IMO, Communism is basically dead in the states. Kids are taught not of Marx's word, but of Stalin's. Therefore, when they look for an alternative for our hell-hole of Capitalism, they will look to something worse, as they know no better.
Anarchists in a squat's garden shed made my HRT. My local communist party... Sold me a newspaper subscription?
Yes, this is why I said that US communists should take mutual aid more seriously. Communists in states like Cuba and China are making and distributing HRT on a scale that US anarchists can only dream of. The “communist” movement in the US is currently dominated by socdems and trotskyists with practically no connection to the masses—a more effective movement is both possible and necessary, and systematized mutual aid work will be an important step.
Mine Nights of Freddy's. Its just so... Good?
To try to take mind off of things for a bit, let’s talk fun stuff
What’s some of the videos on YouTubes you love that you consider “evergreen” quality?
It’s timeless and no matter when you go back to watch it you have a good laugh?
I do think that US communists should be doing more to engage in mutual aid—just not in the ad hoc disorganized way anarchists suggest. Food banks and meals programs are rather prevalent in US cities, yet also incredibly disorganized and pressed for resources. They are functionally a part of the capitalist system right now, where a portion of the surplus food that would go to waste is distributed to the working poor by means of depoliticized organizations often disconnected from the communities they serve.
Imo, communists could greatly strengthen our connection to the masses by developing a systematized and politicized network of mutual aid, not in place of mass work but as a bridge between the organization’s political work and the lower strata of the working class.
We need to see this portrait
my mom just had a 7cm brain tumor removed and since she's woken up she's been talking nonstop about this dream she had about going to an art gallery full of colourful paintings by a 'homosexual artist' named klimsdorf who was ethereal and wise, both young and old... at first she was convinced he was a real person but after failing to find him online she's accepted he was a figment of her subconscious mind and is now determined to bring him to life via painting his portrait herself. she's 67 and has never drawn in her life. and now this. blorbo from her tumor
Could you be the protagonist of an epic poem?
I wish i could be normal about affection but my love language is merging souls
Are you good, bro?
here's hoping he doesn't come back 3 days later
>i met a liberal at the bar tonight
I know where this is going
i met a liberal at the bar tonight. we were talking about the amish and i was like did you know they have IT guys. there's a whole unique windows distro for the amish. it's proprietary. and he was like i guess that's why i'm liberal. and i was like what? and he was like why do you say that like it's a bad thing and i was like i didn't say anything you said that. and he said what's wrong with being a liberal and i said neoliberalism is a project of colonial expansion based on extracting resources from the third world by holding a gun to everybody else's head, so, what's good about that? and he did NOT like that for some reason. he was like are you a republican and i was like no absolutely not. i'm a hologram actually. i'm a russian bot. and he was like you're laughing at me. and i couldn't shake the prevailing impression that what he was really saying was you're being mean to me because you're reacting to this incomprehensible nonsequitur about the amish less warmly than you're reacting to the jokes of your friends. like yeah my friends have been sitting here showing me the tiktok that went viral when somebody paid at their job in pennies and talking about when they went to basic training because their parents got divorced, i literally don't know you or what your views are, how could i be laughing at them. but i heard someone got their ass beat for throwing a hot dog at someone so i guess i better be careful. like what even is the bar. i think i saw lightning strike a lightning rod on top of a building, off in the distance. don't think i've ever specifically seen that before. it was like horizontal, touched down in the middle. and my friend was like what would a russian robot sound like and i was like t.a.t.u.
One of my favorite parts of Tumblr is occasionally stumbling upon a horde of the fakest progressives you've ever seen. Like you can't just say you're homophobic, so you just go after passing bisexuals instead.
But I guess sources that the CCP don't approve are Western Propaganda
Also, I guess I'm not a Communist because I'm skeptical of the state; it's not like Marx would disagree with the CCP or anything.
Something to be said about how ironic it is that some people in the US celebrating the assassination still view the revolutionary justice of communist parties as evil. Like, killing billionaires is good but only when it’s disorganized.
Anyways, if you like the execution of an exploitative insurance CEO, then you’ll love the People’s Republic of China!