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in terms of political labels: what are you now, and what were you before you became what you are now? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 23 hours ago by chinawatcherwatcher@lemmygrad.ml to c/comradeship@lemmygrad.ml

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would like some data! too bad we can't do polls on lemmy.

i'm curious about this since i'm wondering how many people required a gradual approach towards radicalization (first a liberal, then a soc dem etc, then marxist) vs a clean break (liberal straight to marxism, for example).

i assume most people here are ML now, but i guess i don't know that with a lot of certainty either, so that could be interesting data as well.

for reference: i went from baby liberal, to uneducated and unlabeled idealist anarchist who was basically a socdem, then straight to ML.

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[–] Renin@hexbear.net 5 points 17 hours ago

I grew up in a really depressing environment with vandalism, crime and all sorts of bad stuff happening, due to post-neoliberal shock therapy. Which pushed me to subscribe to somethin akin to Legalism - People are selfish and we need a stronger state to keep us safe from each other.

As I grew up and learned more I figured that punishment in and of itself doesn't achieve healthy long term changes. I kept questioning things and eventually arrived back to Marx. (I've read children books about Lenin and also about Pavel Korchagin, but the world I grew up in was so miserable socialism seemed genuinely impossible, it read like a pipe dream.)

I don't currently use any labels, mostly because I've been quite isolated to be honest. Which is understandable since I am not exactly socially adjusted and so most people are wary of me, find me uncomfortable to be around. If I had to self describe I would say: An aspirant trying to make the best interpretation of the world I live in and it's history, how to use that information to change it for the better. Dialectical-materialism has been immeasurably practical in keeping my hope's up, because it let's me realize how people's disregard and indifferent towards me is actually a keen asset, putting myself in a position where I am able to do things an admirable person who's loved can't.

At the same time I recognize that this really isn't socialism it's more like self-sacrificial egalitarianism, with the hope that people in the future might see socialism as a feasible option.