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I haven’t read a lot of these sources myself yet, but the first one at least by the Communist Party of India is worth a read.

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[–] Whom@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 children)

I don't even know what to believe with this shit and I'm not an anarchist but this is the most ridiculous objection I've seen. "WHAT ABOUT [worse thing that anarchists also oppose]" is fucking meaningless and leaves you looking less like a good Marxist and more like you're just looking for any reason to dunk on nerds on the internet.

[–] TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml -1 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Whataboutism claims are a good sign of pseudo intellectuals dog whistling to attract mob attention, usually a last resort card played by people when they never have good discussion or argument skills.

[–] Whom@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 children)

"Whataboutism" as a claim can be abused a lot to avoid criticism of the other evil that is being referenced, but there is no reason to believe that's the case on an anarchist forum where you would be very hard pressed to find anyone who isn't also extremely opposed to the US and other western empires. Given the demographics of a site like this, it's also likely that most of their activism is targeted toward them as well. There is no reason that criticism of a potential evil has to wait for a larger evil to be toppled.

You're not actually making a point here, just hurling insults.

[–] TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml -1 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

More like I explained how concern trolling is done, by using whataboutism claims. If you want such academic discussions, first consider that you need a utopian world to do so, not the kind of world that exists today.

The current world has a lot of bias and brainwashed masses, the bias being in favour of the Western neoliberal warmongering hegemony.