Shoutout to the lazy bois. The revolution will come a bit later if I feel like it...

But really, I think even worker is a bit of an exlcusionary term, easily corrupted and co-opted by everyone who works and receives a market value greater than their labour input. The idea of labour organisation doesn't resonate with people who don't have too because I don't feel like it.

Community building certainly makes more sense in because that includes the lazy bois who really just want to be loved. They'd give up their entire game collection and anime figures to have a nice girl (or fella) to stoke their dingus a little. That's my opinion.

A nice community of people doing things is more conducive to the sort of revolution that is possible under western capitalism. Ie. start fracturing off parts of the capitalist state. In my mind the idea of a workers revolution just seems utterly impossible while capitalist states are so strong. I mean this isn't groundbreaking I'm just thinking out loud.

Ending this with some positivity. Don't stress so much about it because humanity has been fucking terrible for thousands of years yet we've made such huge progress to blow open the door to correcting it. That's unique. Because of socialism we've changed the trajectory of struggle, even if we can't yet fully create the conditions that would secure it for the future.

Love you all.

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    4 years ago

    Very good no argument here. I just think in rhetorical terms for my own convenience, I'm not looking to contradict theory just for the sake of that. For instance any appeals to commonality is just connecting dots. I've never seen those arguments be very effective.

    For example saying that migrant workers are "just like you!" is less effective than pointing out that unrestricted access to the job market is by design to cheapen the value of labour.