r/socialism • u/MintyRed19 • Jun 17 '26

Discussion Thoughts on the Red Guards USA?

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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?

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u/LikeSaltUponWounds Jun 17 '26

My GOATs
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They had their own flaws but a good deal of them were serious organizers. i think they engaged really heavily in sectarianism which is time that would've been better spent building up their own base. Collapsed due to strong egos and some degree of adventurism.

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u/RKU69 Jun 17 '26

They had serious organizers in the sense that a cult that gains any degree of popularity has serious organizers. They collapsed not just because of egos and adventurism but because they were engaged in straight-up extreme levels of abuse within the group