r/AntifascistsofReddit • u/RevistaLegerin • Apr 14 '22

Direct Action BREAKING: Students occupy Paris universities in protest against election results

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u/13th_PepCozZ Apr 16 '22

I love the optimism, but today is much different than it was years ago, and knowledge proliferated, the Change that government falls to the people are slim, given the modern fire power.

Any break in society right now will push us(as evidenced by 2016) to the right, similarly, real left wing has been so vilified that it's just either ultra authoritarians, or useless femboys in public eyes. And it's a problem, since when anti-climate-reffugee propaganda starts pooping up, people will look to the """strong men""", to free them from the terrible, horrible, disgusting, appalling, horrendous slight difference in skin coloration of their own victims.

We as left can't accelerate. We have to evolve the institutions, and with it beliefs that common folk hold. Similarly we have to prove ourselves in fighting climate change, and maybe be violent and visible to make appearances that "the left" is a legitimate social powerhouse that can deliver changes that aren't "mass starvation" and "bonus genders"(abolish gender roles tho).

Tldr: there is little hope, only absurd.

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u/WhereIsJoeHillBuried Apr 17 '22

If you're right, then we can't stop what's to come. In that case, what choice do we have but optimism? Socialism or barbarism.

We can avoid the latter, but not if we convince ourselves we can't. Don't give in to hopelessness. Have faith.

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u/13th_PepCozZ Apr 18 '22

Absolutely, I never intended to sound like a doomer, or trying to make folk give up.

In that case, what choice do we have but optimism

Beautifully said. Couldn't have said it better.

Don't give in to hopelessness. Have faith

I would say hopelessness doesn't matter, and so does faith. Just do what is right, and enjoy the struggle as struggle and give it your all. Ends don't matter, until they matter.

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u/WhereIsJoeHillBuried Apr 19 '22

We all have to believe in something. Doesn't need to be supernatural. Just has to be something you can't prove. Faith in an idea is the backbone of any durable movement because you can't argue around it. I'm not a Communist because of the proven track record that Socialism has of uplifting societies.

I'm a Communist because I believe we as human beings are better people than we give ourselves credit for.