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Me: I mean depends on your tolerance for this type of racism, but like I said it's my favourite show, it def has some great parts if you're up for it.

Them: Oh so it's not racist.

Me: It absolutely is.

Them: So you're saying racism is ok??

See, I'm not sure how genuine this is, because while I don't know which post or comment of mine this is in response to, I have tried to make it clear multiple times that I don't consider being an indie artist to be "a bad thing".

Not all artists are petit bourgeois or bourgeois. The petit bourgeoisie is not the bourgeoisie. And neither the petit bourgeoisie nor the bourgeoisie are composed of ontologically "bad" or "evil" people.

Communism is a proletarian political movement. This does not mean communists want to kill all non-proletarians or declare anything other than a proletarian existence to be evil or wrong. Communism in fact aims to abolish both the bourgeoisie and the proletariat, to abolish class entirely. But in order to do this, we must abolish private ownership, which includes ownership of intellectual property. If communism succeeds, then eventually all creative works will effectively be public domain the moment they are published.

How you make a living under capitalism is of no concern to me. Likewise, you can choose to be in favor of or against communism. I certainly don't have the means to prevent you from doing whatever you like. My only frustration is with the likes of people who insist on calling themselves progressive radical "leftists" who then go on to argue that it's totally leftist and socialist to defend intellectual property rights and the interests of petit bourgeois artists to make a living selling art. Not because I think it's bad to be an artist, but because I think it shows a complete lack of class consciousness and a poor understanding of social conditions.