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So a reasonably edited dictionary would be part of the "toolkit" then.
I don't think I have ever had my door knocked on by a Marxist

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A trained Marxist will be one that has been specifically trained to identify and recruit others to the ideology using a toolkit of techniques. They do a lot more than just door knocking.
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I’m probably a “trained Marxist,” in that several of my teachers in sixth form and university were Marxists. None of them showed any interest in identifying and recruiting methodologies, though.
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You have to prove you require it and make a donation ............................. "from each according to their abilities, to each according to their needs".
However, you must prepare to be brainwashed by toxic comments like "Follow your own path, no matter what people say." and obviously anti-American suggestions like "There must be something rotten in the very core of a social system which increases its wealth without diminishing its misery"
Of course, Marx did say "Democracy is the road to socialism.", so clearly, all Democrats are socialists.
..... but then, he also said "The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them"
However, you must prepare to be brainwashed by toxic comments like "Follow your own path, no matter what people say." and obviously anti-American suggestions like "There must be something rotten in the very core of a social system which increases its wealth without diminishing its misery"
Of course, Marx did say "Democracy is the road to socialism.", so clearly, all Democrats are socialists.

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Socialist Alternative's take on Black Lives Matter and Marxism:
https://www.socialistalternative.org...atter-marxism/
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Er no. Someone who is trained has been taught the skills and knowledge needed for a particular job or activity. If you want to know what particular job or activity these women have been trained to do, and what was in that training then you're going to have to ask them.
Socialist Alternative's take on Black Lives Matter and Marxism:
https://www.socialistalternative.org...atter-marxism/
Socialist Alternative's take on Black Lives Matter and Marxism:
https://www.socialistalternative.org...atter-marxism/
Plainly, an organization claiming to be working towards an alternative politic will claim parallels with other movements, plainly it is quite possible that some members of that organization are black, plainly it is not unlikely that they will be involved in BLM. Is any of this a surprise to you?
However, to claim that an entire movement follows the political leanings of some members, even leading or founding members, is to stretch the truth. However, it does not stop some people throwing mud to confuse the less informed......
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"Marxist" is not a job or activity, so by your own definition, your claim is gobbledygook.
Plainly, an organization claiming to be working towards an alternative politic will claim parallels with other movements, plainly it is quite possible that some members of that organization are black, plainly it is not unlikely that they will be involved in BLM. Is any of this a surprise to you?
However, to claim that an entire movement follows the political leanings of some members, even leading or founding members, is to stretch the truth. However, it does not stop some people throwing mud to confuse the less informed......
Plainly, an organization claiming to be working towards an alternative politic will claim parallels with other movements, plainly it is quite possible that some members of that organization are black, plainly it is not unlikely that they will be involved in BLM. Is any of this a surprise to you?
However, to claim that an entire movement follows the political leanings of some members, even leading or founding members, is to stretch the truth. However, it does not stop some people throwing mud to confuse the less informed......
Some people live in a world where attaching "Marxist" to something as a label just means "bad". So as long as you can find, for example, a website where the two terms "Marxist" and "BLM" appear together you have immediately made BLM bad and wrong.
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I believe there are even some Marxists who display leftist tendencies and socialist leanings... darn commies!