i was at a point of having pretty much given up on leftism altogether for the longest time, like there was a dark time when the iraq war movement had spectacularly failed and id aged out of the university left, and all that remained was a handful of sad dead-enders constantly tearing themselves apart with sectarianism and i couldnt do it any more. so i consoled myself with electoralism and reformism and putting faith in the australian greens lol for the longest time while pretending i was still a leftist in my heart (spoiler: i really wasnt). so on reddit id follow all these r/politics threads about russiagate etc with the thought that a big enough scandal might be enough of a shock to the system to trigger real reform (lmao, i know) but could not shake the feeling of what the absolute fuck is wrong with these fucking pod people, these are not my people....surely?

and then i often saw posts from r/cth on all and i didnt know what a chapotraphouse was so i assumed it was some anime or some shit, but yeah then one day i clicked on one and holy shit it was a breath of fresh air, this was the sort of radical liberalism i could get behind

i 100% have the sub to thank for bringing me back into the warm embrace, and im considerably more left now than when i was 20 so suck shit winston churchill