Don't despair. Organize!
Don't despair. Organize!
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No joke, but how do you start? At this point I need a guide, walkthrough for community building. Literally, how do we even start if people are fucking trapped in their day to day responsibilities to survive capitalism. Looks like nobody got time for that. I feel we are all NPCs following our daily routines, unable to break character.
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https://socialistra.org/chapters/
These guys are a good starting point
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Right!? You can't pour from an empty cup, and capitalism is systemically emptying everyone's cups.
I think the short answer is "join a local leftist org," typically DSA and PSL are mentioned.
I think the type of projects those orgs should prioritize are ones that give folks incrementally more freedom from capitalism.
I think the best example is forming a union & demanding higher pay, but at a community level you could also look into:
- Community gardens
- Tool libraries
- Getting folks together to buy in bulk
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I heard a quote recently from that Mendicus Moldbug shitbird.
It's easy to convince someone of the truth. But to make them believe a falsehood is useful because they can then wear their belief as a uniform. This is how you build an army. [sic idgaf]
So I know Luigi probably did it. But I believe he is innocent.
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We just need more people. According to one of the speakers from the Mayday protest, we only need 3% of the population for the politicians to care and do something. As of right now, only 1% are currently active in this movement. It's not bad since we just started this movement a couple months ago, but if we keep growing at this rate, there won't be any changes till the end of the year.
Which still isn't too bad, and if he gets impeached and leaves office next year, I'll win my $10 bet with one of my friends.
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I dont like this way of thinking because its the wromg way around. The very popular study believes, that non violent movements needed around 3% active participation to reach their goal. These movements did not set out with this number in mind.
Starting a movement with this specific number in mind will result in shortcuts that the movements in the study did not take.
Its like saying "healthy" people eat lots of vitamins and instead of doing all the stuff these people do/eat, you just take multivitamins and hope to have the same result.
It can work, but its a very one sided approach that leaves out so many other important aspects.
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I've never had a conversation with an anarchist that didn't end in them shitting on me for not being as anarchist as they are.
Radical unity is not a common virtue. Regular unity isn't either.
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I've never shat on anyone for not being radical enough. Typically it's the opposite with libs shitting on me for not being as electoral brained or "realistic" as they are.
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