I'm saying that tankies aren't bad for being Marxists; they're bad at being Marxists. The identity blinds them to the praxis, convincing them to defend things that aren't worth defending. They never own up to the problems in ML movements, instead letting power centralize and corruption fester.
The whole issue with liberal capitalism is how it encourages the unchecked accumulation and exploitation of power. ML movements encourage it too, centralizing power through the tactics necessary to win control. It might start off with a leader dedicated to the cause, but in their rise to power, they create an environment that compromises the whole goal of the cause. Liberation turns into imperialism, as selfishness is the path of least resistance.
Libs might claim that MLs and fascists are two sides of the same coin, but they really have themselves and MLs as demonstrations of the same truth. It really is an evolutionary ecosystem of nonhuman macroentities. That ecosystem is blind and cruel, with right and wrong not really factoring into what happens. Might does not make right, only what typically happens.
I guess that puts me into the anarchy camp more than anything, but only in a vague sense. I don't think it matters what you call me. In a fascinating way, I'm very pessimistic, but not because I think people are bad. Governments aren't run by the king or the members of parliament, but by the kingdom and the parliament as an entity. Capitalism isn't run by rich people, but by the the rich as a class. The systems don't serve anybody; we serve the systems. That's the real problem.
Identity politics over meaningful progress is the whole reason westerners become tankies. They just want a group identity, not a revolution. It doesn't matter if you work together on similar principles; they want you to wave the flag like a moron.
They haven't learned that a liberal doing the right thing will always be better than a Marxist doing the wrong thing. No identity can make you a good person; you have to do good
It's more shorthand for the absurdity of tolerating intolerance. It's a paradox of absolute tolerance, not of reality. It's not meant to be unsolvable in practice, only unsolvable within the frameworks of spineless moderates.
It seems like the rest of the party didn't have faith in him. He jumped the gun for personal reasons, while it would have cost the judiciary and politicians more than it would benefit.
This is kinda what happened when Trump lost the 2020 election. AG Bill Barr was probably down with a dictatorship, but he also knew that Trump wasn't gonna pull it off then. If Trump tried to overturn that election, the military would have stopped him and the public perception would sour. By holding Trump back from a more radical conflict that might actually bar him from running again, Trump was able to come back for the same reasons that he won in 2016.
If President Moon gets removed, the opposition party might come into greater conflict with Trump because they're less enthusiastic about licking America's boot. Trump will likely stop protecting them against North Korea unless they agree to unreasonable demands, as he tries to avoid such defense obligations. He might leave no matter what, but Moon will probably return to power anyways in 2026 on a platform of getting support from America.
He needs to be barred from holding office, or South Korea will be the next liberal democracy to fail from inside.
The rich have made the world less safe, foolishly thinking that their wealth will shield them. They need to realize that this isn't true. They need to suffer. They need to feel the fear they've cast upon us.
Give me mixed use zoning! Give me businesses in walking distance! Give me my fucking public transit!!!!