Missing those days of the old subreddit when I was just getting engaged in lefty politics. That sub was so uplifting. So many detailed analyses that I wish I saved. So many hilarious posts that always filled me with joy. Before I found the old sub I thought leftists were humorless assholes but r/cth really brought me along and cemented myself as a leftist.
I can’t exactly pin what’s different here but the whole vibe is off. I really wish it could capture the spirit of the old place but I’m not so sure. I know I’m not the most prolific poster but I’ve given this place 6-7 months and I’m not certain whether I want to continue or not. I’ll admit, I got caught up in the GME hype. Maybe because I seriously thought my life would materially improve at least slightly. I’m done with that stocks shit for right now. The split that happened on the site as a result of it was pretty bad. I really hope we can all do better, especially at lashing out at each other.
If you’re from the old sub who’s been along for the ride I thank you from the bottom of my heart. My life is much richer thanks to you all of you.
do you view the sanders campaign as "being the last off-ramp to fascism" now in retrospect?
I've only been a member of the community after the sub was banned so I'm asking out of curiosity. most comrades here/now see Bernie as being a lib who is to be respected, but I saw him as something much more back then. now with all the AOC good/bad posts, idk how you people see lib politicians anymore.
I think I've certainly gotten more aware of the cons of reforming a corrupt system since then. like it might iron out the insane contradictions, but it also might give more life to an empire that's a net negative for the world.
shit does look bleak tho.
I think my own perception is that the highway itself is fascist, and Bernie was the last off-ramp in sight, and now we're in the car trapped going in a direction that we all know will end in disaster but we can't turn around.
call it coping, but the 'off-ramp' was just a more illusory road. like the same shit as now but with a more content population.
I'm convinced now that the only way things change for the better is if something radical and internationalist starts in europe or the middle east. nothing good will come out of this country. too many chuds and too weak/self-centered a leftist movement.
Fingers crossed for the Middle East cos I feel about the same about Europe lol
at least diem25 and yiannis varoufakis are a thing. I hardly know a thing about the mid east beyond turkey, which I would say is worse off than here. we just have to hope for an america too weak to give support to reactionaries worldwide.
save us xi?