Hey, y'all!

I'm volunteering on a campaign to get a socialist a city council position in NC. When we talked about social media, he brought up the idea of an OnlyFans. Imagine: someone spitting propaganda and then cut scene to nudes or sex.

I mentioned it might appeal to millenial/Gen Z humour/energy/slow mental health decline even more if he (~45, lil chub, blue collar comrade) had the sexy pictures/vids of himself.

Our campaign is composed largely of older hetero white men, while I'm...not (24/F/pan)...which is important because they definitely give my opinion the weight of novelty/minority. I know I could convince them of it.

My point is, I don't want to argue for this if people think it's an awful idea, but if it's something that could get us all the more quickly towards reform or revolution...leeeeet's goooooo.

Tho(ugh)ts?

  • comi [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Seems myriad ways this could go extremely badly, with optics and press acting apoplectic. If he is blue-collar, longer youtube videos of his work with some explanations might go much better, no?

    • katanakatona [she/her,comrade/them]
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      4 years ago

      Thanks for the comment! I could also see how that would go well. He ran previously and isn't about to get shining press reviews as a Socialist anyway, so it might be a 'no press is bad press' kind of thing. Also, he lives in a huge college town, so doing something absurd to get younger people involved might go a long way. Another thought is that it shows he genuinely believes in his ideologies: sex work is work.

      • comi [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Hmm, maybe ask around young people what they are concerned locally about? it could be weirdest shit like more bike parking space or something equally strange. Or shit all over the opponent with same issues they are concerned about: is he/she landlord, weird connections to police, stuff like that. Most people are completely plugged out of local corruption. (Not definitive advice, just thinking)

        • katanakatona [she/her,comrade/them]
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          4 years ago

          This is a good idea, with the problem being getting mass attention in the first place. Due to the age of everyone, I'm not incredibly confident in the social media management, so I thought bolder might be better, but it seems like that might be a miss.