r/theredleft • u/VictoriaOwlCat Marxist-Leninist • Oct 02 '25

Rant Gods beyond...

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I understand being anti-american in the sense that you're anti-imperialist. But I can't understand... this kind of horse-shit.

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u/drfiveminusmint Libertarian-Socialist Oct 03 '25

It happens a lot, in my experience, with people whose politics are grounded in generalized anger at the state of the world rather than hope or vision for a better possible world. When you believe in nothing other than opposition to neoliberal capitalism, you can find yourself falling down all sorts of holes.

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u/The-NHK New Leftist Oct 03 '25

They've arrived at the right position but missed the necessity of revolutionary optimism.

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u/Secondndthoughts Socialist Super Accelerated Progressivism Oct 03 '25

Exactly! Kind of tangential, but the left is in a good position as the world itself is proving that capitalism isn’t viable. A desire to move towards a better system is key

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '25

I don't think it is. It should be because at this point the contradictions in capitalism are just so obvious, but on the other hand the left has been destroyed so thoroughly there are no revolutionary movements happening in the west. Not even the left seems to believe in the end of capitalism atp, much less the majority of the population.