The DSA should really consider a PR campaign that offers education about the history of socialism to people. The intended audience would be liberals under the age of 45 with a household income under $90k
like half the members are part of the "online left" anyway
would boost membership numbers
full of libs who aren't going to do anything "revolutionary" anyway, this sets the stage for them to do cool stuff in the future
would educate members internally along the way (cause like I said they have too many liberals still), so the liberal-to-left pipeline would be wide open
it'd be funny to have the "paid posters" meme come to life
a lot of the online left is too irony poisoned to message effectively, when there are a lot of radlibs who we could actually mold into comrades and comrade-recruiters.
The issue though is that I'm just letting myself get infected with "posting is praxis" brain.
Yes, but also fundraise and then pay out the ass for some corporate marketers to rub focus groups and create an ad campaign.
Set up a platform "texting for Bernie" style, just like CTR did.
Produce high quality educational videos, texts, and classes for anyone to access. They should cover all aspects of socialism. Building out to a real educational platform would be the next step. You could even get a little diploma or certificate by following a particular curriculum, liberals love certs. It doesn't even need to be sectarian at all, just quality information.
Cause it's late, and I'm bored, here are some courses I'd want to see:
The DSA should really consider a PR campaign that offers education about the history of socialism to people. The intended audience would be liberals under the age of 45 with a household income under $90k
like half the members are part of the "online left" anyway
would boost membership numbers
full of libs who aren't going to do anything "revolutionary" anyway, this sets the stage for them to do cool stuff in the future
would educate members internally along the way (cause like I said they have too many liberals still), so the liberal-to-left pipeline would be wide open
it'd be funny to have the "paid posters" meme come to life
a lot of the online left is too irony poisoned to message effectively, when there are a lot of radlibs who we could actually mold into comrades and comrade-recruiters.
The issue though is that I'm just letting myself get infected with "posting is praxis" brain.
Take out Facebook ads targeting 12 year olds that just say “posting is praxis” and wait for the seeds to grow into the communist revolution.
Yes, but also fundraise and then pay out the ass for some corporate marketers to rub focus groups and create an ad campaign.
Set up a platform "texting for Bernie" style, just like CTR did.
Produce high quality educational videos, texts, and classes for anyone to access. They should cover all aspects of socialism. Building out to a real educational platform would be the next step. You could even get a little diploma or certificate by following a particular curriculum, liberals love certs. It doesn't even need to be sectarian at all, just quality information.
Cause it's late, and I'm bored, here are some courses I'd want to see:
Diplomas include: Labor history, Labor organizing, Marxism, Libertarian Socialist Studies, Political Organizing, Leadership