• @cm0002
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    1 day ago

    I think some on the left act like cultists

    I think the only ones on the left that truly fits that, are the tankies. And even then, can you truly call yourselves left if you’re an authoritarian? See: Stethoscope theory

    • @TrickDacy
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      I mean, if your attitude is “I’m an anarcho-communist and anyone not that isn’t on the left”, that’s pretty cult-like

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        I agree with what they wrote and I definitely don’t consider anarchocommunists to be the only real leftists. The left is a broad movement it just doesn’t include tankies. Being pro-oligarchy or pro-monarchy is not left no matter how much red paint you put on it.

        • @TrickDacy
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          023 hours ago

          I mean yeah, I don’t think I’m disagreeing with anyone here. I’m only considering a tankie-type a leftist insofar as they would pretend they are one.

      • @Takapapatapaka
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        Yeah, im with you on that one, i consider to be a anarco-communist myself and i recognize that it is easy to get cult-like about whats really left and even really anarchidt/libertarian.

        No wonder why every leftist thinker i know about fought against (what they saw as) sectarianism, thinking freely tends to get you a little sensitive about theory and disagreement, resulting in many movments thinking just slightly different buy treating each other like the worse traitors.

        But on a positive note, we tend to get sectarian about theories or practices rather than leader or countries.

        Edit : typo

    • @TrickDacy
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      023 hours ago

      Stethoscope theory

      funny enough, I was only able to find references to this on lemmy. It seems the same as (or at least similar to) “horseshoe theory” from what I can tell.

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        620 hours ago

        It’s a reference to horseshoe theory, just that most leftists don’t recognise tankies being left so having “left” come close to Nazis doesn’t make any sense