What are some leftist aphorisms that got co-opted and abused by libs? (hexbear.net)

submitted 8 months ago by BeanBoy@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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I noticed people started to use the idea of “no ethical consumption under capitalism” to just be completely irresponsible and just stop trying at all. I don’t think the point of that is to give up completely lol

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[-] wombat@hexbear.net 35 points 8 months ago

That Lenin quote about supporting electoralism that libs selectively cited to make him sound as if he would have supported voting for Biden. Of course, they always left out the part where he specified voting for communist parties.

[-] silent_water@hexbear.net 14 points 8 months ago

I had to struggle not to laugh when someone cited this one at me in a DSA meeting. he was very disappointed when I told him to read the rest of the page. very glad I left.

[-] themoken@startrek.website 6 points 8 months ago

Yeah, when I was DSA it seemed like everyone knew capitalism was fucked but the only answer anyone could think of was canvass and vote harder. I moved on to an actively anarchist org and we never talk politics - only how we can better do the work.