Analytical Unity - Lemmygrad
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A community dedicated to critical left unity and the synthesis of ideas. Everyone is welcome here, but, please avoid uncritical or unproductive sectarianism. Rules Rule 1: No unproductive sectarianism. Sectarianism that is not based in a coherent critique, or which assumes bad faith of another user, is not welcome. This includes insults like “tankie” or “anarkiddie” when by themselves, but also includes any insults or unnecessarily inflammatory behavior, even if the rest of a comment or post is backed up by a solid critique. We are here to discuss, not put down the character of others. Rule 2: No bigotry of any kind. This community might be for open and non-sectarian discussion, but anyone who is bigoted or socially reactionary isn’t going to be inclined to actual analysis. That behavior will get you banned. Rule 3: Do not take arguments outside of the community If you and another user (or users) disagree on something, even greatly, please do not use this as an excuse to harass or harm them in other communities. If it’s especially bad, and you think the other user is reactionary to the point of needing to be banned or otherwise, please just contact me through the DMs.

A community dedicated to critical left unity and the synthesis of ideas. Everyone is welcome here, but, please avoid uncritical or unproductive sectarianism.

(Please read the rest of their sidebar as well to get a feel)

We as Marxists (regardless of whether ML, trot, Maoist, etc) I believe tend to universally uphold the notion that left-unity is not Marxist. That we practice only Marxist-unity (and with plenty of criticism amongst ourselves at that for non-ML’s especially that often goes as far as exclusion for those who don’t support AES at least critically).

To put it bluntly: I do not want people who practice left-unity to get a beachhead or toehold here with a dedicated community.

There is an anarchist alternative (raddle), at least one anarchist instance to my recollections on lemmy itself and most liberal and left leaning instances on lemmy allow anarchists but explicitly ban Marxists.

In other words, this is our one, singular space which these people are now pushing into. We should not cede an inch of it to allowing non-Marxists and those who discourage vicious criticism and yes even venting and sneering and meming on of the compatible-left, the CIA-left, the synthetic-left and other such names.

I’ll note that hexbear is basically a left unity platform and will be federating with us shortly. They tolerate and allow anarchists and discussion between them and ML’s so such content would be better there.

I believe at any rate that anarchists are not disallowed from here if they’re here to ask honest questions and not just spew imperialist propaganda and anti-communist, anti-AES dogma. Thus the community serves as nothing more than an attempted safe-space for anarchists and other deviations (left, right, etc), a safe harbor from site rules and standards.

  • Munrock ☭@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I would make the case that the main, pertinent criticism is that this community wants to be an exception to instance-wide policy, and with its 3rd rule contain that exceptional behaviour within that community. Under those circumstances it just makes sense for it to exist elsewhere; being here is going to create unnecessary work for both the community’s mods and the instance’s admins for no benefit at all.

    For it to exist on a different instance is objectively better for all involved. That said, if it existed on an instance that practiced left-unity, it would be totally redundant. In which case, does it have a reason to exist at all? Any discussion started there can just as easily be started on existing communities on left-unity friendly instances we’re already federated with.

    And in consideration of all of the above, it just makes the reason for creating this community at all really rather suss.