Hey folks, long time poster/commenter. I haven't been a good leftist in a while. I had some pretty severe mental health problems I needed to focus on, and getting my career on track. I've forgotten a lot of theory, and fuck if it doesn't look bleak as hell out there. I can't see any way out except third world maoism, and that's a longshot. But past that life just felt more fun when I wasn't constantly thinking about politics. I think some of that was because my leftism was mostly online. I did what i could in person but had limited options. But to be honest what can I do other than mutual aid? Americans are too stupid to ever see past capitalism, there's no local governance I can affect, and anything else is just adventurism. Please pull me back, I know too much to even pretend to be liberal or conservative.
book club maybe? https://unity-struggle-unity.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Study-Group-Interior-Pocketbook.pdf
do what you can within the bounds of your material capabilities, and remember revolutions are formed by material conditions, the whole ?There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen"
try doing what the black panthers did is what i was told, but community in real life is important to help keep morale up - even if they just spend time just loitering around, friends and gradually working towards a better world until it's time
gardening with friends, working out, book clubs, it might be quote mined but there are gramsci and lenin quotes online that talk about having discipline and excercise, so i guess just being fit, having discipline forged by hard work,
i mean i guess having a clean room unless your absolutely completely occupied like marx was