I feel there is very little we can do individually to change people’s minds or turn them away from fascism, or even to get them to stop turning their own brains into soup, but you can still show them there are consequences to their actions.

Telling my own friends / relations what I think of them and cutting ties with them has done nothing to bring them back in line with normal human values, but at least I am not burdened with the guilt of my association, and maybe one day enough people will cut them off that the loneliness gets to them and they begin to re-evaluate their lives.

It is literally the least I can do. Any sadness I felt was heartbreak that they could be so shitty to begin with.

  • idkmybffjoeysteel [he/him]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
    14·
    10 months ago

    I SUMMON THE LEGENDARY MONSTER THE ETERNAL CHAIRMAN MAO IN ATTACK POSITION

    Liberalism manifests itself in various ways. To let things slide for the sake of peace and friendship when a person has clearly gone wrong, and refrain from principled argument because he is an old acquaintance, a fellow townsman, a schoolmate, a close friend, a loved one, an old colleague or old subordinate. Or to touch on the matter lightly instead of going into it thoroughly, so as to keep on good terms. The result is that both the organization and the individual are harmed. This is one type of liberalism.

      • idkmybffjoeysteel [he/him]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
        3·
        10 months ago

        I am positive that not everyone who was ever sat down for a struggle session against their will was a dedicated party member. I feel like point five is way more relevant to org maintenance.

          • idkmybffjoeysteel [he/him]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
            4·
            10 months ago

            idk what you mean by that but I’m pretty sure any successful revolution will necessarily involve dealing with reactionaries one way or another in order to survive, although purely theoretical because it is never gonna happen here I can give you a big long list of undesirables in need of some kinda re-education and it begins with landlords and business owners

      • Amerikan Pharaoh@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
        3·
        10 months ago

        Is a family unit or cadre of friends not a proto-org though? It may not be 1:1 exact, but there is still room for application, I feel.