(((Queer Becci Cat))) she @kittybecca@masto.jews.international

broadly speaking, people who self-identify as left-wing share the following things in common:

1. they believe traditional power structures involve the exploitation of the majority of people at the hands of a powerful elite
2. they believe this arrangement is undesirable
3. they believe this arrangement can be changed
4. they believe in taking collective action to bring about this change

this is true of everyone who self-identifies as left-wing. even primitivists. even "center-leftist" liberals.

it isn't true of fascists because fascists believe traditional power structures have been undermined by a conspiracy of "inferiors" in order to weaken the traditionally powerful, who they believe to be the rightful rulers of the world. they will no doubt claim otherwise, though, so use a grain of salt.

but those things are the common thread that unites just about everyone who self-identifies as left-wing. the specific differences involve industrialism vs. primitivism, mixed economy vs. full communism, statism vs. anarchism, etc..

so instead of saying to liberals "lol fuck you you liberal capitalist pig," what we could instead be doing is taking that common ground we have with them (listed above) and explaining why capitalism contradicts and undermines their desire for a more just world, how it's allowing a backdoor for all other forms of injustice to get in via a monopoly on the means of production.

***note***

there are exceptions. i'm not talking about democratic politicians, major democratic donors, or people whose livelihood is in being a liberal, like NGO members. you can't assume with such people that they have any common ground with you.

i'm talking about the vast majority of people who call themselves liberals or otherwise call themselves left-wing and disagree with you on the fine points. it's true, those fine points are extremely significant! which is all the more reason to see the urgency of finding common ground with others.

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