Like, after we drive ourselves off a cliff because of the natural world reacting to our bullshit, shrugging us off like insects, I'm dying to find out about the next epoch following the Anthropocene.
The next sentient species to roam the Earth, be it a million years from now....will they learn about us, will they enact communism? Will they actually live the lives that no species on this planet ever managed to live?
Shit, forget about the extinction of humanity. In the unlikely instance that civilization and humanity doesn't collapse, it hurts to know I won't be alive for a true communist utopia. Because it will come one day, it's inevitable. But it's sure as shit not happening within our lifetimes.
You know, I think a certain amount of doomerism is appropriate given the circumstances, but this is pushing the bounds of usefulness. Maybe drifting into counter-productive territory/self-defeating.
Understanding that our world is irreparably changed due to the rot of capitalism is one thing - but writing the species off is basically admitting defeat up front and doing the work of fascists/capitalists for them. I chose revolutionary communism because I looked at the path the world was heading and realized I either had to embrace nihilism and enjoy what little I could by elbowing out everyone else, or I could roll over and die. Those are the options as presented by our hegemonic culture, "it's easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism" and all that. Well, I found those options intolerable, so I kept searching for another way. Revolutionary theory isn't just a set of guidelines for changing things - it's a way out of the false choice presented by hegemonic thought.
There ARE alternatives. The species is not prima facia doomed. We have the technology and resources necessary to avert extinction, and if we're really committed and a little lucky, even turn our planet away from the worst consequences of climate change. The only thing stopping us is political will, and that's something that can in fact be fostered. That's going to require a strong subjective factor, though. By that I mean quality leaders and Cadre ready to agitate and organize as the contradictions of capitalism worsen. Succumbing entirely to doomerism is to give up that vision of an alternative future - and sharing that is an essential part of radicalizing others. We have to lead by example, and wallowing in :LIB: notions of unassailable capitalist society is a real shit example.
Edit: A little harsher than I meant to be