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We need a /c/agitprop that's just a reservoir of memes and image macros to spam on other forums at times like these
Externally linked images (hosted on cc) ought to have a cc watermark automatically applied to bring people in
you said this a full hour ago! lazy-ass mods! why ban the fasc when you could be doing propaganda!?
maybe add a meme bank on the side or an anti-repost system for the repository?
like squats? having super swol arms and no butt muscles is kinda weird. I fully endorse an even full body workout, even at the expense of other life priorities. im sorry for doubting you.
Selecting relevant quotes from "hardcore theory" and presenting them in meme form, however, is a good idea. :lenin-shining:
Of course I wouldn't tell them to read hardcore theory first. I usually recommend they start by learning German first so they can read Das Kapital correctly.
Also, if they're total noobs, they should probably start with Hegel's The Science of Logic (in German of course) first in order to properly grasp Marx's method before tackling Capital.
And really you have to start with Phenomenology of Spirit or else the The Science of Logic will be an incomprehensible mess. Of course then you'll need to read Kant to understand where Hegel is diverging from, and then you'll need.... fuck it never ends.
Don't recommend people books, it's lazy and no one reads books, especially on WSB.
Recommending a book or a communist economist's works is a shortcut that does nothing but makes us feel like we've done something.
I'm extremely thankful that someone recommended Blackshirts and Reds to me a while back; specifically because reading it did a lot to strengthen my beliefs in Communism by grounding them in a more solid foundation then memes or infotainment videos could possibly offer.
I think it's similar to how, for a lot of people on this site, reading "Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink or Blue" expanded and clarified their understanding of trans liberation in a manner that no amount of memes are able to.
Plenty of people read books; this community often worries that r/WSB types are reading a lot of the wrong ones (ie: 12 rules for life). Last summer I was able to get a lot of success by recommending books of Black communists, to well-meaning libs in the midst of the BLM uprising.
Any recommendations? I remember back then that someone called me out on the whiteness of the literature I was recommending, which was valid but I never really got to the point of addressing it.
To really introduce yourself to leftism you need to first start with the classics: Aristotle, Descartes, Socrates, Plato, Locke, and Kant. Then you'll have the necessary foundation to tackle Hegel, after which you'll maybe be able to understand Marx.
Actually one day when I was walking down the street a hardcover of Das Kapital fell on my head. After I awoke from the coma 7 months later I made an account on this website and started telling people to 'organize!' and to 'read theory!' :marx: all i'm saying is, it's possible.
Memes. Do it with memes. Feed off their anger and hatred of rich people. Guillotines and shit. This is how i got to where i am. r/chapo memed my brain so hard i started actually listening to the theory.
Imma be controversial here, but, bread tube. Olly and stuff. Maybe yugopnik, but he is for the people further down the line. Also podcasts. Behind the bastards , Revolutions etc. And be kind and open and stuff.
Olly has a surprisingly good introduction to dialectical materialism practically aimed at a G*mer audience. He also dresses up like Jim Sterling which is pretty funny.
Richard Wolff videos, but he's probably too crusty for BreadTube.
If they ask for something a little more "academic" though, he's a decent starting point.
Vikki 1999 is a solid channel, her video on the soviet side of the cold war is great
Absolutely, thats how a whole lot of us got our starts, lets give these newbies the same, generally more accessible intro that we had. Also, given the sort of humour and such they seem to be into, i can't help but think trueanon (and, as loath as we may be to go back to them, maybe the more jokerfied Chapo segments) would probably be a solid recomendation. Far more solid than just throwing state and rev at them.
Edit: fuck it, posted the Brace rat rant.
THIS IS WHAT GRAVEL INSTITUTE VIDEOS ARE FOR
Seriously if you suggest people read theory you will drive them away. Idc how short or approachable it is. No one wants to be told to go read
I looked quick and didn't see it recommended but Why socialism? By Albert Einstein is an easy short read written by someone people respect and will probably be more open minded to.
https://monthlyreview.org/2009/05/01/why-socialism/
