IDFK what the hell I am.
I believe communism can only be achieved through revolution, and that the proletariat will need to take over and control the state to protect itself from sabotage from capitalist interests at least until global communism is achieved and the infrastructure to support a worldwide mutualist society has been established, at which point the state could be dissolved.
I'm not a very good leftist, I don't even know what I am
I would say that "Marxist" is fine, since that describes sort of a methodology/worldview, but when it comes to actual politics it's all about who you organize with. If you aren't active in a party or other org, you're functionally a liberal with better than average political ideas (still idealism tho).
Get organized, and then figure out if "communist" "anarchist" or some other such term applies to your group imo
--signed, a liberal with better than average political ideas....
I'm not an anarchist but every org I'm in is cause it's sorta the only game in town. It's mutual aide stuff so it's not like I have anything against it, but I would prefer the mutual aide have any angle of political advancement rather than doing what the state should be doing and calling it activism and not necessary charity. So yeah, it's where I gotta go if I want to help feed and shelter homeless people thst isn't lib but it doesn't align with how I think.
Yeah and some people don't have anyone to work with at all.