Doesn’t it though? “You’re pretty X for a Y” assume X people aren’t Y naturally. Fill in the blanks for smart : woman :: attractive : trans

Oh really? My bad. I’ve always heard it used specifically to talk about corrupted implementations of Marxism. E.g. Animal Farm.

Err, maybe I’m confusing Marxism and socialism.

I’m still not exactly clear on how any of it avoids corruption. At the end of the day, somebody decides whose street gets paved first.

I didn’t say I was anti-marxist. I’m anti-authoritarian. In all it’s forms.

I’m anti-tankie as the next guy. But pick up a history book. Soviet Russia did a huge amount of the work during WW2.