Theory Recommendation Request - A lot of liberals/Dems in my life are facing crises of political consciousness watching the police collaborate with the protestors to attack "a sacred symbol of American democracy." This is a fantastic chance to move them left, but I'm hesitant to recommend anything that's too heavy.

What are some good entry-level works that are accessible to people that think the West Wing and Jon Ossoff are unironically good? Keep in mind things like S&R are disqualified because Lenin is pretty stigmatized in their brains. Need something more vanilla/unknown.

  • hogposting [he/him,comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    Current Affairs is tailor made for pulling libs left. Stuff like this is exactly what libs need to hear:

    The best protection against this is for Joe Biden to deliver the American people the kinds of gains that will make them unlikely to fall for the right’s pitch. Franklin Roosevelt, by giving people things like the GI Bill, Social Security, and the Works Progress Administration, ensured that huge numbers of ordinary people would think positively about their government, because it had put money in their pocket, given them a free college education, or given them a job. If the Democrats deliver the hugely popular $2,000 checks, and follow it up with a $15 minimum wage, paid family leave, free college, student debt forgiveness, Medicare For All, and a Green New Deal—which there are no excuses not to do now that they control the executive and legislative branches—then every person in the country will have gotten something tangible from the administration. These will include the ability to go to school without worrying about debt, the ability to go to the doctor without having to think about the bill, the ability to have a child without worrying you’ll need to go back to work the day after, and the knowledge that one’s grandchildren might live on a habitable planet with a sustainable civilization. A government that delivers for people inoculates them against the appeals of fascist demagogues.

    I don't give a fuck if the guy writing that likes to wear goofy suits, and his opinions on the USSR or Marx aren't particularly relevant to where we're at in January 2021. What's important is he's willing to make the case that socialism (and he'll openly call it socialism) is the answer for this, and he does so in a lib-friendly format.

    This is another good CA article on policing more specifically. It's geared towards the contradiction of "but I know a cop and he's a nice guy, so how can policing as a whole be bad?"

    • MirrorMadness [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Thanks for the recommendation. CA was important for me for how I got here, but have kind of tuned out of it for a while. I'll check it regularly and circulate articles like this one.