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What is the mass line? How has it been used in the past? How can it be used today?

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It seems very similar to Trotsky’s transitional program. However the resources I’ve found online explaining it have been few and short, so I’m still confused how mass line actually works in practice. It seems like a fantastic tactic for the left to deploy right now, but I haven’t found any resources that explain it in detail.

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MichoganGayFrog [they/them]@hexbear.net
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This should not be confused with the Mass Swine which is us.

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TimeCubeEvangelist [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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Mass Gyne is bodybuilding for women

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kestrel_ [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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Damn this is a quality post. Thank you for taking the time to gather all those sources.

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MichoganGayFrog [they/them]@hexbear.net
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Thanks. I’d read the theory but having it summarized by several people really helped consolidate it.

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regenerativedespair [she/her]@hexbear.net
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It is a way of obscuring the inherently anti-communist dichotomy between “masses” and a hierarchical party structure which is separate from society which produces it.

Third positionism but for self-described communists

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Pezevenk [he/him]@hexbear.net
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dumb

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