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Should Non-Authoritarian Socialists/Leftists use the term "Comrade"? Why or Why Not? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by WtfEvenIsExistence@lemmy.ca to c/socialism

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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?

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[–] PostmodernPythia 23 points 2 years ago

In the US, non-authoritarian leftists use it pretty often to mock the weird obsession of our right wing with the specter of communism. Most of the country thinks there’s no such thing as non-authoritarian leftism, so frankly, outside Eastern European neighborhoods, it makes no difference at all.