Genuinely, though. You describe democratic worker councils, large public programs, criticize Capitalism, even point out Imperialism, and everyone agrees with you and what you want, as long as you don't call yourself a Marxist.

I see this a ton on Lemmy, if I describe what I want and how I want to get there, very few people openly disagree unless I add that this is Marxism. So, I've stopped trying to hide that these ideas are Marxist and instead focus on correcting misconceptions about Marxism, like thinking Communism would have no government because Marx used the word "stateless" when describing it, not realizing he meant things like Private Property Rights and other statist means of upholding Capitalism. Marx wasn't an Anarchist nor did he want Anarchism.

[–] candyman337@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago (8 children)

People conflate Marxism with extreme left beliefs, most people don't even actually know what Marxism is

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Would you care to elaborate on what aspects of these beliefs you find to be extreme. Is it the idea that workers should own the fruits of their labor, or perhaps the idea that the purpose of work should be for common benefit?

[–] candyman337@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm not saying I find them extreme, I'm saying they're not extreme but people hear the word and immediately think far left extremism

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago

But what is far left extremism exactly, how is it even defined. The typical definition seems to be anything that deviates too far from the status quo.

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