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Do you ever think of if the Revolution ever happens that communist parties are so tiny and have been so antagonized that people might just not listen to them? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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In the West communist parties are tiny compared to the rest of the population and have been antagonized for almost a century.

I literally don’t know one American irl that knows what communism and socialism actually are and all of them just think that both of those are bad

Kind of like this

https://www.vxtiktok.com/t/ZT2C7LsHj/

I am not so sure that westerners will listen to communist even when they are doing a Revolution. I think that probably a París Commune 2.0 will happen.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes, I think about this often. Many parties, especially in the global north. Decades of propaganda, infighting, and distance from the masses have led to a lot of irrelevance.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

But that's also because of the shrinking of proletarian in the First World. Most productive jobs have been outsourced to the Third World. Many workers in the Global North want to become bourgeoise, they have no material interest in revolution.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

It's worth pointing out that the population clamoring to become bourgeoise comes from a place of constant capitalist propaganda from birth. I used to want that as well, until the right people at the right time of my life pointed me at the right content creators which led me to theory. Now, instead of wanting to become bourgeoise, I want to make bourgeoise proletariat again.