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Bro was falling asleep during his fucking victory speech lmao

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As of today, your local "progressive" libs are ready to hear that the Democrats are going to take them nowhere but loserville. If they care about protecting vulnerable populations like they say they do (most are genuine), then it's time to get serious about other options. We have 4 years to draw something up and it starts today.

Surely they already know you as something of a politics nerd if you post here. They are probably looking to you for an indication if you weren't too smug about "I'm not voting cause it doesn't matter" for the last 6 weeks (not advised). The existing socialist parties are somewhere between problematic and just too much for your well-meaning friends to sign up for (are you even a member yourself, liberal?).

One way to kick things off is to demonstrate some Democratic Centralism.

  • Find 2 people you have very few fundamental disagreements with. Especially if they can be like "yeah, socialism, lets make our community more like Sweden".
  • "We are now the socialist party of [Libtown, USA], consisting of three members, somebody design us a T-shirt or something".
  • Then you start working through it. Write down a few bylaws, but be clear about your commitment to your comrades. "I'll vote for Kamala Harris 100x if that's what the party decides democratically, but also I really, really, don't think we should do that".
  • This is all a great opportunity to educate, discuss politics, study/teach theory, and build bonds with political allies.
  • Hopefully you get past being a 4 person book club and do some volunteering with your growing squad of 10 members.
  • The endgame is that your mini-party will eventually be mature enough to vote to merge or have an official relationship with an actual substantial political party. Could be a merger with PSL or something, could be a merger with the dozen folks doing the same thing over in [Libville], the next town over.

This is organizing, this is praxis. It starts off as some nerd shit over a round of drinks, but it's at least an attempt to wield a bit of political power while also bringing more people into the fold. Your position is strong right now.

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Critical support? (hexbear.net)
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Who must go? (hexbear.net)
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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Rom@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

Our plan of influencing the election by repeatedly pointing out the Democrats' support of genocide worked, fellow tankies! Trump was elected, which was obviously what we all wanted all along.

What are you going to spend your rubles on?

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Just thinking about what quick, digestible document I could throw at libs who are panicking and desperate for something to hold on to and i can't really think of something that's written for treat demons but still actually communist.

Any thoughts?

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I'm feeling the sword hanging above my head and the head of especially trans, lgbtq, black and latino comrades also.

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Hmm, (hexbear.net)
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That emoji (hexbear.net)
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Listen, jack (hexbear.net)
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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net
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Jacob "Reese's pieces" Mogg telling a black lady that people from the Carribean should be grateful for British colonialism and should pay them for everything the British did for them. I don't know who the lady is but that was an amazing response to a very old, very stupid question; myself and I would imagine most here would probably try to explain how idiotic and ridiculous the thought is but this lady had an elegant response (that he was quick to try and stop her from making you'll notice!)

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by IgnusNilsen@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

Just wanted to make sure everyone knew, through our donations drive we raised $2,700 in total for our friends in Gaza. Possibly more, that’s just what people messaged me about.

Thank you all so much! Really great to see what this community can accomplish. In the future, you can find the post under my profile if you want to access those gofundme links again.

Free Palestine! palestine-heart

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THEY SENT RITCHIE TORRES TO DEARBORN matt-jokerfied

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

I've always wondered if this was the reason some of the ruling class hated Trump even though he stands for the same things they do, and this is confirmation. They are afraid that Trump will embolden the left by being so obvious a symbol of US incompetence and the failings of capitalism.

Archived link to the full article

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I want to [redacted] him so bad

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To be honest, it would be funny as fuck.

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We know that Trump will do Genocide^2^ when he gets into office, so if Joe's serious he has no choice but to end the war before the inauguration. Since Hamas is nowhere close to defeated I guess they'll have to negotiate. But don't let perfect be the enemy of good, guys! Surely that's better than the Genocide^2^ we know is coming under Trump, right?

I'm sure he's consulting with legal experts right now to see what he can do to strengthen trans rights, student loan protections, worker's rights, etc. I imagine it's quite a lot given those godlike powers the supreme court gave him recently. I know he said he wouldn't use them, but we all know Trump is the biggest threat to democracy since WWII. There might not even be another election, right? If there's a time to put it all on the line, surely it's now!

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I did tell you guys (xcancel.com)
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