  • No social-chauvinism, or opportunistic appeals to "conservative values" to win converts to socialism.

Here are some Marxist books / resources to learn more about Settler-Colonialism ( Audiobook torrents are linked as well )

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[-] kig_v2@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 2 years ago

Why in particular would the CIA use patsocs specifically?

[-] muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago

By turning socialism into a "conservative-friendly" movement, they defang it and take away its revolutionary potential, and easily steer it to social chauvinist directions. There's a long history of them doing this with labor movements, and this happened in almost every country going back to Lenin's day.

This is why most of Marxism's greatest works are polemics against social chauvinists / reactionary "socialists" ( state and rev, the renegade kautsky, reform or revolution, critique of the gotha programme ).

Reread the post text above.

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