>>17939297
The First International didn't amount to much though. It was pretty small, and it also wasn't Marxist in ideology. Marx didn't impose an ideology like that on the organization, which was hardly an organization in the first place.

But I think the reality is that the world doesn't care how cool your politics make you feel. A lot of people are basically saying they don't want to be associated with these cringe people, but nobody can stop them (in reality) from having a protest in London with a hammer and sickle on a sign. Maybe someone could form some bonehead gang to go assault them, but they'll get arrested and it will amount to nothing.

This becomes a fascination to people who become obsessed too much with politics as an image. It's like people going to "pfft... they haven't even read Marx..." but that's a hipster attitude. But I'm not sure how many of them really have done that either. In my opinion, they come to care a little too much about what other people think of them. Those trans people don't care. They're not afraid to speak up because they find it embarrassing. Just define your own values or something.