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Preach!! I fully agree, I don't really have anything to add tbh lmao.
Omg don't even get me started on the ML parties in the UK. Its why I identify as a socialist now vs a proud ML. Its not just the UK parties but they are such a fantastic example of the cis het whiteness of male ML I've came to really struggle with.
Obviously it's not all and I apologise if I sweeping statement people and tbh its less specifcially ML but just male Marxists in general but I've found difficulties with cis het male ML regarding trans and feminism which I frankly struggle to tolerate or look past. It's this weird blend of paternalistic chauvinism "awwh look at the women and their feminism, we men need to protect them" sort of shit and then when we do anything to organise for ourselves I always see one jumped up cis het ML going "could this not be more revolutionary" without firstly any understanding of feminism and systemic sexism and secondly no understanding of how women will find push back and criticism for ANY organising whether it be strikes or protests by men vs men facing less push back in work/life for the same activities e.g. union work.
Like for all their posturing about material conditions they never fucking engage with that analysis so yeah I found myself becoming increasingly alienated from ML I meet irl and online outside of hexbear for the above reasons.
Don't even get me started on takes regarding trans women.
Agreed and I think you've articulated for me how I see it, I think what feels like the fetishisation of a bloody October revolution-esque struggle is what I find a bit immature. Like I'm building towards breaking down capitalism, I'll take whatever form of functional and successful means of achieving that appears thanks and as we've both said I think that's building the foundations currently in the imperial core.