I’ve been trying to find a good Marxist instance, but Lemmygrad and Hexbear are widely hated. Why is that? Are there any good leftist instances?

  • davel [he/him]@lemmy.mlEnglish
    7711·
    7 months ago

    More often than not, when Americans say leftist they really mean left-liberalism a la Bernie Sanders, which is really center-left at most, and not actually leftist in the original sense, a sense which Americans have forgotten thanks to two Red Scares and the first Cold War.

    • Eldritch@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1411·
      7 months ago

      True, but leninists are not leftist in any significant sense either. They are more authoritarian/ totalitarian than they are left or right.

      • TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml
        1511·
        7 months ago

        Totalitarian is an invented term, and every single government and governance structure is “authoritarian” by definition. These words mean hubris, and are dogwhistles for anti-communists.

        If Leninists are not leftists according to you, you might as well start to claim Hitler was not a fascist, and Bush, Obama, Clinton, Churchill were all great homies.