pelosi + co aging out just means a new crop of corporate democrats take over. the machine does not depend on individuals and there’s plenty of young ghouls waiting in the wings.
‘progressive’ is pretty much branding at this point. someone can call themselves progressive while supporting weapons shipments to a genocide and opposing medicare for all because it’s ‘not politically feasible’
the label does no analytical work at all.
I’m assuming “tankies” are well-versed in this
they tend to be, i’m an anarchist and i’ve had many mls work with me in a positive way locally over the years.
I’m curious how you see that coming about short of a full-on revolution.
i did spell it out in that same statement, but maybe it was not clear enough.
when i said ‘organizing and dual power building’ i’m thinking of things like mutual aid as entrypoint. the idea that building networks where people can take care of eachother outside the market both meets immidiate needs and builds the relationships to make future organizing possible.
the ELI5 version would be summed up as 'build things that work outside the market, make peoples lives better now, demonstrate that another way of organizing is possible. ‘voting’ may be a tiny sliver of your time in the year, but electoral politics takes an inordinate amount of resources and time. despite all that effort any one election can flip the script on decades of work.
i could recommend reading material if you’re interested in de-naturalizing some of the operational assumptions of capitalism.
pelosi + co aging out just means a new crop of corporate democrats take over. the machine does not depend on individuals and there’s plenty of young ghouls waiting in the wings.‘progressive’ is pretty much branding at this point. someone can call themselves progressive while supporting weapons shipments to a genocide and opposing medicare for all because it’s 'not politically feasible’the label does no analytical work at all.
All true & reasonably fair. I guess I just have been trying to allow some room for having to work within the system as it currently stands, but I do also fear the corruption of the well-intended is real & potentially permanent. I’ve been hoping the addition of more progressives would help counterbalance that - and am still waiting to see if that plays out, but you may well be right in that there is no return from the dark side.
i’m an anarchist
Oh, cool! I’ve actually kinda begun looking at that community a bit closer recently as what little I’ve gleaned from posts I’ve seen seems to more closely fit my perspectives than other alternatives (you can see I’m just not “getting” the .ml left). Just preliminary starting to pay them more attention at this point, but definitely interested.
when i said ‘organizing and dual power building’ i’m thinking of things like mutual aid as entrypoint. the idea that building networks where people can take care of eachother outside the market both meets immidiate needs and builds the relationships to make future organizing possible.
Yep, that’s what I’d like to see, too. I’m curious how the inevitable bad players are prevented from using/abusing/destroying such idealist constructs, tho. I admit my life has made me perhaps a bit too cynical, but I just don’t see those sorts of initiatives surviving long-term against the high proportion of ill-willed people out there.
the ELI5 version
Okay, I asked for that. That’s more than little too vague to help. I guess I’m looking for something concrete & just detailed enough to be able to picture it in action. What I was trying to avoid was a high proportion of theory. I’m someone who needs to see it working first, then get to know “how,” and finally the “why” of how it works after that.
i could recommend reading material
My patience for reading heady stuff of late seems to be tied to my level of understanding and strength of interest. I like it concrete, to-the-point, with just enough detail to get the idea without being too wordy (which I know seems at odds with the way I write ::shrug::) It’s just the way I structured my information intake over the course of my life while trying to teach myself about the world at large). That’s the best way to get through to me. If you know of anything like that, please do share!
Finally, it’s well past bedtime for me. I’d really like to thank you for this conversation. I can be very thick-headed, and appreciate you sticking with me through it. Unfortunately, I’ve GOT to get some sleep as I’ve been up over 36 hrs at this point with only a couple short naps, and I just can’t do this stuff anymore like when as i was young.
pelosi + co aging out just means a new crop of corporate democrats take over. the machine does not depend on individuals and there’s plenty of young ghouls waiting in the wings.
‘progressive’ is pretty much branding at this point. someone can call themselves progressive while supporting weapons shipments to a genocide and opposing medicare for all because it’s ‘not politically feasible’
the label does no analytical work at all.
they tend to be, i’m an anarchist and i’ve had many mls work with me in a positive way locally over the years.
i did spell it out in that same statement, but maybe it was not clear enough.
when i said ‘organizing and dual power building’ i’m thinking of things like mutual aid as entrypoint. the idea that building networks where people can take care of eachother outside the market both meets immidiate needs and builds the relationships to make future organizing possible.
the ELI5 version would be summed up as 'build things that work outside the market, make peoples lives better now, demonstrate that another way of organizing is possible. ‘voting’ may be a tiny sliver of your time in the year, but electoral politics takes an inordinate amount of resources and time. despite all that effort any one election can flip the script on decades of work.
i could recommend reading material if you’re interested in de-naturalizing some of the operational assumptions of capitalism.
All true & reasonably fair. I guess I just have been trying to allow some room for having to work within the system as it currently stands, but I do also fear the corruption of the well-intended is real & potentially permanent. I’ve been hoping the addition of more progressives would help counterbalance that - and am still waiting to see if that plays out, but you may well be right in that there is no return from the dark side.
Oh, cool! I’ve actually kinda begun looking at that community a bit closer recently as what little I’ve gleaned from posts I’ve seen seems to more closely fit my perspectives than other alternatives (you can see I’m just not “getting” the .ml left). Just preliminary starting to pay them more attention at this point, but definitely interested.
Yep, that’s what I’d like to see, too. I’m curious how the inevitable bad players are prevented from using/abusing/destroying such idealist constructs, tho. I admit my life has made me perhaps a bit too cynical, but I just don’t see those sorts of initiatives surviving long-term against the high proportion of ill-willed people out there.
Okay, I asked for that. That’s more than little too vague to help. I guess I’m looking for something concrete & just detailed enough to be able to picture it in action. What I was trying to avoid was a high proportion of theory. I’m someone who needs to see it working first, then get to know “how,” and finally the “why” of how it works after that.
My patience for reading heady stuff of late seems to be tied to my level of understanding and strength of interest. I like it concrete, to-the-point, with just enough detail to get the idea without being too wordy (which I know seems at odds with the way I write ::shrug::) It’s just the way I structured my information intake over the course of my life while trying to teach myself about the world at large). That’s the best way to get through to me. If you know of anything like that, please do share!
Finally, it’s well past bedtime for me. I’d really like to thank you for this conversation. I can be very thick-headed, and appreciate you sticking with me through it. Unfortunately, I’ve GOT to get some sleep as I’ve been up over 36 hrs at this point with only a couple short naps, and I just can’t do this stuff anymore like when as i was young.
Thanks again so much! Good night.