Reading is actually hard and extremely painful for some people, for example those with ADHD. I still don't understand the superiority complex people have regarding theory. Do you think you're actually going to help the working class by telling everyone to "read theory"? What does this accomplish, besides shaming people into educating themselves more and repelling those who don't care enough? What if people have already learned a lot of theory, and still are anarchists? (Yes, this happens.)
Obviously theory is cool, but holy shit this sentiment is so vapid. This may be a "joke" but it's a shit one.
“Without revolutionary theory, there can be no revolutionary movement.”
I get it. Reading dense texts isn’t for everyone. But to disregard learning from historic revolutionaries on the basis that some comrades can’t or won’t read isn’t really ideal? If a bunch of Chinese peasants in miserable conditions almost 100 years ago could take on board Marxist ideas I don’t see why someone with the entirety of mankind’s collected knowledge at their fingertips can’t absorb it in some form, whether it’s podcasts, youtube, memes, whatever.
Yes, I understand. Fostering an environment where "reading theory" is the behavior of the in-group isn't too great. Examining the conditions of the working class right now (personally or not) and organizing/pushing them left doesn't actually require that much theory.
Implying anarchists tend to ignore reading and thinking (substituting theory for the aesthetic instead, I guess? praxis isn't even considered here) is not cool. Yeah, I know we're on the internet where posting is always revolutionary praxis.
Regarding memes: this is why I'm considering formally studying the left pipeline. A rough sketch of the right's pipeline has edgy personalities -> IDW -> ben shapiro -> TPUSA/PragerU -> actual fascism, and this pipeline is pretty solid and well-funded. We need to study the left pipeline and bolster it with propaganda. One easy way to do this is with memes.
If you're interested, I'm part of a group trying to do exactly that. Some folks in the group came up with the woorker/recrooter formats and the 4/20/69 work week poster. I have a hard time thinking this hard about memes but it seems to be the future, hit me up if you like
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Reading is actually hard and extremely painful for some people, for example those with ADHD. I still don't understand the superiority complex people have regarding theory. Do you think you're actually going to help the working class by telling everyone to "read theory"? What does this accomplish, besides shaming people into educating themselves more and repelling those who don't care enough? What if people have already learned a lot of theory, and still are anarchists? (Yes, this happens.)
Obviously theory is cool, but holy shit this sentiment is so vapid. This may be a "joke" but it's a shit one.
“Without revolutionary theory, there can be no revolutionary movement.”
I get it. Reading dense texts isn’t for everyone. But to disregard learning from historic revolutionaries on the basis that some comrades can’t or won’t read isn’t really ideal? If a bunch of Chinese peasants in miserable conditions almost 100 years ago could take on board Marxist ideas I don’t see why someone with the entirety of mankind’s collected knowledge at their fingertips can’t absorb it in some form, whether it’s podcasts, youtube, memes, whatever.
Yes, I understand. Fostering an environment where "reading theory" is the behavior of the in-group isn't too great. Examining the conditions of the working class right now (personally or not) and organizing/pushing them left doesn't actually require that much theory.
Implying anarchists tend to ignore reading and thinking (substituting theory for the aesthetic instead, I guess? praxis isn't even considered here) is not cool. Yeah, I know we're on the internet where posting is always revolutionary praxis.
Regarding memes: this is why I'm considering formally studying the left pipeline. A rough sketch of the right's pipeline has edgy personalities -> IDW -> ben shapiro -> TPUSA/PragerU -> actual fascism, and this pipeline is pretty solid and well-funded. We need to study the left pipeline and bolster it with propaganda. One easy way to do this is with memes.
If you're interested, I'm part of a group trying to do exactly that. Some folks in the group came up with the woorker/recrooter formats and the 4/20/69 work week poster. I have a hard time thinking this hard about memes but it seems to be the future, hit me up if you like
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Definitely not, in particular I think left educational podcasta like RevLeft are doing amazing work, Breht is a true comrade.