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I think you grossly mischaracterize the comment you were responding to.

And yes, invoking communism is very much an identity politics signifier in this discussion. One side of this debate is endlessly calling everything they don't like "communism" and "(cultural) Marxism". Which is pretty bonkers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_Marxism_conspiracy_th...




Can you not see the irony in

> Only dictatorships have historically wanted to permeate every aspect of life with politics. The USSR used to say "everything is politics"

Being responded to with

> That is one way to see it, aka a political opinion.

I’m genuinely curious in how you interpret that differently. If they had ended the comment with “comrade” it would have made a good joke.




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