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Is there any point? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 1 day ago by Shurikash@lemmygrad.ml to c/comradeship@lemmygrad.ml

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There's no organizing potential in the USA at all. Everyone only thinks social democrats are the most radical option. Reddit third-worldists call me evil for being born here. I'm scum for being born in this country. I know it at this point, I'm evil for benefitting from imperialism, we're all labor aristocrats, so why bother? I don't even feel the strength to get out of bed anymore. I just want to lay here until I die or until I get evicted and die on the streets. I'm to scared to kill myself, so may as well. I'm just so tired of everything, of seeing the rights of my closest friends being peeled away and there being no viable way to stop it because, again, everyone here only thinks voting is the way out.

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[–] draco_aeneus@mander.xyz 4 points 6 hours ago

Imagine a tug-of-war played over a deep pit. On one side stand the imperialists and their lackeys. On the other, the third-world communists. If they should win, and the Empire is dismantled, then you lose some privilege.

(Of course, you're also being stolen from. A full victory would be in your actual benefit. For the sake of argument, let's ignore that, thought).

You're standing on the side of the Capitalist. You recognize that them doing well makes "your side" win. What should you do? Should you pull the rope to your side? Surely not, you don't want your side to win.

It seems your answer is that you should jump into the pit yourself.

My answer is this. Sitting the contest out is the same, why not do that? That's what everyone around you does already. You can also pull the rope the other way. You don't have to pull your arms of to make a difference.

You are not at fault for what side of the pit you find yourself standing on. Don't pretend you are. Find others who also want 'your side' to lose, and talk to them. They are going through the same guilt you are. They can help you directly, and you can help them too.