Comrades. Not everyone has a good org near them and for some it’s even dangerous to organize. Preferably people join an org in which they can spread communist thoughts of course.
Some comrades also have disabilities.
That’s me with my ocular albinism.
Yooooo I have an inherited retinal disease, too
I was just chatting this morning with some family members about dayblindness, which is gradually increasing for a couple of us. Is that also part of your ocular albinism?
This Lemmy instance isn’t huge, so I wasn’t sure if there were any other blind/visually impaired people here!
I was born with this disability, but it hasn’t gotten worse for me. My eyesight has remained the same so far. So, I don’t think dayblindness is part of it.
the above comment gets my infamous rodent seal of approval
Agitpropers, maybe?
Lemmygrad users
Haha yeah cries over draft of party programma I’ve been working on for months on end
Too recognisable. I’ve been writing a pamflette on why billionaires shouldn’t exist for the past 5 months.
No wonder! It’s going to be difficult to cram that into a pamphlet!
Yeah you’re right. I might develop it into a manifesto of some sorts, possibly communist even.
O7
me :(
Praxisn’t
A very necessary but unproductive stage for early lefties to breach. Not sure what to call it
I think this is a great way to put it. As someone who is in this phase himself acknowledging the necessity of this stage while also acknowledging the necessity of moving forward makes me feel seen and motivates me to continue on my path of expanding my understanding of Marxism and getting involved.
literally me, for now
Same, although I have considered joining an org
Been here for a while as well. I’m starting to get involved in the Palestinie protests we have here and it honestly feels great. I’m volunteering and even writing a speech atm, which I’m planning on presenting at one of the upcoming protests. If I can do it so can you!
They’re the support player in the team fight.
The Marxist cheerleaders?
Bards?
Armchair revolutionaries, left-coms, Bordiga, etc.
I don’t think “left-com” is right.
Sorry, my tendency leaked through lol
There’s a quote from Huey Newton, “The first lesson a revolutionary must learn is that he is a doomed man.” You’re describing the stage/phase/step before the comrade has come to terms with that first lesson. And because it is the first step, we also see a big part of why the Western left is still learning to walk/baby steps.
Armchair socialist
The only irl praxis I do now is showing up at protests and partaking in the election campaign for my party. I feel like that isn’t enough. :(
That’s more than many armchair warriors do in their lifetime. Which party are you active for if you don’t mind sharing?
BIJ1
Are there other communists at BIJ1?
Not that many, but they are there and it’s not that small of a group in BIJ1 but also not the majority. Most are DemSoc. Some anarchists, and a lot of people at BIJ1 are anti-capitalist but don’t know what they want in return. It’s a big tent party so there’s a lot of different types of people there.
Let’s hope the marxists can add some influence then
idk, i was like this for a time but now im looking forward to officially join the communist party of my country and have gone to two protest and helped the communist party distribute flyers. Praxis can be a lot of things but most importantly it is to connect with fellow leftists and to organize either your workplace or the party.
Anything from going to a protest to putting up stickers of an organization is a 1000% more than anything any of these “armchair-leftists” will ever do, not because they cant, but because they are comfortable with their position in society (be it petit-bourgeois or labor aristocrat) and dont actually want a revolution to happen any time in the future.
Couch commies?
A fan
Liberals
jk…
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