Yeah, actual leftists know critical support and harm mitigation aren’t just thought-terminating cliches. Tankies sneer about ‘vote blue no matter who’ and then turn around like ‘well of course I push this crank candidate, he’s doing some of what I want.’
It’s worth clarifying - conservative doesn’t mean right-wing. It’s when people view reality as a team sport. Right-wing politics slot nicely into that, because right-wing politics begin and end with ‘well somebody’s got to be king.’ The same pattern of behavior can claim high-minded decentralized goals, and even support them when they happen, but they’re not bothered when you say all the words and wind up with a dictator. Words don’t mean things.
Yeah, actual leftists know critical support and harm mitigation aren’t just thought-terminating cliches. Tankies sneer about ‘vote blue no matter who’ and then turn around like ‘well of course I push this crank candidate, he’s doing some of what I want.’
It’s worth clarifying - conservative doesn’t mean right-wing. It’s when people view reality as a team sport. Right-wing politics slot nicely into that, because right-wing politics begin and end with ‘well somebody’s got to be king.’ The same pattern of behavior can claim high-minded decentralized goals, and even support them when they happen, but they’re not bothered when you say all the words and wind up with a dictator. Words don’t mean things.