I always feel like I'm hanging out in a punk/hardcore music scene (various anarchist groups, psl to some extent) or with lame improv nerds (dsa). I don't see either of these groups connecting with very many working class people. This is obviously a huge problem but (at least where I am) there is very little attempt to organize or recruit people making minimum wage, fast food workers, service industry, manual laborers etc. I mean shouldn't this be the main priority right now? I don't know I'm just venting but I'm baffled by how bad at organizing these groups are. Do they really just like being this cliquey group that is hard to get into and that's what really matters?
Look I work in a kitchen and look like a freak. I get it. I know the pitfalls of punk scenes because I've spent time in them. I'm not telling anyone to dress different or not listen to flux of neon indians or whatever. I'm not talking about marketing, I'm talking about organizing. If your organization is only full of people who look just like you and have the exact same niche interests, then you have a problem.
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