I actually think that some measure of asceticism for professional revolutionaries is useful both to keep sight on the primary goal and for propaganda, but it shouldn’t be expected from masses.
The interesting part is that Khmer Rouge managed to somewhat improve the life of peasants, while utterly destroying the life of urban dwellers, so even them aren’t really an example.
Kinda just want to slug every single person expecting asceticism from the left. We’re fucking leftists, not buddhist monks.
If you’re not a Maoist guerilla living in the woods and cleaning AKs, are you even a communist?
Something something Christianity
Edit: what I didn’t write was that the Christianity stuff also applies to the right.
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Hey, Thomas Merton is pretty cool though.
I actually think that some measure of asceticism for professional revolutionaries is useful both to keep sight on the primary goal and for propaganda, but it shouldn’t be expected from masses.
I swear some of these people think that all leftists are some sort of Khmer Rogue fan cult.
The interesting part is that Khmer Rouge managed to somewhat improve the life of peasants, while utterly destroying the life of urban dwellers, so even them aren’t really an example.