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[โ€“] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Why? They will side with fascism over leftism every time.

[โ€“] comfy@lemmy.ml 8 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

That assumption isn't true. Socialists aren't born that way. By abandoning all liberals with blanket statements, we'd simply self-fulfill that prophecy. Even US libertarian militias, a peak of liberalist ideology, have sometimes sided with antifascists over fascists (see: Redneck Revolt lines of affiliation with American Pit Vipers).

You're referencing a real trend, and there's a kernel of truth behind it, however it's harmful to the socialist movement to assume that as a universal inevitability.