Guys, at this rate I don’t think the revolution’s going to happen anytime soon.

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maybe i’ve just instinctively avoided places like this but that isn’t my impression at all, i find that a lot of people agree even if they don’t call themselves leftist at all, in fact the whole problem is that basically everyone has nearly identical beliefs but can’t bear the thought of voting for leftists who want to actually treat people fairly.

frankly the sentiment of this post feels like astroturfing to sow discontent.

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No. The most important thing is to gain virtue points by pointing out other people doing something wrong.

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Ah, of course. Always place fighting other leftists before fighting capitalism!

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They suck because nobody is left enough for anyone else, this past year the left splintered and if you so much as lean a little bit left or right of another leftist, you’re a fascist and they don’t want your support.

Meanwhile the right is unified, so no wonder the left is getting its ass handed to them.

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Well said.

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I need someone to explain to me why I should be guilted into staying on Facebook, Twitter, etc.

By this logic I should be on truth social trying to make it “a better place.” This is fucking stupid. The sites are built on rage bait, The algorithms want to keep you angry and fighting with people online. You are fighting against massive companies who have weaponized your data against you for the purpose of making sure you hang around. The only correct decision is to leave.

We need to build our own spaces and defend them.

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Yeah, there’s nothing wrong with leaving. I don’t think social media is productive in reality. You’d get a lot more done doing any level of political action in real life.

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I am honestly a bit impressed by how you managed to read all this into OP’s pic. Literally nothing there is about using Facebook, being guilted(???) into using it, nothing suggests that leftists shouldn’t build their own spaces. Are you really responding to the pic or to something else?

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I actually did intend to respond to a specific comment yes

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Well then… Your comment showed up first when I opened the comments, and without any other context it baffled me.

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No the idea is the Left has a long history of infighting over which cause is most worthy or which step in the direction of progress to make to the detriment of making overall progress or actually working against the Right.

Letting “perfect be the enemy of good”.

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People who seek first to run away to greener pastures rather than try and maintain their own are the true scourges of society.

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re: online spaces I fundamentally disagree.

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