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[–] 4 points 6 months ago (5 children)

The amount of people who claim to be leftists and yet don't know any of their neighbors' names is staggering

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago

    I can't claim to be a model leftist, I am newer to identifying with the label explicitly and still figuring out what it means to me and how I can find ways to participate and try to make my community better, but I do wish we talked a bit more about praxis and ways to get out and actually do shit about our political ideology

    Meeting your neighbors is a great start :) I only know a few of mine but I'm happy to know them, there are some really lovely folks among them. Though one of them is a cop if I'm not mistaken 😅

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

    Its mostly an aesthetic. Nobody really believes in anything except appeasing the in-group

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    I heard a leftist youtuber online I really like say he feels like most leftists online aren't leftists, theyre fans of leftists, and I thought that was an interesting way to describe the lack of praxis and focus on rhetoric, internet clapbacks, and slacktivism

    FD signifier on yt is rad, highly recommend :)

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  • Even rhetoric is fine. Its not as important as oth organizing and infrastructure, but working stuff out, theory and PR do kind of matter.

    I think 'fans' is accurate, but in a different way. I have met people who are like deadheads for getting tear gassed, and believe in fucking nothing. Its just like a social thing. Like sports teams. They say some right surface stuff but theres no thought no critique no literacy. I guess id rather they be anarchism fans than raiders fans or milwal fans, but its alienating.

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