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.
Uuuhh. Show me one struggle session of "who's allowed in" that isn't some obvious thing like no terfs, no jimmydores
Not OP but I feel like there is a lot of "you are not a real Leftist if...", "you are doing Leftism wrong if...", "I'm leaving because leftists here did x and I think that's cringe". It's not most people but it happens enough. Every time something gets a bit popular on here all the contrarians come out of the woodwork in a way that didn't used to happen on the the subreddit. I think it mainly has to do with the size of the community, but still. And sometimes it's the most petty shit. And not in a funny way, we often saw on the sub, but in a really pesimistic angry way.
Yup. This fits in with my theory I posted above (or below, depending of vote scores)
Gotta say I don’t really think the anti-Dore sentiment is good. Is it really so universal here? I mean, he was one of the first of Left media on YouTube to be full-throatedly calling out directly the corruption and cheating of the DNC in 2016. Since then he’s regularly had on Hedges, Greenwald, Taibbi, Richard Wolf, Cornel West, Aaron Mate, Max Blumenthal, and always brings up Assange. He’s speaking to disaffected Democrats, Berniecrats and RWers who also sense the whole thing is rigged.
Thank god for this place. After Michael Brooks’s sudden death and the Reddit purge I was spinning in despair this summer (despite the amazing and inspiring BLM Uprising that injected some hope). I was losing my mind. Especially that the daily MegaThread was my main source for what was going on.
Was very active at other online Left spots. But had become too despairing to participate much anymore. This is the only place I’ve sought now. Love to you all, comrades.
Uuuhh. I don't keep a list of bookmarks to threads that annoyed me. I'm not that maladjusted.
But the last one I saw before making this comment was a long thread of people arguing about whether talking about the gamestop shorts was appropriate behavior for true leftists, some shit like that.