Nah sounds like a radlib. Reading western "Marxist" intellectuals doesn't mean shit.
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The nooo dont read marxist theory its sooo like whitey mcmayoid is literally a liberal plot to undermine communist thought, you should not treat marx and other philosophers as gospel, but like use it to build a movement that is based on your current conditions and that includes religion, history and economic relations of your country. So Congolese Communism will be inherently different and tailored to congolese people than English Communism.
Saying stuff like "Black liberation simply isn’t possible under capitalism" takes him pretty firmly out of radlib territory
No it doesn't. Criticism of capitalism is completely consistent with liberalism. Call me when he embraces a positive alternative.
Criticism of capitalism, yes. Entirely disregarding it and saying that liberation is incompatible with capitalism, no.
Disagree. What do you think a radlib sounds like? That's exactly what they would say. Without embracing a positive alternative to capitalism you can say whatever you want it doesn't matter.
You're missing the part where the radlibs make sure to shit on AES so that people don't get the impression that they're a mean bad tankie
No it’s not. Liberals, if they criticise capitalism, always clarify they mean crony capitalism or predatory capitalism or something else like that. And follow that up by talking of some good, idealised capitalism that is actually necessary.
That's really not true at all. Most radlibs will list serious complaints about capitalism, but then say some shit like "but it's the best system out of all the options"
Radlib is a term whose meaning depends on the person using it.
To a DSA baby DemSoc, a radlib is someone like Elizabeth Warren, someone that coopts anti-capitalist criticisms into milquetoast, explicitly pro-capitalist reforms.
To various kinds of commie, all forms of capitalist reformism or incrementalism might be criticized as radlib, so e.g. they might criticize Bolivia's MAS as radlib (hopefully quietly and behind closed doors).
I think we don't know much about CK. It's at least a good thing for "black liberation is incompatible with capitalism" to be a more popular sentiment.
To me, the CPC is "radlib"
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