I am including myself in this. Communism is an ideal we are striving towards. It is possible but we were all raised by and in capitalism and we all know it fucking sucks and is evil and gross and smelly. We all have a lot to unpack and relearn about the world, other people, history, everything just about. So when I get corrected on here or someone disagrees with me I love it. It's a chance for me to learn or educate or just reach a mutual understanding of each others opinions.
Struggle sessions are good and the best praxis this site is doing. I have learnt so much from them and I hope the continue until I actually become a communist. If people leave because of them that is tough but I think the site is improving because of them. I think people should come here with an attitude that they want to learn and engage and try and grow not just be fed entertainment. I do enjoy the memes and the bits but it's not why I keep coming back here.
Thank you for listening to my HexTalk.
I think this is a pretty good take on synthesis as praxis. We are often all coming from different material experiences, have read and identified with different theories and tendencies, and in discussion with each other we share perspectives others are missing. I don't have the perspectives of anarchists or of trans people or of anyone in the global south; my understanding of the world is lessened by this. I have an incomplete understanding of communism and how to build it until I learn from my comrades; just as my comrades elsewhere have an incomplete understanding before they learn femminist perspectives or before they read Leninist works or learn from indigenous communities.
I was trying not to use all the big scary word but yeah.
I use them confidently and almost always incorrectly so someone can swoop in and tell me I'm using them like a dumbass: until it happens I just keep shoehorning them in.
I had to double check I was using reactionary right before posting this and I am still not 100% sure it applies here but it sounds right.
I think it was a bit strong, but it works when you refer to people unlearning stupidpol, or unlearning redditatheism, or woke libs who have to be bullied into standing against imperialism, so going with an overexageration to make people click on the post and read it is pretty justified.
That is the politest and wordiest way I have ever been accused of click bait. :che-laugh:
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top 10 ways to draw folks into engaging with a topic! number six will surprise you!
edit: youll never believe the results you can achieve with this one weird trick! liberals hate it!