https://lemmygrad.ml/comment/2595115

  • principalkohoutek [none/use name]
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    1 year ago

    "communism" is good in theory cuz it's harmless, it's only when put into action and has to be defended that it becomes authoritarian MarxismStalinLeninMaoGenocidism 600 Brazillion dead

    • quarrk [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      I read it the opposite way, that they think people label themselves as Marxists because the communist label is too bad to be open about, whereas Marxism gives an intellectual flair

      • ferristriangle [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        I don't think the OP is using "Marxist" as a softer label if they're pairing it with "tankie" though. It seems to me that they're trying to make some kind of implication that the tankies and the marxists aren't real communists, they're just authoritarians with a communist aesthetic?

        idk, I'm not fluent enough in brainworms to decode this