Guided by Wokeismo-Snowflakismo
- Word on the Street
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Word on the Street is Kontra-Kwento’s letter to the editor. Send yours to kontrakwento@gmail.com
The slogan, “Militar sa kanayunan, palayasin!” manifests the level of ideological retardation among present-day CPP cadres and activists.
Their militancy has been reduced to empty sloganeering, reflecting bourgeois “wokeism” that merely calls for the cancellation of anything they oppose. The revolutionary, combative spirit has been supplanted by a “snowflake” mentality—marked by an exaggerated sense of uniqueness and entitlement, coupled with a desire to be shielded from difficult and harsh realities.
The slogan imparts an imagined people’s war devoid of a real adversary on the battlefield. These “woke” and “snowflakes" individuals masquerading as revolutionaries, envision an armed struggle with “safe spaces”—a romanticized and performative image of individuals posing as radical chic figures bearing arms, yet engaging only superficially in what is purported to be a war. In this vision, there are no real enemies, and the battlefield itself is rendered “safe.”
The slogan, “Militar sa kanayunan, palayasin!”, is thus unrealistic and detached from material conditions, shaped and reinforced by this same mindset. Even its propaganda value is undermined, as it elicits no positive response—only the disdainful retort, “Ano kayo, sinuswerte?”
These self-proclaimed Maoists have completely departed from a fundamental principle on waging a revolution articulated by Mao Zedong:
“A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery; it cannot be so refined, so leisurely and gentle, so temperate, kind, courteous, restrained and magnanimous. A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another.”
A revolutionary war necessarily involves real adversaries—forces to confront and engage in concrete and forested arenas of struggle. It is not waged by merely raising the “red-tagging” victim card, “canceling” opponents, or calling on them to ‘layas.’
This reflects the prevailing mentality of present-day CPP cadres and activists. It also explains why, when captured or arrested, they cower and are instructed to deny their affiliations and seek protection under legal technicalities, rather than openly and proudly identifying themselves as revolutionaries fighting for what they claim to be a just cause.
Lusaw na ang palabang sigla at diwang mandirigma; ang namamayani ay kaisipan ng mga petiburges na mahihinang nilalang na gustong gawing piging ang rebolusyon.
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