lumpiangshawarma comments on Federation has just solidified the fact that there is no saving the West

Federation has just solidified the fact that there is no saving the West (hexbear.net)

submitted 3 years ago by christiansocialist@hexbear.net to c/politics@hexbear.net

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From all the concern trolling I see in the other instances it's clear that there's no winning over these people. Everything is "Kremlin propaganda" to them. I do think a lot of chapos did go a little overboard with the PPB, but even thoughtful responses were met with the "hateful rhetoric" and "Kremlin talking points" BS. As always, it is to the Global South we must look to for any hope in the future...

[–] lumpiangshawarma@hexbear.net 11 points 3 years ago (5 children)

I feel like this is a copout.

This is an overwhelming case of too many labor aristocrats that can't abandon their class interests.

The way some of you are hyperfixated about Ukraine, cling to China as to fulfill their "communist" promise, and go on being defeatist about America is baffling.

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[–] PandaBearGreen@hexbear.net 16 points 3 years ago (2 children)

plz explain. do you hold hope for america? I feel like the Ukraine thing is just because the way democrats just rallied behind another proxy war, and when you say that they go BOT!!

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[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 14 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Also to expand on this, the vast majority of people in the US who consider themselves progressive, who are likely the ones that could otherwise be convinced to join in to a labor movement, are exactly the ones who have been persuaded to believe the #1 priority for good people™ is to support Ukraine. They have also been persuaded to believe that anyone who says otherwise is a threat to freedom and democracy™. In short, the war propaganda has reset a lot of the progress we made during the Trump years where people started to see how broken and irreconcilable amerikkka was, by giving them false consciousness.