Strange Bedfellows
Brownshirts. Strasserism. 3rd Position. National Bolshevism. Red-Brown. Maga-Communism. Maga-Democrats. Anarcho-Capitalism. National Anarchism. Autonomous Nationalism. Social-Fascist” rhetoric. Neo-Marcyism. Odd ‘anti-imperialists.’ “Left-Right” unity. The Trumpen-Left. Republican politicians. Libertarianism. Conspiracy theoryism. The ‘socialism of fools.’ The 'anti-imperialism of fools.' National Socialism. Fascism.
What do these all these somewhat esoteric ideas have in
common, starting with the Brownshirts?
They all mix left and right perspectives in the interests of deception, the
right and the capitalist class. Every
lie has to contain some truth.
You might have heard or seen so-called allies imitate some
of these ideas. These are examples of morbid
symptoms occurring now in the U.S. and on the ‘Left.’ Naomi Klein’s recent book “Doppelganger” about her name-resemblance
to another person, Naomi Wolf, examines this issue. The latter Naomi has transitioned from being
a feminist liberal-leftist of some sort to being an ally of Steve Bannon and
Alex Jones. Just like certain ‘anti-war’
types are thinking of voting Republican or for Libertarians like RFK Jr. - including
former socialists, liberals, pacifists and Bernie Sanders’ supporters. Or friends who have turned to MAGA Trumpism
wholesale.
These morbid symptoms are spread by YouTube post-left podcasters and ‘geopolitical’ analysts who ignore
class, socialism, proletarian issues, internationalism and revolution - all
those ‘hard’ topics. ‘Doppelganger’ is a soft-left attempt by
Klein to deal with this phenomena. The
symptoms are these: Republicans claiming
to represent the working class, as the Democrats’ failure is obvious. Republicans
claiming to be anti-war, as the Democrats’ war-mongering is obvious. Wellness
gurus denouncing all of ‘western’ medicine, including vaccines and even masks.
(Mask use is common in Asia for road and street dust … but most wellness fans have
never been there.) Quack medical
solutions. Violent, bloodthirsty
rhetoric. Single issue anti-war types
blocking with pro-war types. Conspiracy
theories as the way to understand reality, with suppositions and one slim fact
to back them up. All ‘mainstream’ news
is ‘fake news.’ People who buy the ‘filtered’
propaganda from each government. Deep
Green ‘blood and land’ longings. Blocking or cheering on anti-feminist, ethnic
nationalist, fundamentalist, authoritarian and reactionary capitalist forces
and regimes. The discovery of very strange bedfellows. And on and on.
Lets see if 'comrades' pull back from their rightist positions. “Doppelganger” is
at May Day and a Blog review is forthcoming.
Prior blog reviews on this subject, use blog search box,
upper left, to investigate our 16 year archive, using these terms: “The
Black Hundred,” “Against the Fascist Creep,” “The Brown Plague,” “Marxism
versus Libertarianism,” “Who Is Ron Paul?” “Crack-Up Capitalism,” “RFK Jr. The
Libertarian,” “It Can’t Happen Here” (Lewis), “Caligula on the Potomac,” “Modern
Rhinoceroses,” "The Destruction of Reason” (Lukacs) or the words ‘Anti-fascist Series’ or "Naomi Klein.'
Red Frog
October 12, 2023
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