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Yeah. Thats a recent thought of mine as well.
Instead of asking "what are communist/marxist dogwhistles i can use" we should ask "who would use especially communist phrases at all?" and "can we even identify marxists by their wording reliably" to which i would answer "probably not".
People who use dogwhistles are usually demagogues who try to communicate to an audience they are not openly working for, which recently has been described with the word " crypto" as in cryptical communist ot cryptical fascist.
I would argue that there are no "cryptocommunists" in a capitalist regime. It just goes against historical precedence. But there are tons of cryptofascists. I would even argue that there are cryptolibs in "communist" groups.
But i might be missing something here. Probably there is someone who can explain this in a materialist way.
I am hence very distrustful of people who use marxist language alongside non marxist language. Because it is easy to use "working class" and "bourgeoisie" while not committing to dialectical materialism which is what we need to not get backstabbed.
Feel free to criticise and suggest different or more developed ideas.
Rather than "cryptocommunist" or "cryptolib", I think "pseudocommunist" works better. They're not necessarily similar in their hidden beliefs (there's a whole range of reactionarisms), but instead for what they pretend to be.
Yes of course. Both are correct. There are no cryptocommunists but a lot of pseudocommunists or opportubists use communist language.
I'm wondering if more cryptolibs are because of intent or lack of education?
Good question. I would argue that a lot of people are libs in their heart because its their whole identity. There is such a huge variety of issues where liberalism creeps in. Asking someone who has lived like this for 30+ yrs to pretty much accept that they have been living a lie and unnecessary took responsibility for everything is probably very dangerous. If you break an identity like that, it may become life threatening. Thats why I think that we all hold some lib thoughts here and there and some are dedicated at eradicating such thoughts in themselves at any cost and others think they need to be marxists because its what is expected of them or it helps them atm. And even worse, some might think they are the former but their subconcious will make them the latter at the earliest chance.
Just a bunch of thoughts though. Feel free to work with them.
Ego death is real and most people will fight the collapse of their identity as if it's a physical threat, maybe harder. There is a point where that becomes inevitable, for a great many of us. That would be the place to introduce Marxist ideas, I think. But forcing the subject too soon will almost certainly be counterproductive and more than a betrayal to communism, a betrayal of the individual.
I'm a little sleepy, yesterday was long and exhausting, but I finally took melatonin to get to sleep; I've never heard of a melatonin hangover, so I guess I either slept too much or not enough.
Good point. i recently witnessed someone living through a cruel breakup and they broke down. dialectical materialism helped a little but liberalisms foothold was very strong.
With liberal tendencies I catch with my own thinking, I shudder to think how many I don't catch.
Yeah, same. I often catch others and self crit over it a lot. But i think its the devotion to find and eradicate it that counts in the end. Progressivism (so to speak) knows no end. Otherwise it becomes conservatism.
I try to view it as a marathon, not a sprint. I hope you give yourself some grace and compassion when you self-crit. You deserve and are worthy of the same care and compassion you extend to others.
Thank you very much. :) same goes for you of course.
And for the reader! Please be kind to yourself while growing.
Thank you, my friend! It goes for all of us!