Honestly I just feel kind of powerless and hopeless.
Like...maybe I could join some organization, but left wing politics in the west just seems like a joke, either full of socdems or just fractured beyond belief.
One of the "easiest" things I guess I could do is just talk to people I know about politics. But, I honestly don't even know if Americans can be reached at this point. Assuming they can, I still don't know what the best course of action would be. Is it better to just be a super commie and radical to serve as some counterpoint to all their other influences? Or do people arrive at their own conclusions on their own time and I should just subtly plant seeds? One would certainly be safer, both in keeping my relationships intact and not having the government shove me into a van.
It seems futile, I am powerless against the osmosis of our society, even if I plant seeds, it means nothing if no one is there to water them. The one thing I can do on my own means nothing because I am a drop in the bucket of the cultural zeitgeist people are influenced by everyday. And any kind of collective action I could take just seems untenable.
idk I am just rambling
This is just not true. There are many, many people who are open to socialist ideas right now in the US, probably a greater number than any other point in US history. Capitalism is in multiple kinds of crisis, and people are actively looking for alternatives. You can’t really blame them for passing over small to non-existent alternatives to the left. Without big organizations we are not going to draw big crowds, true, but now is a great time to be building the foundation.
Idk the US had a pretty big communist/hostile labour movement up until like ww2
There’s certainly been a stronger labor movement and bigger socialist organizations. I’m saying that the level of interest and openness to the ideas is probably greater now than in the early 20th century, the organizational component just isn’t there.
This is true. Most of us were (bigger) libs at some point. I fuckin loved Obama for like 6 years before I started learning more about American politics.
I wouldn't bother trying to convince boomers to change their minds on anything, but there are plenty of people who can be reached if you explain things the right way.