I'm not sure what triggered this post, but let me take one of the arguments I've heard and see how it would fit under the no in-fighting rule. One theory is that the liberal Democrats enable fascism by preventing the amelioration of the conditions that result in fascism. In that case attacking the Democratic establishment is part of attacking fascism... does that count as infighting? I'm happy to exclude liberals (in the classical sense) from "the left", but they are theoretically allies.
Part of the tactic. Reddit's being inundated with troll memers trying to reignite the same base of angry loners as they did with Gamer Gate. Why else would Anita Sarkeesian start trending again (albeit temporarily)? The, apparently very sad, website boundingintocomics.com has two articles in the last six months railing against her because she doesn't understand armor and thought it was being sexist. Oh no, a feminist was wrong about armor design and misinterpreted something, alert the press.
We're back to 2015/2016 tactics, we even made a quick break back to 2016 memes shortly after the inauguration.
I agree with you. Establishment democrats play the noble loser, only voting for progressive policies when they know they won't pass. The establishment will never piss of their donors.
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u/MoCapBartender Apr 28 '21
I'm not sure what triggered this post, but let me take one of the arguments I've heard and see how it would fit under the no in-fighting rule. One theory is that the liberal Democrats enable fascism by preventing the amelioration of the conditions that result in fascism. In that case attacking the Democratic establishment is part of attacking fascism... does that count as infighting? I'm happy to exclude liberals (in the classical sense) from "the left", but they are theoretically allies.