To any Lemmy.ml people here: do you think my being banned from Lemmy.ml is a sign that I should read theory a bit more? I support the idea of socialism, and I’m NOT against AES countries as well.
I had already understood how the KKKri$$tian martyrdom complex manifested in the western reactionary, but that essay helped me understand how it manifests in the western leftist, too. It’s really a fantastic piece.
Yeah, same here. I’m a pretty staunch atheist and I live in a country that is quite atheist but this tendency still manifests in this reflexive support for the underdog, no matter who it is. (Reflexive as in “by reflex” here.)
If ISIS didn’t have a bad name, plenty of people here would support them just because they’re plucky upstarts fighting against the ruling powers of West Asia. Case in point is the exact thing happened with the Azov battalion. Yikes.
Didn’t have my ear to the ground on that one but I can only imagine that the average person where I live would only know what the mainstream media fed them - Assad is a dictator, the moderate rebels are freedom fighters, maybe something about Captagon or barrel bombs or the OPCW report. So I imagine they would have been supported by the average Joe here.
If I read that article when I first became radicalized I would have saved me years of wasted effort. I cannot emphasize how valuable that essay is.
I had already understood how the KKKri$$tian martyrdom complex manifested in the western reactionary, but that essay helped me understand how it manifests in the western leftist, too. It’s really a fantastic piece.
Yeah, same here. I’m a pretty staunch atheist and I live in a country that is quite atheist but this tendency still manifests in this reflexive support for the underdog, no matter who it is. (Reflexive as in “by reflex” here.)
If ISIS didn’t have a bad name, plenty of people here would support them just because they’re plucky upstarts fighting against the ruling powers of West Asia. Case in point is the exact thing happened with the Azov battalion. Yikes.
What about Syrian rebels?
Didn’t have my ear to the ground on that one but I can only imagine that the average person where I live would only know what the mainstream media fed them - Assad is a dictator, the moderate rebels are freedom fighters, maybe something about Captagon or barrel bombs or the OPCW report. So I imagine they would have been supported by the average Joe here.
What about Ahmed Al-Sharaa?
The average person here wouldn’t even recognize the name
The best way to fight this reactionary doom and gloom is through the power of optimism and luck.
Please read instead of just saying stuff
Read theory?