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An 8-panel Phoebe Teaching Joey meme.

The first panel is Phoebe from Friends saying "Russia".

The second panel is Joey from the same show replying with "Russia".

The third panel is Phoebe saying "has invaded".

The fourth panel is Joey repeating back "has invaded".

The fifth panel is Phoebe saying "Ukraine".

The sixth panel is Joey repeating back "Ukraine".

The seventh panel is Phoebe saying the completed phrase "Russia has invaded Ukraine".

The final panel shows Joey proudly proclaiming "NATO just started a proxy war".

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[–] Discoslugs 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They are anti-solidarity. And you cannot be a leftist and be anti-solidarity.

Im a radical leftist. Specifically an anarchist.

I was arguing with tankies the other day, because I defined Tankie as an authoritarian Communists. In an effort to differentiate between communists I would work with as an anarchist.

Many people (mostly hailing from hexbear )really didn't like it. Cue endless whataboutism and people calling me a lib. Btw according to some hexbear folx. Its not imperialism when the USSR invaded Afghanistan, but it is when the US did it later. Lol.

I too want to exclude tankies from leftism. For many reasons. But the truth is that communism even authoritarian communism is leftist.

We dont need to "no true scotmen" leftism. There are problematic elements that we need to recognize and deal with in a way that is not simply saying "we are not them." Its much healthier and factually correct simply to say that state communism Trends towards a police state aka towards authoritarianism. And I dont support that.

Just my 2 cents.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

We dont need to "no true scotmen" leftism.

Fair enough.

Btw according to some hexbear folx. Its not imperialism when the USSR invaded Afghanistan, but it is when the US did it later.

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[–] negativeyoda 2 points 1 year ago

Like I said, I don't think the political spectrum is just 1 line. I think there's an X and a Y axis at the very least