• Black AOC
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    121 year ago

    I think where we disagree there is that where the law of the land is supremacy under a settler state, I consider that given kind of supremacy to be inherently essential to the settler in question until I’m given direct proof otherwise; (re: the ‘show and prove’ bit) because any lesser amount of vigilance is how you get chalk outlines, and we don’t have bodies to spare like that. The way these guys seemingly demand unfettered, uncritical, and accountability-lacking access to our emotional and strategic labor because “we’re not like the old boss, we promise”, reeks of a chauvinism that is near-inseparable from supremacy to me. It may not be burning crosses on the lawns, but it does ring a bit more an aggression than just micro, and leads me to believe that nothing but worse can be expected over time out of that corner of The Discourse™.

    Naturally, there has to be a recognition of the mutual interests of decolonization; but that assumes that the supremacy has been worked out of the settler first, and we don’t even have a single accord with which to begin approaching that question yet. The one thing that’s certain is that this kind of statement in OP’s image absolutely screams “we’re not gonna self-reflect like that” to me. Why I say I don’t have a ‘one-size-fits-all’ take, tbh.

    • @cfgaussian
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      81 year ago

      I can totally understand your concerns. I can only look at this from the outside since i have never lived in a settler state, but it seems logical to me that if there is to be an alliance between the indigenous people and the settler proletariat there needs to be some level of trust, and for that demonstrations must be made that the alliance will be mutually beneficial. It’s the same line of logic i follow when i arrive at the conclusion that communists simply must engage in labor activism and always keep pushing to improve the workers’ conditions no matter how “socdem” or reformist that may seem, because we must demonstrate to the working class through concrete actions that we are not only on their side but that their interest is best served by joining our revolution. Trust must be earned.

      • Black AOC
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        121 year ago

        Trust must be earned.

        You see the point I’m pushing here.