This community seems to be a curation of news articles, so I’m not sure if a discussion question is supposed to be here.

So anyways:

I really liked this term, but unfortunately, it has been used by authoritarians (particularly the people that call themselves “Marxist-Leninists”), so the word has a negative connotation amongst people living in countries with a democratic system, to be associated with those authoritarian regimes.

Given this negative connotation with the term, should Non-Authoritarian Socialists/Leftists use this term? Why or Why Not?

  • plactagonic@beehaw.org
    20·
    10 months ago

    Please don’t use it in eastern countries. As someone who lives in country that had “them” for 40 years and more than 20 of those was occupied I take this term more like a insult.

    • The Cuuuuube@beehaw.orgEnglish
      12·
      10 months ago

      Calling my anarchosyndicalist Ukrainian friend “Comrade” would be a fantastic way to have her not talk to me for a few months