It's so funny how gullible the working class are everywhere, including here on Lemmy. "Oooh, bring the colonists and the evil imperial core to justice".
Nations are fake divisions which are a product of the ruling class's efforts to keep the working class divided and fixated on each other instead of them.
I've witnessed this west-hating first hand. I grew up in India. This was the Indian ruling class's favorite tactic: "why are we so poor?" "Oh the Brits looted us"
"Why is our infrastructure crumbling, why is our education system so horrible, why do we not have access to any meaningful healthcare?" "Oh the Brits looted us. Oh also, did you know the Muslims are evil too?"
Don't get me wrong. I'm not defending the actions of the western STATES today and in the past. But it is important that we as leftists realize that these states ARE NOT the working class in these countries.
Saying "America bad" makes the Macdonalds worker on minimum wage come out to defend the American state. This is contrary to our goals of a stateless, classless society. By doing this, we become a part of the lie of nations spread by the ruling class.
We should understand who the bad guys are. It's not the unionized electrician who voted for Trump. It is the Trump propagandist who was successful at their propaganda campaign of getting Trump elected. Yes, voting for Trump was stupid. But a stupid person is not always an evil person.
So again, let me reiterate this, cuz I've a feeling the message won't go through correctly.
FUCK ALL STATES. Fuck the western states who were successful at being evil. Fuck the remaining states who were not successful at being evil. Fuck colonialism and imperialism.
BUT it is against our goals of creating a stateless and classless society if we attack the people who identify as a certain nationality. Nationalities are a lie. Recognition of nationalities entraps us in the lies of the ruling class.
When someone in leftists circles says, "Fuck the US", it is assumed that the statement is directed at the US ruling class and the state. But for a fellow worker who is not into leftist politics, this feels like an attack on THEM, which is not true.
Adopting messaging against the ruling class specifically is extremely important.
And surely no "leftist" is going to get incredibly mad when I say:
"Authority breeds violence. Death to all authority, states being the best example of them. Death to states, of which the US is the most powerful and most destructive."
I'm sure no "leftist" is instead going to propose creation of a "leftist state", employ exsoldiers of the previous capitalist state and then justify war crimes by those soldiers under the name of "liberation".