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  • Red Wizard 🪄
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    1 year ago

    Anyone practicing Socialist thinking is practicing a form of Marxism, in which Maoisim\Communism With Chinese Characteristics has its roots. So naturally, you are going to see ideological overlap between the two. Wouldn’t it be reasonably disingenuous to draw a straight line between someone’s Socialist and Anti-War points of view and whatever you imagine the Chinese government to be? To rephrase, wouldn’t it be disingenuous to attempt to paint someone who holds Socialist and Anti-War points of view to also be 100% Pro-China in all regards, good and bad?

    I’m trying to meet you where you are if it wasn’t clear. McCarthyism vilified people in support of strong labor unions, a belief that also has a shared lineage with Marxism, as agents of the USSR. This doesn’t feel that different to me. You have to be willing to accept a nuanced approach to these existing socialist states if you share any socialist points of view, otherwise, you are just upholding an unrealistic ideal that no one can ever actualize.