• Walk_blesseD
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      2 days ago

      Rainbow capitalism is still capitalism. What the fuck does that have to do with the left???

      • Banana@sh.itjust.works
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        2 days ago

        The left isn’t the issue, I’m saying the left has also been used as pawns. We are not beyond manipulation and we have absolutely been pitted against each other. This is a huge reason for all the infighting on the left.

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          1 day ago

          Yeah that is true, but like you said, poor choice of example.

    • Saint_La_Croix_Crosse@midwest.social
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      2 days ago

      rainbow capitalism is mostly marketing towards polite liberalism. Homophobia/transphobia is their attempt to pit people against each other. Just like racism, it is not that these things didn’t exist before capitalism, but the exacerbation and use of it to divide the working class is what capitalists and reactionaries use.

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        2 days ago

        You’re absolutely right, my example was not a good one. Although we are still not exempt from being used as pawns, even though we are often a little more educated about the methods that are being used to do so.