I don't really disagree with this, especially when people get caught up in a sort of doom-spiral discourse, where they can only interpret events through the worst possible potential outcome. It obviously isn't healthy on a personal level, but maybe more importantly it also isn't politically healthy. It clouds otherwise good analysis.
But I also genuinely have to ask: When was the last win? Because we could really use some wins right about now.
One thing I've noticed is that several leftist groups are too pure/fundamentalist in their ideologies, in that they strictly follow left schools of thought as they were intended for past societies.
The problem is, such ways of thinking can't be simply copied and pasted into our modern society and we can't expect people nowadays to just willingly accept them.
Whatever changes towards leftism/socialism/communism we want to bring to our societies must be done by taking into account the current realities on the ground and based on how our societies are structured in modern times.
Leftists can't be too rigid in their ideologies...otherwise, the common people won't accept them, especially given how communism has been unfairly and deliberately bastardized in Western societies.
The leftist discourse around the 2/28 boycott was so discouraging. Of course one day isn't going to stop the fascist takeover, but it is a start and it lowers the barrier to entry for people who don't have experience voting with their dollar. The constant negativity whenever anyone tries to do SOMETHING to fight back is exhausting. As a movement, we let perfection be the enemy of getting started every single time.
I can teach fellow leftists how to celebrate like it’s fucking 1999 - I do this out of joy
I don't really disagree with this, especially when people get caught up in a sort of doom-spiral discourse, where they can only interpret events through the worst possible potential outcome. It obviously isn't healthy on a personal level, but maybe more importantly it also isn't politically healthy. It clouds otherwise good analysis.
But I also genuinely have to ask: When was the last win? Because we could really use some wins right about now.
'Leftists are known for eating each other alive.'
One thing I've noticed is that several leftist groups are too pure/fundamentalist in their ideologies, in that they strictly follow left schools of thought as they were intended for past societies.
The problem is, such ways of thinking can't be simply copied and pasted into our modern society and we can't expect people nowadays to just willingly accept them.
Whatever changes towards leftism/socialism/communism we want to bring to our societies must be done by taking into account the current realities on the ground and based on how our societies are structured in modern times.
Leftists can't be too rigid in their ideologies...otherwise, the common people won't accept them, especially given how communism has been unfairly and deliberately bastardized in Western societies.
The leftist discourse around the 2/28 boycott was so discouraging. Of course one day isn't going to stop the fascist takeover, but it is a start and it lowers the barrier to entry for people who don't have experience voting with their dollar. The constant negativity whenever anyone tries to do SOMETHING to fight back is exhausting. As a movement, we let perfection be the enemy of getting started every single time.
So real!!