I know the situation is dire, but we mustn't fall into doomerism. We need to use these dire times to build ourselves up, to get more informed and more class conscious, to become better Marxists, to help each other and our communities, and to propagate our ideals and grow our movements. Think of all the work done by socialists in the 20 years leading up to the Russian revolution, without it, there wouldn't have been an October revolution.
It would be nice to think we are in the position of those early socialists in Russia
Would it, though? Tsarism was very harsh against socialists. Pioneer socialists like Babushka Breshko-Breshkovskaya spent decades in exile or prison, and most Bolshevik leaders were in exile for the most part too. Maybe we'll see similar things in the near future with the rise of the far right, but fortunately we're not there yet.
In fact, we're seeing the stagnation of the capitalist west, and the boom of (arguably) communist China. This is not to say that I wholeheartedly believe that China will bring forth communist revolutions all over the place, but at least I wouldn't think they'd be as bad as the US or as Western Europe. The material conditions for the past 30 years have been really bad for the growth of communism, as we've seen by the lack of growth of most communist movements. Maybe we should be more optimistic about the following 20-30 years, the world is going to change a lot thanks to the loss of hegemony of the west, and that brings great possibilities for us commies in my opinion
help I am actually tied to the track. (the track is time). why is there a cat screaming outside my apartment?
Unfortunately, the clock is ticking. The hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting. Do you understand?
Why wouldn't the cat be screaming? In fact, if you knew what the cat did, you'd be screaming too.
there is a lever but all it does is lower a projection screen to obscure the view of the trolley
The lever makes Tim Walz turn a big dial that says "NATIONAL CHAUVINISM" on it while looking back at the audience for approval like a contestant on The Price is Right. Ya, you betcha.
It makes it look like everyone on the track is smiling and giving a thumbs up
No, but trying to stop the train usually puts you on the tracks in front of it.
this, but where the trolley company doesn't bother with rails but instead just breeds people to put under the trolley, and you keep turning up to work each day to drive it.
