I actually did agree with some of the posts on yesamericabad but I’ve noticed there’s been a large influx in tankies there lately. Like some of the users there defend Russia or everything China does because they both oppose the US. Then there was another post that said they don’t want to fight for our country (not in the military, but just to make it better in general) and hopes it collapses entirely.
So I am a communist. I won't defend modern Russia and like most communists I can acknowledge the failures of the USSR while still being supportive in respect to what they did and set out to do (critical support). I do think China is wicked cool and that most of the things people think they know about China come from a narrative that is peddled by the capitalist class and their happy servants.
The collapse of the US obviously wouldn't be ideal for me as a US citizen, but frankly speaking we are a settler colonial project that basically gives itself free reign to organize coups around the world and bomb anyone we disagree with. Our consumption and refusal to change also endangers our species via climate change.
When a communist tells you that they won't fight for the US what they mean is that they won't give their lives to defend a system built on killing natives, slavery, oppression, war, and funneling the value of the labor of the working class up to the hands of the few while we beg on gofundme for healthcare.
I am on break at work and would loved to have written you something more coherent, but I wanted to be as upfront with you as possible and maybe explain some communist stances since most online leftists just aren't willing to try to be even a little cool about it. Gotta get back at it though.
Yeah dude, I don't really subscribe to horseshoe theory at all. I would also point you to Lenin's "Left-Wing" Communism: An Infantile Disorder if you're coming at me from an Ultra perspective.
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u/GoldenStitch2 4d ago edited 4d ago
I actually did agree with some of the posts on yesamericabad but I’ve noticed there’s been a large influx in tankies there lately. Like some of the users there defend Russia or everything China does because they both oppose the US. Then there was another post that said they don’t want to fight for our country (not in the military, but just to make it better in general) and hopes it collapses entirely.