pretty much, and the worst part is, it's literally fueled almost entirely by race antagonism. the reason white westerners hate socialism and love capitalism is because they're afraid of non-white non-westerners. that's essentially what it really boils down to at the end of the day. aside from western far leftists when white people talk about 'socialist' policies or forms of perspective western socialism it's always built on the presupposition that nonwhites will still be an underclass, and likely be segregated to the other side of the planet 'where they belong'
not to say this is some inherent or biological flaw in western white people, it's constructed entirely by capitalists to keep them mad about that so they don't notice whose hands are REALLY in their pocket
Edit: there are leftists but idk if there is a cohesive left here. The last person I met who called herself a leftist called me bourgeois for going to evening school 🤷♂️ this place is a fucking joke and always has been.
I always felt that among the population it is quite cohesive, but I gotta admit I live in a bit of a bubble. There is this obnoxious culture of tactical voting, so the parties never accurately represent the views of the people in my view.
The first thing I would recommend is Huey Newton's autobiography Revolutionary Suicide. It goes into detail about how marginalized people in the US can make their own communities, and have the most revolutionary potential. The second book written by Newton himself would be Insights and Poems.
Just for fun, the Huey P. Newton reader is a good read that further talks about forming these coalitions (and why tailism is stupid). The Black Panther Party: Service to the People program does point out that a good way to get concessions is to play along with the CHUD advice of "pull yourself up by your bootstraps", but collectively and under the leftist name.
There is no revolutionary potential in the imperial core, my Maoist-third-worldist sympathies strengthen again.
Where I'm at. I love my org to death; but I'm under no illusions: my people are barely more than 10 percent of the population (12.6% as of 2022, I think), and more than half of them are brainwormed with the same settler-capital bullshit the crackers feed us all day in and day out. Settlers still murder us in the streets every other week; sometimes even walking up into our bedrooms to chalk us out!
But I'm supposed to want to open myself to organizing with more than just Black nationalist formations, in spite of that fact? You may as well ask a woman whether she'd rather be in the woods with a bear or a man again.
Yeah who am I kidding? There is no revolutionary potential in the imperial core, my Maoist-third-worldist sympathies strengthen again.
Western leftists really have their work cut out for them, and I encourage us all to read Newton.
EDIT: removed doomerism.
pretty much, and the worst part is, it's literally fueled almost entirely by race antagonism. the reason white westerners hate socialism and love capitalism is because they're afraid of non-white non-westerners. that's essentially what it really boils down to at the end of the day. aside from western far leftists when white people talk about 'socialist' policies or forms of perspective western socialism it's always built on the presupposition that nonwhites will still be an underclass, and likely be segregated to the other side of the planet 'where they belong'
not to say this is some inherent or biological flaw in western white people, it's constructed entirely by capitalists to keep them mad about that so they don't notice whose hands are REALLY in their pocket
Don't morn. Organise. Thre is no revolutionary potential until there is
Austrian leftist are pretty obnoxious tho
I wonder if there will be a significant fragmentation too among the left like in Germany
What left?
Edit: there are leftists but idk if there is a cohesive left here. The last person I met who called herself a leftist called me bourgeois for going to evening school 🤷♂️ this place is a fucking joke and always has been.
I always felt that among the population it is quite cohesive, but I gotta admit I live in a bit of a bubble. There is this obnoxious culture of tactical voting, so the parties never accurately represent the views of the people in my view.
Yeah maybe that cohesiveness is why they freaked out and voted for the Nazis the minute a couple of people who speak Arabic showed up.
Thanks comrade.
Huey Newton?
Yep.
Can you recommend anything of his in particular on the topic?
Yeah, sorry this took a bit.
The first thing I would recommend is Huey Newton's autobiography Revolutionary Suicide. It goes into detail about how marginalized people in the US can make their own communities, and have the most revolutionary potential. The second book written by Newton himself would be Insights and Poems.
Just for fun, the Huey P. Newton reader is a good read that further talks about forming these coalitions (and why tailism is stupid). The Black Panther Party: Service to the People program does point out that a good way to get concessions is to play along with the CHUD advice of "pull yourself up by your bootstraps", but collectively and under the leftist name.
i often say every day i become more maoist lol
Where I'm at. I love my org to death; but I'm under no illusions: my people are barely more than 10 percent of the population (12.6% as of 2022, I think), and more than half of them are brainwormed with the same settler-capital bullshit the crackers feed us all day in and day out. Settlers still murder us in the streets every other week; sometimes even walking up into our bedrooms to chalk us out!
But I'm supposed to want to open myself to organizing with more than just Black nationalist formations, in spite of that fact? You may as well ask a woman whether she'd rather be in the woods with a bear or a man again.