You should do what you’re capable of doing. But We shouldn’t attack people for doing more. We shouldn’t attack people for doing less. Instead we should work together.

Thank you for sharing this, and yes I absolutely agree.

I encourage people to critique me, because I’m definitely vulnerable to my own ego, and it can make me blind towards getting meaningful material results. I want meaningful material results, so this helps me see my own blind spots.

But I am critiquing your attacks on a fellow comrade. I am critiquing our lack of unity in the movement.

Yeah, I think there’s a difficult line to walk here. We want unity, but we also need to hold each other accountable for being our best. I appreciate you holding me accountable too.

It’s like you think people can only be in this for their self-interest and anyone who doesn’t align with your personal world views is a traitor to you.

Not quite anything so intense and black-and-white. I think sometimes someone can have the right intentions, and lose the plot, and it’s important to remember to get back on track.

The creator in question, Madeline Pendleton, imho too frequently leans into TikTok drama slop, and has sometimes wielded their considerable following as a harassment tool against smaller (overwhelmingly BIPOC) creators, so I’m low on patience with them particularly. They stir drama and infighting on a much larger scale. I also think they spread a lot of Marxist awareness and could do better and be more effective. Not a traitor, just a little messy, and being messy isn’t a help to the cause.

I’m myself messy too. I don’t have the privilege/burden of a large audience, so it’s not going to have the same impact, but I would hope to be called out on it. I’m not any better of a person, and I’m trying to get better.