I tried getting in touch with SRA, same story as some other comrades, 2 messages then nothing ever again. I also tried out one of the Communist parties in my area that seemed to be pretty hardline ML, at least on the surface. I was with them for about a year. In that time all I really did was sit around and listen to Zoom calls where the old timers, mostly the General Secretary, would complain about the old days, how they were betrayed, how no one is as ideologically pure as them, and how we must do exactly what the leadership says because they “always know whats best”. There was extreme volunteerism with everything. The leadership, local but especially national, was not serious about getting to know their members and how best to direct human resources. Lack of a good new member onboarding process exacerbated this. They would constantly do contradictory things, for example, read a section for an educational that talks about tactics used to derail organizing then proceed to do that exact stuff such as bogging down meetings with needless points of order. The national leaders were totally out of touch with anybody under 30. Not only that but they seemed to also have no idea of the challenges facing a modern working class person and absolutely no plans to alleviate that struggle for me or anyone else. Finally, by the end of my stay things were getting culty around the General Secretary and the party was beginning to adopt the PatSoc line so I left.

My main issue with the groups that I have interacted with is that they really are LARPy. They don’t see what needs to be done; mass unionizing and worker struggles to pave the way for small-scale general strikes and building from there. Aiming for dominance of specific industries. A focus and a program to address the needs of the modern working class. A youth wing that isn’t Moleman dressed like Bart Simpson. These orgs need to look at what right wing groups have done for the last 60 years and copy that model because it works. Lastly, stop pussyfooting around the issue of security. It is inevitable that at some point leftists will be met with violence. Any serious org needs to acknowledge this, plan accordingly, and train their members for this contingency.

Finally some good news related to Elon Musk. I was just thinking to myself the other day about how one of his toy rockets was due for a blow-up.

Shit that PatSocs just don’t understand: A Thread

The most frustrating thing about Qanon is that there literally is a vast pedophile conspiracy among the rich and powerful of the world but it has got nothing to do with satanism, UFOs, JFK, or whatever the fuck they believe this week.

Sounds like PCUSA should think about forming a Security Committee. The question every American communist needs to ask themselves right now is not “Am I willing to die for the cause?” We should all be thinking about what we are willing to do to bring Communism into the world. Are you willing to live for the cause? Are you willing to make sure the other guy’s cause doesn’t come into being? Buy a gun and start training. The war is already here.

It doesn’t matter. Americans are so fucking stupid that they just sit and deal with it. Get mad! Do something!

Finally getting to play through Red Dead 2 and loving it. Haven’t experienced such a rich and fulfilling open world game since BotW. Honestly my favorite part so far has been hunting for skins to make new clothes to dress up my virtual cowboy dolly lol.