I would like to participate in this conversation but I am short on time and energy so all I will say is: whether you do or don’t like people’s opinions on this, I hope you recognize that Lemmygrad is a single, small community of Marxist-Leninists and that you can want and need communism (really, socialism, but anyways), a scientifically and morally proven ideology, and still have personal moral, ethical, and philosophical disagreements with people who claim the same broad banner–Marxism Leninism seems like a niche ideology, but worldwide outside of the English-speaking sphere it is practiced by over a billion people actively to this day. There is going to be a LOT of variety of opinions on EVERYTHING, and people will use the lens of communism to rationalize polar opposite positions.

I myself disagree plenty with many communists on certain issues. For example, a large amount of communists are stereotypically very atheist and anti-religion and anti-spiritual, and I wholeheartedly disagree with this–I for one want to work on sythesizing communism with religious/spiritual belief, both because I passionately believe it to be good but also pragmatically as a strategy for the world we live in. I can very easily use the lens of communism to rationalize my niche positions just as they too can very easily do the same, even though our opinions on religion/spirituality may be very disparate.

What I am trying to say is, please do not ultimately decide your political journey on the fickle plethora of opinions that communists in one hyper specific community might hold, because ultimately you disagreeing with people on this art topic does not make you or anyone else here a communist or not a communist. I understand in human reality we end up liking or disliking stuff based on our simple human experiences, I just don’t want you to turn away from an ideology that, if you give it a chance, will show you you overwhelmingly that it is worthy of your trust and passion, that it is a proven force for good in this sick, twisted world you see so clearly, and that it will always be this way even if you meet another communist who may say XYZ thing you hard disagree with.

We can always argue, and even if socialism was brought to fruition in the entire world, there will still be struggles to shape society for the better; there may very well be a battleground one day along these very issues where us comrades here find ourselves at odds with each other. But while the primary issue is destroying the capitalist hegemony and establishing socialism, we are all allies, even if we may be critical of each other.

I could continue rambling but I hope I got my point across.