I've heard a pretty similar bullshit theory from friends, that most people in youth communist groups are there because they want to belong somewhere. They're also very mindwashed about communism as are most middle class young people.
Nothing garners more social acceptance than openly being a communist and there isn't a single interest group which requires less study, less effort, and whose acceptance is more unconditional than a communist org.
that most people in youth communist groups are there because they want to belong somewhere.
I don't know if that's the primary reason, but it's certainly valid to want to belong. It's why people join gangs, terrorist organizations, etc. Perhaps it also applies to commie groups, we shouldn't think of them as holy mystical orgs free from real life issues. I get that your friends have no idea what they are talking about, but I do think that people join orgs not solely for helping others, but also helping themselves ('it's better to be together with like-minded people than to suffer alone' king of thing).
Very true, though the point my friends were making was that those people don't truly believe in communism and are just lonely and want to belong somewhere
I've heard a pretty similar bullshit theory from friends, that most people in youth communist groups are there because they want to belong somewhere. They're also very mindwashed about communism as are most middle class young people.
I mean, obviously.
Nothing garners more social acceptance than openly being a communist and there isn't a single interest group which requires less study, less effort, and whose acceptance is more unconditional than a communist org.
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Pretty much yeah
I don't know if that's the primary reason, but it's certainly valid to want to belong. It's why people join gangs, terrorist organizations, etc. Perhaps it also applies to commie groups, we shouldn't think of them as holy mystical orgs free from real life issues. I get that your friends have no idea what they are talking about, but I do think that people join orgs not solely for helping others, but also helping themselves ('it's better to be together with like-minded people than to suffer alone' king of thing).
Very true, though the point my friends were making was that those people don't truly believe in communism and are just lonely and want to belong somewhere
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