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  • Oh, I'm aware. There is drama to be had if that's what you want.

    The nice thing about movements is you get to pick who you work with. You get small groups that do 99% of the meaningful work and a large "groups" that are just involved to make noise, feel like they did something, and accomplish ... absolutely nothing. The worst are the kind that want to raise "awareness" for something that everyone is already aware of, followed by the people that are just pissed off and can't be bothered to do anything productive with that anger.

    Stick with the former: they're cool and they get shit done.


  • Well, the "real world" labor movement and activism is a great way to make all kinds of friends. A lot of socialists and a few communists, given the history of the movements. They tend to be actual adults too -- so very little drama.

    I'm just glad I outgrew my "angsty teenage communist" phase where I was just an ass on the internet. Blindly quoting Marx with no self awareness or understanding of context. Hell, blindly quoting Marx before I realized sometimes even decent, intelligent people can have great ideas but still get parts wrong: he was a man, flawed as any of the rest of us.

    Ha, could you imagine?


  • Authoritarianism:

    A form of government in which the governing body has absolute, or almost absolute, control. Typically this control is maintained by force, and little heed is paid to public opinion or the judicial system.

    A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.).

    Maybe something was lost in translation, but I don't care if Marx himself descended from the heavens and tattooed that on my forehead: no. Anyone willingly to unquestioningly submit to authority isn't worthy of consideration or respect. Leaders need to be questioned and held to law and decency. My issue is with the people that follow leaders that don't head the will and well being of others.

    I'll happily be an "enemy" of anyone that takes issue with that.