From discussions online and articles from communist or “leftist” publications, I’ve seen an increase of anti-vax/mandate thinking, either being framed as
- Pro-vaccine means you’re pro-big pharma
- Pro-vaccine is inherently racist
- Pro-mandate is bourgeois authority meant to dissuade organizing
- Pro-COVID “hysteria” is a way to further oppress the working class
Other than a psyop meant to discredit the left, what about those that are genuine? I’ve seen online communists with seemingly good politics fall to this line of thinking, and even sources like Greyzone and MintPress have pushed out similar drivel. And of course I’ve only seen this from Western “leftists”, mostly from the US but not limited to them.
The pandemic has been a serious issue since the beginning, and now that rates of infection and hospitalizations are spiking well past the highs during the “peak” of the pandemic in the US, these voices have grown. The irresponsibility of these supposed comrades spouting out their hurtful rhetoric despite AES countries like China taking the necessary steps to continue to contain the pandemic speaks volumes to those privileged enough to be anti-health of the working class.
Brandolini’s Law: The amount of time needed to refute falsehood is an order of magnitude larger than is needed to produce it.
Its really 36 what they wrote, so they are being concise according to this rule.
Aaah, ok ! it’s not an echo chamber : i write falsehoods /s
We gave you marxist answers. Anyone here would have written exactly what I or others have written. Lemmygrad doesn’t hide who we are or what we believe in. If you choose to close your eyes and believe you just stumbled in an echo chamber then that’s your prerogative, but don’t make it sound like it’s our problem.
i felt that the title of the post : “… alarming amount of anti-vax … among communists?”
was inviting critical propositions …
Now i feel we are so far apart that our discussion is unproductive.
Still i appreciate your honesty and consistency.
Too often I meet people who chastise us for being communists, as if they expected that we were communists in name only or something.
Take care
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