Those Chapos would be (more than a proportionate fraction being Westerners) leftists who haven't fully shed the casual imperialism that turns the liberal human rights Kabuki into a weapon. They don't see that the (possibly valid, though not usually) human rights talking point isn't actually about whether you personally agree with it, which is how liberals process so much of politics. It might even be part of their sense of personal fulfillment, where political talking points are about being officially "informed" without actually knowing enough to sift out sufficient BS. They don't see that the talking points feed into manufacturing consent for the strategic violence of the state department, that it gives life to a media cycle with a tendency to whip up consent to war. That it is often just about giving cover for these pols to vote for imperialist legislation.
I feel like this is in a similar domain as the baby leftists who only care about Medicare for All.
I guess the best we can do is educate those who will listen and dunk on those unwilling.
Struggle sessions can be extremely productive as long as comrades keep on topic and stay calm(ish).
This thread is doing pretty good at that. Having to mod less than I thought. Also how the fuck do the sitemods do this for the entire site? This shit is time consuming.
Oh yeah, I remember that.
Those Chapos would be (more than a proportionate fraction being Westerners) leftists who haven't fully shed the casual imperialism that turns the liberal human rights Kabuki into a weapon. They don't see that the (possibly valid, though not usually) human rights talking point isn't actually about whether you personally agree with it, which is how liberals process so much of politics. It might even be part of their sense of personal fulfillment, where political talking points are about being officially "informed" without actually knowing enough to sift out sufficient BS. They don't see that the talking points feed into manufacturing consent for the strategic violence of the state department, that it gives life to a media cycle with a tendency to whip up consent to war. That it is often just about giving cover for these pols to vote for imperialist legislation.
I feel like this is in a similar domain as the baby leftists who only care about Medicare for All.
I guess the best we can do is educate those who will listen and dunk on those unwilling.
Struggle sessions can be extremely productive as long as comrades keep on topic and stay calm(ish).
This thread is doing pretty good at that. Having to mod less than I thought. Also how the fuck do the sitemods do this for the entire site? This shit is time consuming.
That was me years back, it takes a long time to learn, even if you're enthusiastic about that stuff.