I was all into electoralism up until the 1-2 punch of Corbyn and Bernie getting screwed (and just straight up losing) within the span of 2 months. From there I thought electoralism still had it's place but was thinking more about how we'll never get to "vote" for socialism, and started leaning towards being an ML. And then recently, I'm just really down on the hope for any sort of internal change within the imperial core. I think change is going to have to be forced upon the global north by the global south. And even though Iive in the US, I just feel more and more disconnected from this place. I find I'm way more interested in what's going on in places like Cuba, China, Good Korea, Peru, Bolivia, India, etc. I find myself not even really caring about US politics except for when it comes to issues of foreign policy.

And in my observation, it feels like a lot of comrades here seem to be following this trajectory.

Of course as I move along this path, I still don't seem to have a really good feel on what I'm supposed to do, you know?

  • Bluegrass_Buddhist [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    My journey was similar, but more about becoming disillusioned with ancom theory and organizational praxis. In 2016 I was pretty disdainful of the idea of building a "party," which I saw as anachronistic and regressive. Now I'm not sure how we're going to get anything done without turning the DSA into an explicitly DemCent revolutionary party and resurrecting local soviet-esque appartuses.

    • panopticon [comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      Seems like the pcusa is already constituted like that albeit obviously much smaller.. Do you think converting the dsa is a more viable path or would it be better for USians to focus their energy elsewhere?

      • Bluegrass_Buddhist [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        I think DSA is where the popular energy and numbers are, not to mention a lot of young organizers who don't see any better options. Converting the DSA into something resembling a revolutionary party is possible, I think. But it would take national fully disowning the Democratic Party.

        So maybe not that possible after all.

        • panopticon [comrade/them]
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          3 years ago

          Maybe the answer is pretty much that a whole lot more people need to be in all such organizations pushing the ML/demcent line, since "wait and see" is not an option.