The Gonzalite shit is very disappointing. It’s so frustrating because it’s an interesting sub and good on many things but the mods are too light-handed and may be ideologically problematic (certainly their rule on left unity {even though it’s mostly some variety of Marxists or Marxist-leaning opportunists there}).
Once again proving having rules against sectarianism is bad actually and not a good sign for a sub supposedly for a podcast, supposedly run by ML’s for the purpose of deprogramming liberals.
The sub is definitely on the minds (and under the skin) of a lot of liberals too as I’ve seen it posted to both TMOR, AHS, and I think SRD not to mention constantly being posted on by “anti-tankie” subs.
Whole thing brings back bad memories of the ultra coup on MoreTankieChapo.
Their takes on Ukraine are also imperfect, main line there seems to be “both sides bad” which is you know ignorant. Oh plenty of people with good takes on it, proper takes and they don’t get banned but lots of people very angry and upvoted pushing the both sides bad thing and the perfect off-ramp for these liberals who refuse to totally give up the propaganda of the imperialist capitalist reigning champion heavyweight hegemon (US/NATO) is to go ultra. Perfect moral superiority, smugness, sitting in arm-chairs shitting on others and feeling above it all.
“Unity is a great thing and a great slogan. But what the workers’ cause needs is the unity of Marxists, not unity between Marxists, and opponents and distorters of Marxism.”
Vladimir I. Lenin, apparently known worker of the security state.
The Gonzalite shit is very disappointing. It’s so frustrating because it’s an interesting sub and good on many things but the mods are too light-handed and may be ideologically problematic (certainly their rule on left unity {even though it’s mostly some variety of Marxists or Marxist-leaning opportunists there}).
Once again proving having rules against sectarianism is bad actually and not a good sign for a sub supposedly for a podcast, supposedly run by ML’s for the purpose of deprogramming liberals.
The sub is definitely on the minds (and under the skin) of a lot of liberals too as I’ve seen it posted to both TMOR, AHS, and I think SRD not to mention constantly being posted on by “anti-tankie” subs.
Whole thing brings back bad memories of the ultra coup on MoreTankieChapo.
Their takes on Ukraine are also imperfect, main line there seems to be “both sides bad” which is you know ignorant. Oh plenty of people with good takes on it, proper takes and they don’t get banned but lots of people very angry and upvoted pushing the both sides bad thing and the perfect off-ramp for these liberals who refuse to totally give up the propaganda of the imperialist capitalist reigning champion heavyweight hegemon (US/NATO) is to go ultra. Perfect moral superiority, smugness, sitting in arm-chairs shitting on others and feeling above it all.
“Communists” denouncing left unity are literally doing the work of the security state
“Unity is a great thing and a great slogan. But what the workers’ cause needs is the unity of Marxists, not unity between Marxists, and opponents and distorters of Marxism.”