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 not that it is irrelevant exactly, it is just that it requires some effort to understand the relevance, which defeats its point as an intro text.
Exactly. An intro text is supposed to spark someone's interest and get them to crack open more thorough texts and histories. If you have to crack open the history and background text first in order to get that spark, it isn't going to happen for most people.