This is actually quite good; addresses the western left’s obsession with purity and martyrdom without producing a single useful result.
I was replying to someone who said that western parties did not attract many western workers.
I was pointing out that some of the interests of western workers are social-chauvinist, and parties/movements should not support those. I’m not sure how much more clear I can get: it is sometimes in the interest of the American working class to support the pilfering of resources from the global south. This is bad, and should not be supported. Parties should not compromise on this.
This is a basic anti-imperialist stance, and does not translate to “kill yourself and everyone around you”. Maybe my rhetoric was slightly inflammatory, but you’re extrapolating pretty wildly here.
Honestly, like I said, I see where my original comment was a bit inflammatory - I might have been a bit worked up from the breadtube discussion elsewhere in the thread, too. I don’t mean to write off the whole western working class, it’s just something that I think is important to keep in mind.
Thanks for the discussion on this, hope you have a good day!
