THE DECODE THE LEFT DICTIONARY
You do not understand the left until you understand their language.
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CAPITALISM
Everything the left does is related to their ultimate goal of abolishing capitalism.
- Capitalism is not an economic system. It’s an institutionalized social order.
- How capitalism is connected to everything
RACE & WHITENESS
Topics related to race, systemic racism, whiteness, and white supremacy.
- White Supremacy is about Capitalism, who has resources and who gets access.
- Mamdani Team Member Says Slavery is Linked To Capitalism.
- White Supremacy isn’t only about whites.
- White Supremacy isn’t about the KKK or Nazis
- Critical Race Theory and Intersectionality are informed by Marxism.
- How Hindus gained entry into Whitenss
ABOLISH THE POLICE
“Abolition” most commonly refers to the abolition of the prison industrial complex, including the police. This is where the idea of defunding the police comes from.
- Cops are the main weapon of the capitalist class.
- Mamdani Team Member Says The Police Were Created To Protect Capitalism & Private Property
- Mamdani Team Member Says Slavery Shaped Early US Poilicing
- Mamdani Team Member Says The Police Have Always Been Political, Not About Safety.
- Abolishing the police means overthrowing the state
- The collective will of the people will replace the police.
- Social Revolution is often blocked by the police.
ICE, DHS, & borders
The left believes all borders are a manifestation of capitalism and should be abolished. When they say abolish the police, they also mean ICE and DHS.
OVERTHROWING THE GOVERNMENT / Revolution
The eventual goal of the revolutionary far left is to violently overthrow the “capitalist” government and replace it with a Marxist alternative.
- Abolishing the police means overthrowing the state
- The collective will of the people will replace the police.
- Social Revolution is often blocked by the police.
- How The Revolution Will Take Place
LABOR ORGANIZING & UNIONS
Unions and labor organizing are a key strategy of leftist organizing.
GENDER BINARY & NON-BINARY
The left believes the gender binary (men & women) was created by capitalism.
QUEER
Queer is an anti-assimilationist political ideology that seeks to abolish capitalism, which they call normativity.
- Queer Is Anti-Assimilation
- Queer is Anti-Identity
- Queer is not about being LGBT…it’s about existing outside of capitalism.
- Homonormativity is assimilation to capitalism.
- Homonormativity Means Assimiliation to “Straightness”, or Capitalist Norms.
- “Straight” Means Adhering To Capitalist Norms
- The theory of radical queers can be summed up as the abolition of the normative.
- To be Queer is to have your mind and body born into conflict with capitalism.
- Queer oppression, capitalism, normativity, gender binary, sexual repression and genitalization.
DISABILITY JUSTICE / CRIP STUDIES
Disability Justice and Crip Studies is a subset of queer marxism focused on the non-able bodied. Includes neuro-divergence. May include self-diagnosed “disorders.”
NUCLEAR FAMILY
The nuclear family is considered to be the place of reproduction of capitalism.
MISCELLANEOUS
Things that don’t fit other places (yet).