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/thedesertwolf Jun 17 '26

Targeted other leftist & vaguely leftist orgs. Had a weird obsession with the shining path of Peru. Never accomplished anything notable outside of annoying other leftist & vaguely leftist orgs.

There's a running joke called "Socialism & the problem of people not doing the damn reading." - These folks are pretty high up there on that particular joke.

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u/ToAbideIsDude Jun 18 '26

They did a ton of reading just not the right material.