I'm seeing a massive leftward shift in /r/politics now that election is over and the Biden consent manufacturing astroturfers have left.
Every third comment is a solid progressive take, lots of class conciousness.
Now since this is an independent community, and we cant be banned for brigading, what do you guys think about manufacturing our own consent.
Below is an example of an informational post that can bring communist ideas to potentially thousands of people if it is made one of the top-voted comments in a post with 10k+ upvotes.
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Austerity, privatisation, financial deregulation and loss of labor union power is what is causing America's problems. Please read these texts, they offer an alternative view of society and solutions.
- Communist Manifesto (30 pages) - https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/ch01.htm
I know you think "communism is scary" and "communism doesnt work" etc, but just read the Manifesto, just give it a try. At the very least, it gives an idea about what communists want, why they believe what they believe.
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Albert Einstein "Why Socialism?" - https://monthlyreview.org/2009/05/01/why-socialism/
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ABCs of socialism - https://s3.jacobinmag.com/issues/jacobin-abcs.pdf
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Excellent video that debunks most of what people "know" about socialist states and socialism. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP8CzlFhc14&list=PLvNQvOq4XvUQ_oo_NISIXrB351pYUwyPp&index=1
If you guys think this is a good idea, ill pitch it to the mod, we can make a sticky that contains all the comments to be brigaded.
It's easy to not get banned, just don't post there lol
How though. How can you look at the liberals circlejerking and saying shit like “you can’t trust a single statistic coming out of China” and “Bush wasn’t perfect, but I could have a beer with him” and not immediately start calling them American swine
I don't look at them lol
Gotta preserve my sanity somehow...