So I’m guessing they had a phase when they were 14 where they made ironic “Stalin did nothing wrong” jokes, and it made them unpopular enough that they shifted to generic western-lefto stuff instead of edgy teenage attention seeking leftism.
I can’t even fathom calling yourself a Marx-ish communist and not holding the position that states are instruments of class power, so it’s really hard to say what the starting point was.
It was someone treating leftism as a meme ideology, they called themselves a communist because they thought it would make them cool and funny and stand out, when it didn’t, they quickly folded back into more socially acceptable behaviour. It’s wearing an ideology like a new pair of Nikes. 0 understanding of it, or desire to understand the things they are saying.
So I’m guessing they had a phase when they were 14 where they made ironic “Stalin did nothing wrong” jokes, and it made them unpopular enough that they shifted to generic western-lefto stuff instead of edgy teenage attention seeking leftism.
I can’t even fathom calling yourself a Marx-ish communist and not holding the position that states are instruments of class power, so it’s really hard to say what the starting point was.
It was someone treating leftism as a meme ideology, they called themselves a communist because they thought it would make them cool and funny and stand out, when it didn’t, they quickly folded back into more socially acceptable behaviour. It’s wearing an ideology like a new pair of Nikes. 0 understanding of it, or desire to understand the things they are saying.