Don't worry, this new party made up of only people who have heard of the PSL, bothered enough to learn about it, and decided that they hated it will band together and overthrow our imperialist tyrants!
They're actually growing and aren't just liberals. They're accomplishing building up the kind of party infrastructure that could, possibly, hopefully, accomplish major things in the future; providing an ideological education for socialists (as opposed to the free-for-all of big tent organizations that invites co-optation from Democrats, cops, imperialists, etc.); and engaging in direct action (e.g., https://www.liberationnews.org/ppe-for-the-people-campaign-to-produce-and-distribute-masks-in-boston/, https://thegrayzone.com/2019/05/02/guaido-vecchio-failure-coup/, and during the Charlottesville rally, off the top of my head) which both helps to alleviate the harms of capitalism and helps to create organizational infrastructure for when things get even worse in the future.
More than anything else, circumstances radicalize people; we are not living in a revolutionary moment, and the masses will only come when the circumstances become desperate enough. Everything before that point is preparation.
On the other hand, organizations with no revolutionary ideology are useless; even if they have a billion members, they will never achieve anything substantial because they wouldn't even want to.
oh fuck they’re splitting the 0.05% of the vote the PSL got, how ever can the PSL win now
Don't worry, this new party made up of only people who have heard of the PSL, bothered enough to learn about it, and decided that they hated it will band together and overthrow our imperialist tyrants!
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Yes that is very clearly what I’m saying :very-smart:
If they're not trying to win elections, and they're not effective at spreading socialist ideas, what are they accomplishing?
They're actually growing and aren't just liberals. They're accomplishing building up the kind of party infrastructure that could, possibly, hopefully, accomplish major things in the future; providing an ideological education for socialists (as opposed to the free-for-all of big tent organizations that invites co-optation from Democrats, cops, imperialists, etc.); and engaging in direct action (e.g., https://www.liberationnews.org/ppe-for-the-people-campaign-to-produce-and-distribute-masks-in-boston/, https://thegrayzone.com/2019/05/02/guaido-vecchio-failure-coup/, and during the Charlottesville rally, off the top of my head) which both helps to alleviate the harms of capitalism and helps to create organizational infrastructure for when things get even worse in the future.
More than anything else, circumstances radicalize people; we are not living in a revolutionary moment, and the masses will only come when the circumstances become desperate enough. Everything before that point is preparation.
On the other hand, organizations with no revolutionary ideology are useless; even if they have a billion members, they will never achieve anything substantial because they wouldn't even want to.
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