I was reluctantly embracing the whole WSB is praxis meme until I had a bit of a scare last night where I thought I was going to be kicked out of my apartment in the middle of a snowstorm. Going on this site seeing people treating a bunch of capitalists investing in the stock market as revolutionary while I'm about to be homeless (fortunately today I am okay) definitely put things into perspective for me.
There is a disconnect on this site - there was that brief period where chapos were posting about their six figure salaries and other chapos were posting things like shit, I didn't realize the amount of wealth in the chapo community. I'm not going to worry about someone making money (as is always pointed out, there have always been middle/upper class revolutionaries, kropotkin was a prince, etc, etc.), I just hope they realize that it is them who are supposed to be solidary with the proletariat, not the other way around.
I remember Tarence on the Trillbillies podcast articulated a great take on this once. Trying to summarize from memory... but it was something to the effect of, the worker making $100k and the one making $40k can (and need to be) comrades in the struggle. BUT, we all need to be cognizant and aware that those two comrades may have differing material interests at times. And that's ok, but if we're not vigilant about acknowledging it it can bite us in the ass.
Thanks comrade. do you know what episode this was? Cause that's my sentiment exactly. I'm by no means trying to keep people out of the movement, it's just I all too often see people from the oppressor class walk all over people from the oppressed classes whenever they try to help out.
I wish I could remember. Narrowing it down a bit, I think it was during primary season but before COVID lockdowns started happening in mid-March. I've never had their Patreon so it was a free ep. I might go back and try to relisten to some and if find it I'll DM you.
I was reluctantly embracing the whole WSB is praxis meme until I had a bit of a scare last night where I thought I was going to be kicked out of my apartment in the middle of a snowstorm. Going on this site seeing people treating a bunch of capitalists investing in the stock market as revolutionary while I'm about to be homeless (fortunately today I am okay) definitely put things into perspective for me.
There is a disconnect on this site - there was that brief period where chapos were posting about their six figure salaries and other chapos were posting things like shit, I didn't realize the amount of wealth in the chapo community. I'm not going to worry about someone making money (as is always pointed out, there have always been middle/upper class revolutionaries, kropotkin was a prince, etc, etc.), I just hope they realize that it is them who are supposed to be solidary with the proletariat, not the other way around.
I remember Tarence on the Trillbillies podcast articulated a great take on this once. Trying to summarize from memory... but it was something to the effect of, the worker making $100k and the one making $40k can (and need to be) comrades in the struggle. BUT, we all need to be cognizant and aware that those two comrades may have differing material interests at times. And that's ok, but if we're not vigilant about acknowledging it it can bite us in the ass.
Glad you're doing better today.
Thanks comrade. do you know what episode this was? Cause that's my sentiment exactly. I'm by no means trying to keep people out of the movement, it's just I all too often see people from the oppressor class walk all over people from the oppressed classes whenever they try to help out.
I wish I could remember. Narrowing it down a bit, I think it was during primary season but before COVID lockdowns started happening in mid-March. I've never had their Patreon so it was a free ep. I might go back and try to relisten to some and if find it I'll DM you.