On fellowship among leftist groups.

While in POL-1201 today, I noticed that among the usual speakers in class, there are at least three progressive socialists varying in levels of leftism. All three of these young men annoy me unending with their classroom maneuvering and gesturing. They speak with an air of superiority, of quite elitism. It seems impossible for them to state the answer to a question without attempting to question the professor, and just generally make an ass of themselves.

While this alone may not seem surprising for college, what shocks me is that instead of finding fault with them, I should agree with these men, I should applaud them. Whatever my inner reasons for disliking them is, it reminds me of the never ending differences that Leftist groups around the world have.

During the rise of Fascism during the 1930's, there was no vestige of numerous fascist and right leaning groups vying for power amongst each other. There was just the Fascist party, unfettered with challenges by other rightist parties.

Fast forward to the present. The conservative cancer that plagues our country comes from only one party, only one strain of thought. The religious, economic, and political right all unify around one banner, the Republican Party. For Leftist parties, the result is the opposite. Numerous small parties hang on to their faction, and refuse to compromise or ally themselves with other similar groups. Even here in America, there are at least many Marxist based political parties. The CPUSA, SWP, SPUSA, SEUSA, SA, and other smaller, state or region based parties.

Obviously, this causes splints and infighting amongst comrades. Why this problem plagues the left, and not the right is confusing, and warrants a longer study than this blog post. My belief is that the root idealogy, the Utopian principle of Marxism is the reason.

Everyone has their own idea of the perfect society.

The fact that I find larger fault with the other leftists in my class than with any conservative, is proof enough of the difficulty of uniting the left. Unless a point in which the differences between leftist groups can be put aside is reached, there is small hope of electing a socialist or true leftist in the U.S.