• Tommasi [she/her]@hexbear.net
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    25
    ·
    8 months ago

    they are a significant source of disinformation about actually successful Western Communists such as Jackson Hinkle and Infrared.

    lmao, it’s dumb enough to argue that these reactionaries are communists, but by what possible metric are they succesful? Actual socialism is still a tiny niche in western politics, but what they’re promoting is a tiny niche even compared to that.

    • Valbrandur
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      15
      ·
      8 months ago

      But by what possible metric are they succesful?

      It is an attempt to equate success to fame (or infamy). It is as absurd as it sounds: if notoriety was proportional to one’s success or quality of their work, we would all be remembering Chris-chan as an excellent comic artist.

      • cayde6ml
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        9
        ·
        8 months ago

        I’m glad I wasn’t drinking coffee when I read this, I almost felt the urge to spit out my drink.

  • DankZedong A
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    25
    ·
    edit-2
    8 months ago

    have absolutely no explanation whatsoever for why Communist ideas have been irrelevant in Western countries for over half a century.

    I mean we kinda do now, don’t we? Media propaganda is a hot topic over here.

    • DamarcusArt
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      16
      ·
      8 months ago

      Nope, it’s clearly just that communism doesn’t work. I mean, if white people can’t do it, then clearly that means it’s just not a good idea.

  • ForMyDemons
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    23
    ·
    8 months ago

    Some of its prominent voices inside the US refer to themselves as “nihilists”[1] and thus hostile to the successful propagation of Communist ideas.

    The source is wisconcom prolewiki page lol. The rest also sounds very ignorant, like the part about the Settlers book.

      • Valbrandur
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        18
        ·
        8 months ago

        Imagine calling yourself “one of the most successful communists in the west” while being a twitch streamer. You can close your PC and suddenly the influence that this person has over western communism is zero.

        • cfgaussian
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          9
          ·
          edit-2
          8 months ago

          This is true of Haz but Maupin at least was at one point (he was since kicked out after a scandal exposing him as a creep) associated with the CPI which, whatever you may think of Maupin, does do some decent work occasionally. But yeah, these people and their fan base do have an overinflated sense of their own importance. Success as a communist isn’t measured in online followers but in what you can actually achieve in real world organizing.

          • CriticalResist8A
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            3
            ·
            8 months ago

            Which CPI do you mean? His Center for Political Innovation or something else?

          • Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            edit-2
            8 months ago

            Of course Haz has no influence he doesn’t even know how many holes a woman has and thinks squirting is pee.