Yep! It won’t always be the comfiest spaces for us, but without a strong attachment to the broader working class, it’s hard to actually build up those other spaces that are comfy.

Edit: revolution is not a tea party, I’m aware, I was using comfort as a stand-in for strength, power, stability, ease, etc.

As Communists, it’s important to engage with even reactionary-controlled spaces in order to agitate. Lenin made this clear in “Left”-Wing Communism. That being said, we should also promote spaces like Lemmy and Mastodon while on more reactionary spaces, as we can create our own, Proletarian controlled spaces free from the censorship of corporate media.

Each plays a different role, but ultimately we should be where the working class is.

At least, that’s my belief.

This work in particular was a large influence on how I should act as a Communist, and how that should guide my interactions with others. Glad to see it being read and studied more! Very happy that a comrade recommended it to me.

glad federation is working again!

Chapo.chat seems to work still, just adding confirmation.

Ugh, of course lol

Seems like they are all the standard sci-fi books taught in USian high school, though, based on what you said.

It’s always surprising that western Leftists can see Orwell as “theirs,” when Animal Farm’s central message is that Russian Workers are stupid, illiterate, and destined to be taken advantage of, no matter how hard they try to learn.

It’s cute seeing Americans and Chinese people interacting in a non-hostile way, and a lot of Americans being forced to see a bit beyond their myopic worlds.