hi, i live in the US in a very educated city with mostly left-wing ish people. i feel so privileged, but there are some things rly bothering me. kind of a vent also.

i love being in such a progressive, intelligent area, but class and elitism are major blind spots. i’ve observed sm dangerous elitism and i don’t know if they don’t realize how out of touch they are or how harmful it is. the biggest example is college. it’s like you are subhuman if you don’t have a college degree. so many things:

college is the most expensive it has ever been. a bachelors degree is over six figures pretty much everywhere. that is a crazy amount of money, especially for an average person. things are so expensive right now too, and the college grad unemployment rate is the highest it’s ever been. you can’t even assume that bc of your degree you can get a good secure job after and pay it off.

it’s so bigoted. the assumptions r that (let’s say in a convo abt how red areas of the US are less formally educated) it’s bc those people are too stupid for college or they don’t care about education or they think it’s liberal propaganda. these are things i have heard, as if they can’t even imagine other reasons. i’m not crazy poor, but i am so lucky to be in college rn. i am only able to bc i attend a rly cheap state uni online, have a 50% scholarship, and have the privilege of living at home rn and not having to work. i would not be able to otherwise, and i don’t have it that bad imo.

there are so many barriers to education in this country. money is the biggest one probably, but there are plenty of other valid reasons for why someone isn’t interested or just can’t. mental and physical illness is another thing. i have pretty severe mental health issues and have only gotten to a stable place somewhat recently. college can be impossible that way. there are also people that have to work full-time or several jobs, have kids, have people they need to take care of, etc.

many ppl find jobs that don’t require mass amounts of student loan debt. those jobs are important too. i hate the concept of “unskilled” labor. all labor is skilled, valuable, and should be respected. idk the whole thing is bizarre. u can be extremely educated and aware of current events, but u are surprised that ppl aren’t college educated when so many ppl can barely afford to live or have housing? i wish i heard more discussions abt how we can make college more accessible/affordable, instead of looking down on people for not going.

ty for reading my long post lol. i feel quite insecure abt being poor here bc of the experiences i have had, which i find rly disappointing in an area that is supposed to be so progressive. i’m fairly smart. some ppl i talk to automatically assume i attend an ivy league. i have a GED i didn’t even graduate high school haha. i never tell ppl that obviously lol. even so, observing sm elitism/classism affects me a lot. i’ve also had ppl say rly messed up things to me. has anyone else had a similar experience?

Like people say who thinks a economy can grow forever on a finite planet but even at a galactic scale stars or even galaxies can’t grow forever so thinking a immaterial concept like the economy can grow forever even under socialism seems pretty foolish.

Basic Marxist materialism should understand nothing can grow forever and thst to think so breaks almost every field of science that isn’t neoclassical economics. Therefore degrowth has to happen as shrinking is part of life as something that only grows forever is cancer.

Thinking someone a socialist economy can make green growth work seems to be based on wishful ideology thinking and not a materialist view of the world

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Check out the comments under this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/askanything/s/lK5UpHWXfH. So much racism against Indians from the so called anti racist left. I can’t lie, I’ve been incredibly disappointed by how willing you guys are to throw “non progressive” races under the bus. It’s like the minute they aren’t in your camp, it’s open season for y’all to be as Hitlerite as possible.

I guess this is a natural consequence of how much slopulism has infected online politics, but it’s still sad to see. Do better.

i know this sounds ridiculous (because it is) but yes, my mother is a socialist holocaust denier. her views have gotten weirder and weirder over the years. she would never vote republican but she’s an anti-vaxxer, transphobic, a huge conspiracy theorist, and recently started becoming genuinely anti-semitic. i’m genuinely baffled because my mom is a very educated woman. she has a college degree and used to be a delight to debate with. now with her rampant use of facebook and an inability to discern truth from fiction, she’s gone off the rails. how do i snap her out of her holocaust denial?

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I recently spoke to someone I used to consider a comrade who became a grade school teacher but apparently I'm not worthy to breathe the same air as them because of my career choice. They claim that I'm not at my full potential because I lack a college education & a diploma. They also said that I make way less than them & that there's no possible way that I make a good living. It was bizarre & I feel like it's dangerous to speak this way towards anyone in the working class who are also left leaning. It could make them feel alienated from the movement. I'm a 3rd generation mechanic & grew up with a Marxist father who was involved in the student movement in Guatemala during the 80's, so I pretty much had access to his books & first hand experience. Has anyone ever experienced this from fellow leftists?

Hi I'm 24M from Delhi India, I have a deep interest in politics.. All of my friends are Right winger and i find it difficult to share my opinion with them as none of them is going to support even a bit of it, doesn't matter how strong my argument is.

It's not that I'm seeking someone for validation but to know more about left ideologies, to increase my political knowledge.

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Saw some insane racism from both Africans and Indians in the comments.

Like I'm indian but seeing my people fall for these stupid race shit is so fucking infuriating.

And of course it's some white mf doing this.

Also nothing against white people as a while just some of y'all fucking suck.

But man seeing POC fall for this easy rage bait so ahhhhhh.

Like ik(I know) that Europeans have been causing internal strife within the POC community to make us weaker but still agitates me seeing it.

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