HEY. Some of us learned about communism through memes and had a similar experience tyvm. You put some respect on memes!
But the difference in ideological miasma people are steeped in leading to fascist bullshit and communism is clearly huge and I find your insight valuable for sure. I find that leftists are generally the most empathetic people who drive themselves crazy trying to make sense of how needlessly cruel our world is without a proper critique of it, so it’s a process of trying to ask a question they don’t have the words for that leads to their revelationary moment when they finally encounter leftist theory (even if that’s in the form of memes). That’s a remarkably different process than the fascist light bulb turning on as someone has their entirely unconscious and unquestioned ideology put into language for the first time, even if the subjective feeling of revelation is probably similar.
Edit: I was wondering why we didn’t have an Israeli flag burning emoji, but then the small part of my brain that remembers I’m technically Jewish reminded me that the optics on that are… Problematic.
HEY. Some of us learned about communism through memes and had a similar experience tyvm. You put some respect on memes!
But the difference in ideological miasma people are steeped in leading to fascist bullshit and communism is clearly huge and I find your insight valuable for sure. I find that leftists are generally the most empathetic people who drive themselves crazy trying to make sense of how needlessly cruel our world is without a proper critique of it, so it’s a process of trying to ask a question they don’t have the words for that leads to their revelationary moment when they finally encounter leftist theory (even if that’s in the form of memes). That’s a remarkably different process than the fascist light bulb turning on as someone has their entirely unconscious and unquestioned ideology put into language for the first time, even if the subjective feeling of revelation is probably similar.
A bulbasaur meme played a good part in my path to communism.
:rat-salute: AND THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.
You got that meme? I bet it’s a good one.
https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/468/409/2a8.jpg
It works on so many levels, because bulbasaur is the best starter.
:arm-L::data-laughing::palestine-strong:
Edit: I was wondering why we didn’t have an Israeli flag burning emoji, but then the small part of my brain that remembers I’m technically Jewish reminded me that the optics on that are… Problematic.
they banned a dude who flipped out about wanting to burn the star of david here and then he made accounts for a month posting antisemitic shit lol