Alternatively, how do I move myself towards other people who already agree with me to do this, instead of having to try to convince people who already don't really care for my company that my ideas are right? And who do I go to, to help me do that?
Alternatively, how do I move myself towards other people who already agree with me to do this, instead of having to try to convince people who already don't really care for my company that my ideas are right? And who do I go to, to help me do that?
trying to get people to organize is like trying to breathe air while completely submerged in jello. people are content to show up to protests and leave back to the suburbs to get their fill of 'adventure' for the year. joining the dsa and stuff can make things feel less hopeless, but i see it as more of a networking tool than a 'change the world and your country' tool. will certainly be useful to know all the cool leftists when shit hits the fan
once more people are in shits creek than now things might get interesting. right now i just focus on making my circle of people more and more left wing, and whenever someone gets sick or homeless i try to help them out and just say that its what a good communist does :shrug-outta-hecks:
Who's a good communist? You're a good communist! :headpat:
But fr as a liberal that would really stick with me, that a self proclaimed commie helped me out when I needed it.
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edit: helped a friend out once and their grandparents helped them move in to our place for a bit and when they asked why i was helping my friend so much i said 'its what a good communist does'. apparently this grandparent recently went on a rant about the 'satanic left' and my friend mentioned that time i helped them out so much. and they were like 'look kristina doesnt count'. their grandparents apparently also say tons of transphobic stuff but took me out to dinner a lot and treat me with a lot of respect and as the gender i am despite knowing im trans :thinkin-lenin:
I think this is it. The people who're already in shits creek are too exhausted and alienated from each other and their communities to organize. Other members of the working class who are sympathetic to leftist views but don't have it quite so bad yet probably see themselves as having too much left to lose by agitating.
As more and more people fall from the second group into the first group, I think eventually alienation from their communities will decrease since most people will be in the same boat and solidarity can build. Once a sort of critical mass builds, things will get interesting.
In the meantime it's extremely important that those who can organize do so. When the time comes that material conditions have decayed enough that most people are willing to do something other than vote about it, those aforementioned organizations will need to be there strong enough to guide them toward socialism and away from fascism.