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[–] zed_proclaimer@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Many western leftists see politics as a personal quest for atonement and personal virtue, and have little concern for things like pragmatism or seizing power. In fact, doing those things would sully their general utopian purity by marring it with specific pragmatic actions and imperfect policies