If you repost your arguments I will try and answer them. I have mucho respect for Cowbee but he is just one comrade. I’ve gotten into it with him over a few disagreements, one time that stands out to me he accused me of being an imperialist stooge or something.

If that was my only encounter with him I’d have a negative view of him too, but luckily we’ve had lots of really good conversations too. We are both Marxists but come from different traditions so that can create a little friction. Despite that I believe he is someone who does real work beyond his commitment to educating himself and people he meets online. That practical basis makes all the difference in people imo. Even the best groups suffer from internal contradictions, and we all gotta learn from somewhere.

Try and give people a break. Also I’ve found that sometimes people with a lot of questions are able to ask every question except the one thing that is bugging them, and its hard for us to really suss that out and make the askers feel as though their question has been heard and addressed. Asking questions is really hard, especially concerning social movements whose core principles are suppressed by the media, and whose history has been distorted and misconstrued in order to make the colonizers and exploiters appear blameless for their role in violence.

But seriously if you have any questions about history/socialism/marxism you’d like to work through, I’d be happy to try and address them.