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'''Patriotic Socialism''', whose adherents are sometimes called "'''PatSocs'''" (shortened version of "'''Patriotic Socialists'''") is a third rail issue in modern American politics which rejects the historical nihilism of the anti-patriotic [[Synthetic Left|Synthetic Leftists]]. “PatSoc” is now considered to be an outdated term having been superseded by the term Mecha Tankies. | '''Patriotic Socialism''', whose adherents are sometimes called "'''PatSocs'''" (shortened version of "'''Patriotic Socialists'''") is a third rail issue in modern American politics which rejects the historical nihilism of the anti-patriotic [[Synthetic Left|Synthetic Leftists]]. “PatSoc” is now considered to be an outdated term having been superseded by the term Mecha Tankies. | ||
== "PatSoc" | == "PatSoc" Discourse == | ||
The topic of Patriotism and Socialism in America became the subject of online polemic in mid-2022, with a range of criticisms from questions around [[Patriotic Internationalism]], to claiming that one cannot be both a socialist and a patriot in America, given it's origins as a settler-colonial venture, and it's current status as [[American Imperialism|the leading imperialist power]]. The controversy resulted in the coining of a contentious term "PatSoc" (short for "Patriotic Socialist") to refer to the proponents of [[American Communism]]. | The topic of Patriotism and Socialism in America became the subject of online polemic in mid-2022, with a range of criticisms from questions around [[Patriotic Internationalism]], to claiming that one cannot be both a socialist and a patriot in America, given it's origins as a settler-colonial venture, and it's current status as [[American Imperialism|the leading imperialist power]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220605211916/https://lemmygrad.ml/post/36305/comment/80042 Quotes On The Need For Socialist Patriotism] by enigma archived on [[Lemmygrad]], taken down by Lemmygrad moderators</ref> The controversy resulted in the coining of a contentious term "PatSoc" (short for "Patriotic Socialist") to refer to the proponents of [[American Communism]]. | ||
American Communists hold that Communism in American should take a patriotic orientation<ref>''[https://www.midwesternmarx.com/articles/in-defense-of-us-proletarian-patriotism-a-comradely-response-to-danny-haiphongs-marxist-polemic-on-patriotic-socialism-by-kayla-popuchet In Defense of U.S. Proletarian Patriotism: A comradely response to Danny Haiphong’s “Marxist” Polemic on Patriotic Socialism]'' by [[Kayla Popuchet]] on [[Midwestern Marx]]</ref> and gain a definite [[Communism with American characteristics|national form]] as a matter of consistency with the reality of [[Marxist-Leninism|Marxist-Leninist]] tradition. | |||
Bourgeois Socialists in the United States used the term PatSoc to sow contention among the American Left (as a [[Reactionary|reaction]] to [[MAGACommunism|political re-alignment]]) on the basis of multiple accusations: | Bourgeois Socialists in the United States used the term PatSoc to sow contention among the American Left (as a [[Reactionary|reaction]] to [[MAGACommunism|political re-alignment]]) on the basis of multiple accusations: | ||
=== Bourgeois Socialist arguments === | === Bourgeois Socialist arguments === | ||
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==== Utopian universal internationalism ==== | ==== Utopian universal internationalism ==== | ||
<blockquote>"Across the rest of the world Marxist-Leninists never advocated on behalf of an abstract supernational working class, nor did they preach the destruction of their own nations to berate their own people for their ostensible backwardness. On the contrary, Marxist-Leninist parties were successful for the precise reason that they could connect with and give body to the strivings of a concrete and determinate people other than superimposing on them foreign and abstract doctrines" | <blockquote>"Across the rest of the world Marxist-Leninists never advocated on behalf of an abstract supernational working class, nor did they preach the destruction of their own nations to berate their own people for their ostensible backwardness. On the contrary, Marxist-Leninist parties were successful for the precise reason that they could connect with and give body to the strivings of a concrete and determinate people other than superimposing on them foreign and abstract doctrines" | ||
Socialist Patriotism: America vs. America" by Infrared Collective<ref name=":0"> | Socialist Patriotism: America vs. America" by Infrared Collective<ref name=":0">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eveOKE4Ones&t=328s Socialist Patriotism: America vs. America] by [[Infrared]] on [[YouTube]]</ref></blockquote> | ||
==== Accusations of Chauvinism ==== | ==== Accusations of Chauvinism ==== | ||
Accusations of chauvinism against American Communists were unfounded, for example claims that PatSocs were against Indigenous sovereignty. | Accusations of chauvinism against American Communists were unfounded, for example claims that PatSocs were against Indigenous sovereignty. | ||