So, Facebook just made my partner the sole head of a group with more than a few thousand DemSocs in it

What steps should we take to achieve some actual radicalization among these potential recruits?

I mean, in addition to suggesting they join HexBear of course

  • 420blazeit69 [he/him]
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    2 years ago
    • Recommended reading (e.g., The Jakarta Method or some Parenti classics), maybe try to get a monthly discussion group started
    • Toss a bunch of Citations Needed links out there; maybe post about new episodes
    • In time, slowly ramp up moderation against unsupported "State Enemy Bad" comments/posts; probably lead with some legit criticism like excerpts from Stasi State or Socialist Paradise/Blackshirts and Reds/actual Sovietologists like J. Arch Getty
    • Plenty of posts about labor news/rights getting stripped away from vulnerable communities
    • Criticism of the Democratic Party (there's a Citations Needed news brief on how they scuttled the rail strike), but let criticism of elecotralism as a whole come organically

    None of this is as radical as it could be, but radicalization doesn't start at the end goal. Try to move a lot of people a little bit (and count on them to keep going down that path) rather than finding an advanced minority and catering to them. If that advanced minority is upset, reach out and explain your intentions.