As for people who are politically backward, Communists should not slight or despise them, but should befriend them,unite with them, convince them and encourage them to go forward. -Mao Zedong
As for people who are politically backward, Communists should not slight or despise them, but should befriend them,unite with them, convince them and encourage them to go forward. -Mao Zedong
cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/4493698
As for people who are politically backward, Communists should not slight or despise them, but should befriend them,unite with them, convince them and encourage them to go forward. -Mao Zedong
That works fine for Chinese peasants and industrial workers in occupied Shanghai, but western suburbanites are an entirely different story, and I'm 100% confident Mao would agree if he saw the level of imperial psychosis we're up against
There's a distinction between those who aren't as educated and those who are actively antagonistic/reactionary (which Mao was definitely not a fan of).
In Fediverse terms, it's the difference between a lib walking in and asking "Why is voting for Biden bad if Trump would be worse?" And a lib walking in and stating "If you don't vote for Biden you're a republican".
The misinformed and the outright reactionaries may sound similar at times, it is the nuance that we must address.
The misinformed and the outright reactionaries may sound similar at times, it is the nuance that we must address.
While I love dunking
, I'd say in principle you're right. Leftism is entirely isolated since the fall of the USSR, it's hard enough educating people when you're up against the propaganda machine that exists. Whatever little bit counts.One thing that really gets people going "wow" is when I bring up housing in China compared to here in the West™, which exists just for speculation.
Also Mao: launches the Anti-Rightist Campaign
Mao in that quote was talking about Chinese Peasants and the nascent Chinese working class holed up in newly industrialized cities, not entrenched feudal landlords or comprador genociders who collaborated with European and Japanese colonizers
Well, you may reach out to them to convert them, but you have to keep them from power.
History proves that the only time when rightists actually listen to leftists is when rightists have the source of political power directed at their faces.
remember that politically backwards =/= reactionary.
This applies for good-faithers mostly...
This rules
Pretty funny cross-posting it here
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Mao never met American CHUDs or Libs.
Sino-Soviet split yadda yadda
I try Mao, but my brother sends me death threats and it's the only time my dad wants to be able to hit me again.
Your brother sends you death threats and your dad wants to hit you? What kind of hell house do you live in?
My brother attributes what sounds like Long Covid symptoms to a covid vaccine reaction, so he has said he’d kill me if I ever asked him to vaccinate again (we merely asked anyone visiting when our newborn was born, to have the Covid vaccine; he could have chosen not to visit).
My dad gets so heated when we talk about politics that I know he wishes he could hit me again (we are both Venezuelans, he thinks Chavez basically raped and debased the country).
I’ve gone no contact with my brother and I barely talk to my dad.
Just need to add, I don’t actually live with any of them. I’m a grown man with my own house and family lol.
He's 100% right, no caveats, you should talk to everyone BUT
That's too hard
IME this is not just a whole dunk tank, I see loads of hexbears engaging even the most staunch radlibs in good faith, which I respect.
It's hard not to explain things thoroughly when we understand them so well! :D
