Grimble [he/him,they/them]

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  • Grimble [he/him,they/them]@hexbear.nettoThe Agora@sh.itjust.works*Permanently Deleted*
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    10 months ago

    Why do half your criticisms revolve around us disbelieving a single factoid, and that disbelief somehow making us moral failures? And why is the other half mostly complaining about our hostile tones after one of yours posts genuinely uninformed bigotry?

    Like, really. From all the railing against Hexbear I’ve seen, it’s either scolding Americans for their passive opinion on a set of completely irrelevant foreign issues related to “_____ denial”, or “Youre right but you were mean to Me im telling :(”. You never bring any insight on the programs or policies we actually want in our own states, and when you enter those threads you try to draw the conversation back to Chinese and Russian historical atrocities (orthe Uyghur situation which always leads back to zenz) to call us hypocrites. Im starting to wonder… do you guys have even a single accusation that doesnt boil down to “Get these subversives OUT at all costs”?!
















  • Grimble [he/him,they/them]@hexbear.nettoMemes@lemmy.mlfixed cyberghost's "meme"
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    10 months ago

    What kind of revolutionary left do you want? Regardless, wanting to hard-reboot an existing radical movement over its perceived “failure” - while it’s still gaining traction - is what Trotsky did, and it just threw a wrench into things.

    And not to be that guy, but the negativity isn’t doing you favors. I made an effort to be reasonable and objective (except the Modern Trotskyites bit, since they honestly feel too sus and self-destructive to take seriously). If you’re feeling threatened by that, idk what to tell you. This is just what we believe. No one pays us for it.


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    10 months ago

    Why would you defend a guy who ordered deaths alongside Lenin then immediately left and cozied up to 1920s American fascism to make books about “The Betrayed Revolution” because he didnt get his share?

    Trotsky was a socialist. After his defection, he did next to nothing to advance socialism, only to passively denounce the closest thing the world had then to a Socialist Order. And he did this by going to their enemies, objectively the least socialist-tolerant bloc on Earth. Archetypal example of a self-centered “leftist” who folds inward and exclusively talks about their own life/‘persecution’ after one falling-out with the organized left. Look at Trotskyists nowadays and tell me they aren’t walking parodies who talk like Broadway characters. It says a lot abt how off-kilter you have to be to throw yourself behind Trotsky’s weirdo ‘cause’

    EDIT: To be clear, while I havent seen much of his work, I respect parts of his legacy. I’m sure there’s a lot of insight in his writing - reading criticism from a seasoned former Bolshevik is interesting, and the perspective is useful for making sense of the wider movement. I also understand he was under a lot of personal pressure at the time he fled the USSR. Despite any merit Stalin showed in WW2 or the Union’s massive industrialization effort, it must’ve seemed unfair to many party members that he was chosen to succeed Lenin (not sure of specifics on that event). I’d even say his assassination wasn’t necessary, and the graphic details aren’t something I take pride in. However, at the end of the day Trotsky’s decision to defect was a net negative for socialism in the early 20th century. He should’ve tried to be a different kind of conscientious objector, not a voice of anti-Soviet dissent.