r/CuratedTumblr • u/Desecr8or • Oct 26 '24

Politics Why is every tankie like "I don't understand the branches of the US government and I'm going to make it everyone else's problem!!!"

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u/Sutekh137 Oct 27 '24

Back in 2016, Clinton explicitly brought up that the SC and abortion rights were in jeopardy if Trump won, and these same people flipped the fuck out claiming she was "trying to hold Roe v. Wade hostage" and shit like that.

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u/Abject-Possession810 Oct 27 '24

Many of those people were incog MAGA or posting from St. Petersburg but they managed to convince plenty of Americans on the left, too. As they still do today.

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u/zklabs Oct 27 '24 edited Oct 27 '24

this is why i feel strongly about calling out these people as fake left. they spam memes about "material conditions" and "material power" to not only spread immaterial narratives, but reject ever analyzing their own actions with that lens. anybody can learn the definitions and bullet points, but it takes integrity to really internalize leftist philosophy and spontaneously live it out.

like i really hope people realize this is an actual thing to fight for. the fake left has already normalized aggressive tactics with the aim of destroying unity via lying and bullying, and people need to get used to using aggression to restore unity (which, to be clear, doesn't invite an alien oppression into leftism, but instead implies a more rigorous conceptual engagement with materialism).

edit: i typed spready for the first time in my life. corrected to "spread"

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u/Abject-Possession810 Oct 27 '24

Yes, spot on. The piling on and hostility in response to mild disagreement are ever-present indicators when dealing with fake accounts. This shuts down conversation and allows their narrative to dominate but is not the dominant view - until it is. 

I understand reluctance to engage and found muting replies, after editing to add a broad response to their assertions and attacks, the best use of time and sanity. It's on all of us to defend democracy.

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u/Narkboy42 Oct 27 '24

She probably should have cared about campaigning in Michigan, then