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Leftists get a pass. Dont worry they will chip in on the next struggle against oppression.
...do you think leftists aren't contributing to various struggles against oppression?
Not in any impactful way unless you count accelerationism as a humanitarian effort.
Mutual Aid groups? Community defense organizations? ICE watch? Stop Cop City? Back in the day, Dakota Oil Pipeline protests? The anti-Zionist movement? Black Lives Matter? Occupy Wall Street? Obviously not all of these are exclusively leftist, but in all of these, leftists have had huge presence.
Hey, Im terse, I know, but mad respect here.
When it comes to boots-on-the-ground individuals actually having a physical presence and doing the work of building communities, leftists are often the only ones there. Liberals abandoned that work a long time ago. Part of the reason the left lost the working-class vote has been because having the weight of the "enlightened centrists" around our necks stunted the real work to improve their living conditions. Of course they're going to be resentful when all they get is patronizing words and no results. "But we have to keep the donors happy" the heck we do. Bending the knee to the robber barons and nerfing every effort to benefit workers has violated the trust of everyone who once believed that we could do more together than worship a golden throne. If we're going to earn that trust back, the last thing we need is become more conservative. We need to deliver results, and that's not something a Liberal knows anything about.
Sounds like prejudice and virtue signaling to me.
One sweeping statement you take credit for any amount of good with nothing to back it up other than blind confidence.
Straight maga type rhetorical bs.
Keep rejecting people's lived experience, it worked so well for you when you were telling everyone "I don't know what you're worried about, the economy is fine on paper."
I told people this? Who are you shadow boxing?
"You", is a also a collective noun.
That... doesnt apply to me.
So you don't want to have to stand behind the liberal rhetoric but you will make ad hominem attacks at anyone who tries to hold them accountable?. Do you actually stand for anything or do you just enjoy "scoring points" on the internet?
you're doing great
Yeah all your civil rights and labor rights just came out of voting and liberal parades. Please ignore the literal battles that have been fought over the subject.