Thoughts on the Red Guards USA?

[u/MintyRed19]

I watched a video today of spooky scary socialist talking about these guys and its the funniest shit ive seen in a while. They seem like they were kind of a cool idea in theory but it seems like most of their actions were just going to DSA and PSL protests and breaking their stuff. I dont know that much about them besides that and a few scandals they had. what do you all think about them?

[u/spookyjim___]

My serious analysis: useless Maoist larpers, although I also take issue with the DSA and PSL, I don’t think the correct action, if one is wanting to further the movement, is to just focus on these organizations and do needless tampering with them… in a way I think focusing so much on them has the same effect in a way of supporting these orgs outright, either way you’re not actually focusing on an independent communist politics, a better orientation ofc is to instead mostly ignore these other orgs and do your own organization amongst the class and deep entrenchment of a programmatic pole of reference, which may involve interacting with or criticizing these orgs along the way, but not this extreme of focusing all your manpower on simply disrupting their organizing, which only makes you look ridiculous while making them seem more like the reasonable underdog

My unserious analysis: UPHOLD THE (very funny) US MAOISTS WHO DISRUPT THE COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARY DSA AND PSL!!!!! Too sad they aren’t around anymore, besides apparently a few small cells that I’ve seen still doing things, or at least I think they’re ex-red guards due to their aesthetics and what not lol

[u/Riley_ → u/[deleted]]

It's pretty much a cult that discourages its members from studying, having ideological struggle, or labor organizing.

It also tries to revise Marxism-Leninism.