if I believe the current capitalist system is failing us, and that some form socialism is the way to emancipate us, and yet all I do is post all day instead of doing praxis, does it mean anything at all?

  • GnastyGnuts [he/him]
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    5 months ago

    No, but you probably have acted on it without realizing. Have you ever given food or money to a homeless person? To me, this is a quintessential "this person might have the soul of a communist" action that your average person can do (and would presumably feel compelled to do) without having an organization backing them, or without strong theoretical knowledge, etc.

    As people are also saying, you can consider posting to be a form of propaganda, although I personally get a "bullshit cope-ass shit" vibe from that line. Like, I can't really disagree, insofar as it has to be better to just have those ideas and sentiments out there at all rather than not, but I dunno dawg, a lot of people's posts actually suck ass and aren't what I would consider good propaganda (mine too, just saying), and posting is just so fucking lame that I don't want to give it much credit I guess.

    • a_blanqui_slate [none/use name, any]
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      5 months ago

      Yeah, hard disagree with the "posting is praxis/propoganda" takes on here. It strikes me as an incredibly cynical sort of solipsism.