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 (DIR) Post #AZLUTqxyzpof7tnB2G by ramonita@todon.eu
       2023-08-31T12:48:16Z
       
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       kinda in a postlefty mood these days.  like not that I think leftism is an empty category, or that ending capitalism—capitalism proper, the private ownership of the means of production—isn't a worthwhile goal to dedicate oneself to.it's more that I've come to realise that most people active in the Left are not really on my side.  like they're not *against* me, but they're not on my side either.  if you are at war you need allies.  people who are not the enemy aren't necessarily allies.  they're just, kinda there?my overwhelmingly urgent question is, who can you phone when the fascists come for you? most people on the Left think I mean this rhetorically, metaphorically, or in a "it could happen here" kind of way.  I mean it literally.  I've been in that situation, multiple times, this year.  and most people I know who are active in the Left, they wouldn't come.  their concerns just aren't my concerns.  most people I know who are active in the Left are working as hard as they can at convincing themselves that there's no war in Ba Sing Se.main reason I'm not coming out and saying I'm post-left is that post-left anarchism is a Thing, it's like a specific subculture with a certain crew, and that crew is, if anything, even less my crew than the Left people.