Boflexgym [none/use name]
It’s not a coopted term because Marx, Lenin etc had to actively differentiate themselves from common forms of socialism. They did have movement movements, they just existed back before Germany and Britain expanded sufrage. Pretending that socialism is synonymous with communism is an Americentric viewpoint that leads to fundamental misunderstandings of how “socialism” operates on a spectrum. Not all socialists are good, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t socialists. Socialism is not necessarily marxism. No one teaches party history anymore.
…You do know that Marxism came before the Paris Commune and that many socialists were against it, right? Utopian socialism is still socialism, that’s the reason why we have to differentiate and should emphasize marxism and the shit that grew out of it instead. (or just be an anarchist i guess)
Pay attention to how Cyrpus handles this crisis, that’s where Russians love to stash money, especially now that Boris Johnson is using this crisis to stay in power.
SOCIALISM DOES NOT MEAN WHAT YOU THINK IT MEANS, IN MOST OF THE WORLD IT WAS BASICALLY SYNONYMOUS WITH SUCCDEMS UNTIL THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS.
One true leftist checking in, partly due to soviet nostalgia and partly due to a realization that this is turning into a existential crisis (also because they are mainly controlled opposition that gets ignored by the west in favor of irrelevant liberals and dangerous neofascists) the russian communist party is pro war. Expect a flurry of bad takes and people ignoring how socialist parties defended their nations during ww1.
Meh we are just witnessing reality, people tend to underestimate America when they are busy with their virtual circle jerking. (looking at everyone here who thought there wouldn’t be a war) With that said, Russia hasn’t escalated yet; all its talk about asymetrical acts should have primed us to how they were getting ready to be patient. Treating Russia like Venezuela will lead to something shocking, but there is a possibility that what they are really going to do is see wait until Iran and China prove that they will be reliable allies. Watch the Balkans and provocations in the straight of Hormuz, maybe even some accelerated coups in Africa.