I Love Treason, But I Hate A Class Enemy
I Love Treason, But I Hate A Class Enemy
What’s going on in both revolutionary and reactionary politics in America is a strong dislike for the current regime which is oppressive and brutal economically while taking mixed stances on social issues. Reactionaries want to create issues for all of us, but they are anti-government and say things which sometimes say similar things to comrades. It is important to keep in mind that someone is not a good person or an ally to the masses just because they hate America. Even Osama Bin Laden understood the evils of zionism and had very progressive ideas on the liberation of Palestine, but then went on to support fundamentalism and fought against the Soviet Union with CIA funding. The fact that so many people hate America does not say much about the ideologies they hold, but is more a consequence of the ridiculously long list of enemies the regime has and continues to create for itself.
Even people separate from radical ideologies hate America for reasons that are completely independent from any existing political ideology because the regime is that bad. Random people with very little interest in politics even begin to grow disdain for the regime due to imperialism and the occupation of their lands or coercion of their nations to western imperialists. There are even liberals who hate America, ironically enough.
Reactionaries and radical liberals may be doing things that damage the political systems of the regime, but they are not contributing towards the freedom of the people since they are not socialists. While an organization led by comrades should allow them to participate, the comrades of any Marxist tendency should be following materialism and should not resort to distorting its positions in favor of liberal or reactionary idealism. Appealing to other non-Marxist ideologies or reformism like this may increase popularity or membership in the short term, but it inevitably causes an organization to fall apart or simply become redundant.