I don't really have a solution for you but I just wanted to say I came to the left from being a right-wing reactionary and it does get better.
I also have ASD and would take the concept of white privilege or male privilege as a personal attack, but I eventually realized that it's because I was buying the dishonest framing from reactionaries that privilege means I have the world handed to me on a platter. All it really means is I don't face the disadvantages of systemic racism or sexism. Once I stopped following toxic communities on :reddit-logo: and started talking to other people more my perspective started to change for the better. My prejudices didn't stand up to reality.
I found A People's History of the United States to be informative on the history of class and race conflict in the US. I also recommend Women, Race, and Class by Angela Davis. In addition to the manifesto, Marx's Wage Labour and Capital is a pamphlet that explains the basics of Marxist economics without going into excruciating detail. (I'm slowly getting through Capital, but it is a drag at times. I don't think it's necessary to be an expert on economics to be a good comrade.) Kropotkin's The Conquest of Bread is another classic that's not hard to get through, and Anarchism and Other Essays by Emma Goldman is a great book of short essays on various left-related topics.
I think you'll also pick up a lot just from talking to other leftists and people with different backgrounds and making an effort to understand. Keep an open mind and be ready to learn rather than being defensive/reactionary and I think you'll do fine. Glad to have you here comrade.
I don't really have a solution for you but I just wanted to say I came to the left from being a right-wing reactionary and it does get better.
I also have ASD and would take the concept of white privilege or male privilege as a personal attack, but I eventually realized that it's because I was buying the dishonest framing from reactionaries that privilege means I have the world handed to me on a platter. All it really means is I don't face the disadvantages of systemic racism or sexism. Once I stopped following toxic communities on :reddit-logo: and started talking to other people more my perspective started to change for the better. My prejudices didn't stand up to reality.
I found A People's History of the United States to be informative on the history of class and race conflict in the US. I also recommend Women, Race, and Class by Angela Davis. In addition to the manifesto, Marx's Wage Labour and Capital is a pamphlet that explains the basics of Marxist economics without going into excruciating detail. (I'm slowly getting through Capital, but it is a drag at times. I don't think it's necessary to be an expert on economics to be a good comrade.) Kropotkin's The Conquest of Bread is another classic that's not hard to get through, and Anarchism and Other Essays by Emma Goldman is a great book of short essays on various left-related topics.
I think you'll also pick up a lot just from talking to other leftists and people with different backgrounds and making an effort to understand. Keep an open mind and be ready to learn rather than being defensive/reactionary and I think you'll do fine. Glad to have you here comrade.
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