This one's for the ones who haven't seeked out a party or organization to join. I'm just curious what's stopping you? We're at the tail-end of a global pandemic and a deepening crisis within capitalism, and the sooner you develop the organizational skills necessary to navigate the coming years the better off you'll be to agitate for the working class, for the dispossessed etc.

This post isn't meant as an attack, just thought it'd be good to start a conversation on the matter. Perhaps there are things I haven't contemplated and I'd like to shine a light on my blind spots.

(p.s. shouldn't this comm be called askhexbear? idk)

  • carbohydra [des/pair]
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    3 years ago

    6 months in one where you were constantly pushed to sell papers in public

    psyop or not, this is one of the best ways to get your members to commit social suicide

    • Huldra [they/them, it/its]
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      3 years ago

      It fucking sucks cause even if you told them like "Hey I have social anxiety and it fucks me up to have to do this kinda shit" they either go like "Oh dont worry we'll support you" or just wait until the next time and ask you directly regardless.

      • carbohydra [des/pair]
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        3 years ago

        In my experience it can be ok exposure therapy, since if you live in a moderately big city, you probably won't meet most people ever again. The added pressure of being a personal Representative of Communism definitely isn't helping though. Teams are very good, and if you can decide up front that the others will be expected to do the talking, the worst thing that can happen is that you unwittingly give a flyer to some chud who gets mad and starts arguing with you, but just remember that you weren't going to change his mind anyway so just dismiss him politely and no harm done.

    • SortTime [he/him]
      hexagon
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      3 years ago

      Fortunately in my org the papers are free :tofu-cool: