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Purity Tests (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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It's fascinating to me how the same people who like to do purity tests for China or Vietnam claiming they're not actually communist are also the ones who'll defend places like US or Canada saying yeah it's not perfect, but it's the ideal of the system that matters.

It's such an incredible example of cognitive dissonance. These people able to recognize that their own system doesn't live up to the ideal they have in their heads, but still treat it as a valid interpretation of the idea, but when it comes to a system they dislike then the same logic doesn't apply all of a sudden.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I agree to some extent. However, the flip side of the coin is that great organizers often burn themselves out and then stop organizing altogether. I’d much rather western communists take things slow and organize more sustainably. The alternative is to maintain revolutionary optimism even in non-revolutionary times. Unfortunately, I think that’s just a recipe for burnout, idealism, and opportunism.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago

Yeah, sustainability is definitely an important factor. I think at the stage we're currently at, education is the most important thing people could be doing. I kind of see it as an inoculation campaign. Once you get people to understand the actual economic relations they're subjected to and how they relate to the political system, then they become largely immune to capitalist propaganda. The more people we can get immunized the better position we'll be at when the conditions are right.