It’s a skill. The better you are at logic and the more you interrogate your philosophical foundations, the more of a leg-up you have. I got lucky by being born as a stereotypically logical autistic person and growing up as an incredibly introspective child. Thinking a lot about why you think what you do, what you might be wrong about, and planning out the kinds of responses that you should have if you get new information really help. It also helps to have a profoundly strong belief that you are able to change your mind easily; simply believing that makes it more likely to be true.
I use the inverse of this strategy; whenever I figure out that I’m wrong about something, I immediately admit I was mistaken and change my position. All I have to do is make sure my logic is impeccable and I’ll almost always win an argument.
socialism is desireable. no capitalists making decisions solely for themselves.
> MLism isn’t a good example of socialism.
“Ah, but have you considered that capitalism is bad?”
painful and dangerous revolution
The October Revolution had 0 deaths on either side. It worked because the government fell to pieces instantly and there was no resistance.
this one is simply untrue […] western media smearing of china, be careful about it since we are in the middle of a cold war.
I’m marking that down on my bingo card.
they overbuilt housing and infrastructure on purpose
“No, making empty houses was all a part of Daddy Xi’s 7D Chess game!” 🤣
This sounds like tankie media lionizing China. Be careful of that, because literally all of them have always been entirely unreliable.
throughout the entire existence of the USSR
Wow, I didn’t realize the USSR ended in 1919. I’ll have to tell my friends.
central to the ML strategy
Wow, I never realized that fascists playing “we’re socialists actually” stepping directly on worker’s necks was required. I always thought it was incidental.
MLs aren’t socialists. You are not a socialist. Marx specifically warned against people who would use revolutionary language to subvert and infiltrate, and that’s tankie creeps like you.