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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]]. | '''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 “PatSoc” is now considered to be an outdated term having been superseded by the term Mecha Tankies.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" polemic == | == "PatSoc" polemic == | ||
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]]. The controversy resulted in the coining of a contentious term "PatSoc" (short for "Patriotic Socialist") to refer to the proponents of [[American Communism]]. | ||
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<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<nowiki/>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eveOKE4Ones&t=328s</ref></blockquote> | Socialist Patriotism: America vs. America" by Infrared Collective<ref name=":0">Socialist Patriotism: America vs. America by Infrared<nowiki/>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eveOKE4Ones&t=328s</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. | ||
=== Outcomes of the polemic === | === Outcomes of the polemic === | ||
Eventually resulted in a [[MAGACommunism|political re-alignment]] and [[split with the American Left]]. | Eventually resulted in a [[MAGACommunism|political re-alignment]] and [[split with the American Left]]. | ||
== Relevant quotes == | == Relevant quotes == | ||
<blockquote>"Can a Communist, who is an internationalist, at the same time be a patriot? We hold that he not only can be but also must be." | <blockquote>"Can a Communist, who is an internationalist, at the same time be a patriot? We hold that he not only can be but also must be." | ||