So we have some of the most based takes on the web, and we probably would be a good proletarian vanguard in our nations.
But how are we going to make our ideas a reality? Like, for example, instead of saying how based the USSR was, we (somehow) bring it back? Or we bring socialism to a smaller nation, like in the Global South? Or we do much smaller things than a revolution, like agitating and organizing.
What are we gonna do besides saying based things on here?
I think people have this notion that revolutions in history have been brought about by groups of people that shared the exact same ideology and magically agreed on everything.
This won’t, ever, be the case.
We advance our goals by using our voices to influence leftist movements from within, by being radical streams in the big umbrella of “leftism”.
I have been a member of the local socialist (socdem) party for a decade, and a local leader in the youth wing. 95% of the times i disagree with the party line. But being there gives me the chance to introduce new ideas, to at least start a debate. Our regional section is the only one that opposed exporting arms to Ukraine, and me and my small clique of radicals are the reason for it. Swiss tanks would be rolling around the Donbass if people like me and my comrades were stuck in our own small ideological sect with 14 members and 0.07% of the vote.
It’s not about gloriously leading the people in a long march towards our specific ideals. It’s about working in the background to slowly, piece by piece, build a consciousness of geopolitics and class warfare. It’s about saying that one sentence that will provoke someone to think differently for once.