I love to come here, I love to be among other leftists, but holy shit y'all have to stop posting over the top terrifying titles all the time for your posts. I'm lucky enough that I'm relatively stable in my employment and I can float by on anti anxiety medication and shit.
But when you post things like THE LEFT IS FUCKED and WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE on here, you are not helping people. That kind of thing can really fuck up someone's day or night or week, and you can put someone who's already pretty anxious on edge even further. And given that we're all a bunch of left-wing overly smart overly anxious people anyway, I can guarantee that ruins someone's day. And not in a good way, it can send them in a spiral of depression or anxiety, or can make it worse. And DOES make it worse.
Maybe you sincerely feel this way. I get it. I want to be able to support you and I want you to still be able to be heard and speak up. I want you to still post. I want you to post threads. But please think about what your title is first? Think about how it will impact other people? It really can make a huge difference.
I know people are scared but I'm optimistic. Yes, we're not organised like it's 1917 with millions of people in radical trade unions and multiple large Socialist parties. If we were we'd not be in this to start with and the capitalists would be falling over themselves to make concessions.
But we're a hell of a lot more ready than we were a year ago. We've got the seeds of what we need and they're growing far faster than I thought they could. If we pull together we can push through the current crisis stronger than ever, and maybe we'll even win.
I like you, and I like your optimism. I also think you can be scared AND optimistic!