[dude with glasses in a communist t-shirt, arguing] I’m the only leftist here, your opinions are TRASH

[dude holding a theory book on smug, arguing] Read theory you losers, you’re all WRONG

[dude in an anarchist hoodie, arguing] Nuh-uh, I’m the only leftist here, you’re SHITLIBS

[the three dudes are now caught in a cartoon fight, glasses gone flying, punches everywhere, while a firing squad of nazis are targeting them with rifles]

[a confused nazi asks] Why… why are they still arguing?

https://thebad.website/comic/infighting

  • abbotsbury@lemmy.worldEnglish
    54·
    2 days ago

    The only thing that matters is policy, I’ll work with anyone as long as it’s toward an egalitarian society with wealth redistribution.

    Labels are nice for classifying, but not for executing. I don’t care if you identify as leftist, or liberal, or progressive; I care if you support good policies.

    • TheCleric@lemmy.org
      61·
      1 day ago

      Yeah, but the question ultimately lies in how many bad and straight up harmful policies are worth the small step toward an egalitarian society? Where does it become ignoble to vote for one policy, when there are ultimately many more harmful ones outweighing the positive? Because it’s kinda rare that we get to vote on policy. We vote for people, with the vague promise of policy ideas that face an uphill battle and watering down— not to mention the straight up bastardization of those good policies, turning them into terrible ones.

      I wish it were so black and white as us getting to vote on policy. The policymakers surely seem to be unable.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
      85·
      1 day ago

      I’ll work with anyone as long as it’s toward an egalitarian society with wealth redistribution.

      Okay, but here me out? What if we just privatize the mechanism of wealth redistribution? Also we’re going to be spending a bunch of money on foreign wars, but don’t worry - this time the people were fighting are ontologically evil, we promise. Yes, we will have to make deep cuts to social services in order to pay for the war (while still running enormous deficits because haha, psych, deficits don’t matter), but it will be vital to get the Moderate Conservative on board with our program.

      Also, we control every branch of government, but we still need to compromise with fascists in the opposition.

      Okay, why are you leaving? You’re clearly not serious about progressive reforms.

      And STOP SAYING NICE THINGS AND CHINA! This is a red line we will not tolerate!

      You know what? You’re not serious. We’re forming a coalition with Liz Cheney. See you in the losers bracket next year.

      …

      You’re the reason we lost control of the government.

      …

      Okay, now stop voting for a popular leftist mayor, or we’ll burn this whole party down.