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Pardon me for not finding “vulnerable people need to die for my ideology” very convincing.
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this post was submitted on 12 Apr 2024
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Honestly, if leftist spaces on the internet weren't so infested with insufferable ML campists, I feel like we could actually move the Overton window a bit more among progressive liberals. Libertarian left ideas are pretty popular when presented in the right context. The thing which turns your average person off is the historical association with autocracy and oppression that MLs cling to for some reason.
I have been pretty vocal about this, but I just run into a sectarian wall over and over again. I wish more like-minded people would spend more time challenging ML orthodoxy and less time bashing liberals. I honestly feel like most liberals aren't nearly as far gone as your average Lenin simp.
I always say, and I'm fairly confident it's true, they're more pro-autocracy than they are pro-leftist. They will defend a dictator when they harm people before they back the people being harmed. That's not leftist. Leftism is on the side of the people being oppressed. They absolutely do more harm than good by making people think being left they have to agree with that group, but they're a very loud minority.