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Class Reductionism 

Class reductionism is the epithet cast by cafe liberals on actual revolutionaries who understand that class struggle must be the foremost revolutionary struggle. Typically used by Twitterati and (insert identity politics faction here) Studies majors.
Pat reconsidered their accusations of class reductionism when the armed cis males freed them from their life of drudgery in some cubicle farm serving capital.

class reductionism 

The idea that class-based oppression should be the foremost concern among revolutionaries, with things like gender, race, sexual orientation, etc, taking a back seat until 'after the revolution.' For the most part the term is used as a pejorative by liberals against socialists and materialists, rather than being advocated by anyone.
"Bernie Sanders disappointment with Hillary Clinton's failure to secure the support of white working-class voters in the 2016 presidential election was a grotesque display of class reductionism, cultural insensitivity, racism, sexism and homophobia"
class reductionism by Santos D January 18, 2019

Class reductionnism

1. Term used by liberals (who deny capitalist oppression) to attack those on their left.

2. Actual faulty discourse uttered by Marxist-Leninist to deny gendered or racial oppression
Zyzek tankie: meh feminism is reactionary nowadays
Wholefood liberal: wait that's class reductionnism
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