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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 “PatSoc” is now considered to be an outdated term having been superseded by the term Mecha Tankies.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 “PatSoc” is now considered to be an outdated term having been superseded by the term Mecha-Tankies and [[MAGA Communism|MAGA Communists]]. | ||
=="PatSoc" Discourse== | =="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]].<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]]. | 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. | 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]]<nowiki/>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]]<nowiki/>to [[MAGACommunism|political re-alignment]]) on the basis of multiple accusations: | ||
===Bourgeois Socialist arguments=== | ===Bourgeois Socialist arguments=== | ||
===="The Patriotism of the Oppressed"==== | ===="The Patriotism of the Oppressed"==== | ||