please fucking kill me
In my defense, considering the average user on Reddit and WSB specifically, the odds seem very high that a comment like that was trying to make a considerably dumber argument than the one you were probably actually making.
case study in absolutely fire agitprop
play to the crowd and plant a seed
we would all do well to read comments around here with a similarly critical lens
I know I wouldn't be able to turn people there into communists on a sub literally dedicated to capitalism, I do know however I could make them aware of class conflict. To me agitprop should be like a ladder (it's by the way the shit I learned in marketing, which is basically propagandizing too). You got to start where people are at. Otherwise, they will not be able to climb the ladder. If you want any response other than "fuck off tankie scum" you better be prepared to use the ladder. Another chapo actually caught on to this and replied with a Marx quote. And like that going a step up on the ladder so to say.
100%
a great rubric is to hypothesize a response from a regular that criticizes your comment with the party line, and then word your comment in such a way that the party line seems like a ridiculous counterargument
which is why that comment's so great. someone replying to argue NAP this or truly free market that would look absolutely ridiculous, and get clowned on
this happens here all the time, even now. all this nonsense about 'buying GME is praxis' is highly sus as is the 'spend your money on organizing' take
They are right. "Left v.s. Right" in their heads is probably our two right-wing bourgeoisie parties. Correct them on that, comrade.
“As revolutionaries, we don’t have the right to say that we’re tired of explaining. We must never stop explaining. We also know that when the people understand, they cannot but follow us.” -:sankara-salute:
@Koa_lala knows exactly what he's doing in there
o7 great agitprop
This is what happens when people lack the understanding that left vs right doesn't mean Dems vs GOP
If we want a broad leftist movement in america, we're probably gonna have to accept that we probably shouldn't call it "leftist" when propagandizing (at least in early stages). Too many americans think leftism and liberalism are synonyms. We may be calling it soccer, but in our hearts we know it's football.
