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[โ€“] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml -1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Why? They will side with fascism over leftism every time.

[โ€“] comfy@lemmy.ml 11 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

That assumption isn't true. Socialists aren't born that way, most come out of the status quo ideology of liberalism. By abandoning all liberals with blanket statements, we'd simply self-fulfill that prophecy. Even US libertarian militias, a peak of liberalist ideology, have sometimes sided with antifascists over fascists (see: Redneck Revolt lines of affiliation with American Pit Vipers).

You're referencing a real trend, and there's a kernel of truth behind it, however it's harmful to the socialist movement to assume that as a universal inevitability.