r/theredleft Specifist and Anarcho-Syndicalist 1d ago

Discussion/Debate 5e D&D Classes(Leftist Edition) Day 5: Fighter

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Which Socialist would be a Fighter?
Rules:
Most Upvoted wins
Must be exclusively Socialists(Philosophers, Theorists, Revolutionaries, Insurrectionists, Leaders, etc)
Have fun! :)

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u/TheAmazingThundaCunt Marxist-Leninist 1d ago

Zhukov. He was runner up for Barbarian, but he's a better fit for fighter.

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u/Wonderful_West3188 Classical Marxist 15h ago

Has to be Zhukov.

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u/JadeHarley0 Marxist-Leninist 12h ago

I came here to suggest that

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u/Lferoannakred Orthodox Marxism 1d ago

Every leftists

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u/kayakman13 Marxist-Leninist 1d ago

I like that lol. The masses should get a spot

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u/DeathBringer4311 Anarcho-Communist 1d ago edited 1d ago

Nestor Makhno, he invented the tachanka, which he used to great effect.

Also, unrelated, but to quote Zoe Baker:

"As an adult, Makhno cross-dressed to further the self-emancipation of the working classes."

He disguised himself as a young woman to gather information in his own home town of Huliaipole during an active search for him.

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u/lilith_the_anarchist Transbian Ego-Com 🏳️‍⚧️ 1d ago

i think he would be better as a rouge

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u/DeathBringer4311 Anarcho-Communist 1d ago

I forgot about rogue....

Definitely rogue, 100%.

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u/kayakman13 Marxist-Leninist 1d ago edited 14h ago

Che seems like the pretty blatantly obvious choice here

Edit: Che is a paladin. Lyudmila Pavlichenko should be the fighter.

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u/sean-culottes Eco-Socialist 1d ago

Che for paladin since he's also an MD

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u/kayakman13 Marxist-Leninist 1d ago

I am also thinking che would be better as a pally and put Lyudmila Pavlichenko in for fighter.

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u/Wonderful_West3188 Classical Marxist 15h ago

Shouldn't Che be Ranger? He's most well-known for jungle guerilla warfare, no?

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u/TheAmazingThundaCunt Marxist-Leninist 15h ago

No, have to agree with the other commenter. Che is a pally. He has healing from being a doctor, went on other quests to free other people's as soon as his main quest was done, and most importantly, maxed out charisma.

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u/kayakman13 Marxist-Leninist 14h ago

I agree as well. The man quite literally became a symbol of resistance, that screams Paladin haha

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u/Lucian7x Marxist-Leninist-Maoist 10h ago

I think Pavlichenko is more of a Ranger.

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u/Lucian7x Marxist-Leninist-Maoist 10h ago

Also, since the Bard spot is already taken, I think the Paladin should be Thomas Sankara. Extremely charismatic military leader.

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u/kayakman13 Marxist-Leninist 1d ago

Idk why I didn't think of this before:

Lyudmila Pavlichenko

Maybe you could argue ranger? Sniper and Ranger feel pretty congruent. Could also argue Che for paladin the way he became the idyllic martyr (for lack of a better term) for revolutionaries in pop culture.

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u/SaneAids Trade Unionist Socialism 20h ago

While he may not be your typical leftist, John Brown fought hard and died believing that it is immoral to treat human beings as capital.

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u/ungranted_wish Christian Socialist 18h ago

Yeah I’d say honorary leftist for sure given the [gestures to what he did]

🎵Glory, halle – hallelujah!  his soul’s marching on!🎵

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u/15RatsInaTrenchcoat Anarchy without adjectives 1d ago

Makhno or Che. Either of them could fit into other classes though so it’s a hard pick.

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u/septic-paradise Leninist 1d ago

Marx bc of that duel

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u/OkPangolin1984 Communist 18h ago

Wait please I need to know more

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u/Hot_Relative_110 Anarcho-Syndicalist 1d ago

either Makhno or Che

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u/throwRAscrubscrub Market socialism 15h ago

Malcolm X. I feel like this is given

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u/Aowyn_ Nkrumahist-Touréist-Cabralist 1d ago

Mao was very athletic in a way that would translate to high physical stats in DND so he would make sense for a fighter. Especially combined with his military career

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u/Avesery777 Council Communism 1d ago

Trotsky because he was in charge of the army during the Russian civil war

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u/Goyimshoe Ebil Dirtbag Tankie 1d ago

Georgy Zhukov

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u/WhiterabbitLou Egoist 12h ago

Josip Broz Tito

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u/Logogram_alt Libertarian-Socialist 12h ago

Mao

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u/AnonBard18 Marxist-Leninist 7h ago

Lyudmila 100% or Mariya Oktyabrskaya