This community seems to be a curation of news articles, so I’m not sure if a discussion question is supposed to be here.

So anyways:


I really liked this term, but unfortunately, it has been used by authoritarians (particularly the people that call themselves “Marxist-Leninists”), so the word has a negative connotation amongst people living in countries with a democratic system, to be associated with those authoritarian regimes.

Given this negative connotation with the term, should Non-Authoritarian Socialists/Leftists use this term? Why or Why Not?

  • plactagonic@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    Please don’t use it in eastern countries. As someone who lives in country that had “them” for 40 years and more than 20 of those was occupied I take this term more like a insult.

    • The Cuuuuube@beehaw.org
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      1 year ago

      Calling my anarchosyndicalist Ukrainian friend “Comrade” would be a fantastic way to have her not talk to me for a few months