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Anyone else feel they've gone from demsoc to ML to Maoist/Third Worldist in less than 2 years? (hexbear.net)

submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I was all into electoralism up until the 1-2 punch of Corbyn and Bernie getting screwed (and just straight up losing) within the span of 2 months. From there I thought electoralism still had it's place but was thinking more about how we'll never get to "vote" for socialism, and started leaning towards being an ML. And then recently, I'm just really down on the hope for any sort of internal change within the imperial core. I think change is going to have to be forced upon the global north by the global south. And even though Iive in the US, I just feel more and more disconnected from this place. I find I'm way more interested in what's going on in places like Cuba, China, Good Korea, Peru, Bolivia, India, etc. I find myself not even really caring about US politics except for when it comes to issues of foreign policy.

And in my observation, it feels like a lot of comrades here seem to be following this trajectory.

Of course as I move along this path, I still don't seem to have a really good feel on what I'm supposed to do, you know?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 years ago (2 children)

The real horseshoe theory is when you go past Maoist/Third Worldist and end up back at anarchism because the best thing to do from within the imperial core is to prioritizing dismantling the whole thing and building mutual aid networks to support people that will otherwise either suffer and die or be caught up by reactionaries.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago

What you said is probably the best you can and should do as an individual atomized from political power and without a coherent left mass movement to latch onto.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 years ago (1 children)

This doesn't seem incompatible with Maoism at all. Gotta adapt to your conditions and shit

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Yeah I think there's definitely synthesis to be found with Maoism and anarchism especially with regard to mass line tactics.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago

Hard agree. Of all the ML tendencies, I vibe best with Maoists. Those mfs are wild.