Antifa: need to know

[Dill]

(08-20-2017, 11:21 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: I think this is an example of the problem we are seeing. You seem to be, with comments like this, equating communism with Nazism or white supremacy. Communism is not inherently bad. It may be a misguided theory of how the world should work, but it is not as reprehensible as the racist beliefs of the white supremacist movements. When you come across in that manner, you are doing nothing but creating an environment in which people will defend these groups so that you can play a game of "gotocha!"

Partially agree with you here, Bels.  Communism is neither inherently bad (if you think humans are naturally equal) and is certainly not as reprehensible as white supremacy.

I am not sure there is a "Communist theory" though. There are various political developments/applications of Marx's writings that fly under the name of "Communism," and no one can stand in for them all. For most Americans, though, it is just label filtered through the lens of its enemy--capitalists and their supporters--applied to a wide range of historical movements and linked to current political threats to the status quo.  Been that way since before WWI.