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I guess I'll be waiting a long time, then?
I'm sorry where you just waiting for me to agree with you that being "blanketly optimistic" is ill-advised? Yeah, sure being a bloomer all the time is stupid, what a brave take
This whole time I thought you were trying to make some broader but misguided point about the historical relationship between revolution and electoralism, but apparently you just wanted to play Captain Obvious, my bad
Do you really need me to explain what I am waiting for?
Yeah go ahead and repeat this brilliant fuckin point I must've missed, I'm sure it's not that total non-sequitur you gave me about the SPD when I asked you how your sentiment isn't just defeatism
Chana your arguments aren't complex, I'm following along just fine, I've been trying to tell you that you bringing up the SPD and their role in the German revolution in response to my quote by Engels is stupid, one has nothing to do with the other, the SPD of 1895 is not the same SPD that sicced the Friekorps on Rosa in 1919
I've been responding to what you've been saying, you just don't like my answer, your premise is faulty and stating some irrelevant Wikipedia facts about WW1 SPD doesn't address my initial point that electoralism is a viable strategy in the Marxist canon
You did not respond to Chana, you deliberately sidestepped Chana's question with another question and are claiming victory by being smug, condescending, and pointing fingers and screaming "REDDITOR!!!" at anyone challenging you. Very mature.
I post an Engels quote from 1895, in response I receive a non-sequitur about the SPD during WW1, I explain multiple times WHY it's a non-sequitur and why it's irrelevant to my original point, all I get in response is snide bullshit, snark and actual condescension and I respond in kind.....end of story
Also adding exclamation marks to other people's words to claim they were "screaming" is some real disingenuous bullshit, and you want to talk about mature
Now you and the ultra larper clique can kindly fuck off, thanks
Just say you love Kamala Harris it’s not hard and truth is you probably wouldn’t have a lot of detractors
You're a larper and a dumbass, in what universe is Kamala Harris winning anything going to rupture the Democrats and lead to the birth of a new Working Class Party?
Like you're literally braindead and you don't understand politics, let alone the theory surrounding electoralism
Just admit you're a nihilist, truth is you probably wouldn’t have a lot of detractors
And Zohran will do all of that? Yeah good ok
No he won't, but more victories like his will
Victory gives socialists credibility with the working class, and credibility aids grassroots organizing, creating a virtuous cycle that leads to more victory leading to more organizing
I guess I just don't see this guy as a socialist any more than B*rnie or AOCIA are.
Oh dear
lmao fuckin redditor
Uh-huh