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This is a genuine question I've been asking myself for a while now, and I would love to read your takes on it. I feel like big corps have too much control over the general population and tools at their disposal that are near impossible to combat from my perspective, like the media for example.

I will say that I am very little educated on the matter and have just recently began to more conciously think about the whole situation. Would love to see other people's take and maybe some reading recommendations on the topic if you have any!

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (2 children)

Look for leftist organizations near you, join them and honestly engage with them.

Personally, I found Palestine protests and similar ones to be a great way to find multiple parties, ask them basic questions, and separate the junk ones (e.g. idealistic ultra-left sects) from the ones with a viable strategy. I first went to the unionists there and asked them if any of the socialist orgs actually worked with them and only two of the four locals were mentioned. Notably, one which was mentioned and one which wasn't were both, on paper, followers of the exact same strain of Trotskyism, in fact one was a split from the other party, but on the ground it's night and day, apples and oranges; one works with&within unions to make sure its members are on board with picket actions before they happen, the other has fresh college students recite an evangelical recruitment script at protests and end up asking Palestinians at a Palestine protest with family still in Palestine if they're aware of the ongoing conflict.

In a word, if you have choice, check them all, and you don't have to pick one just for their theoretical tendency. Being correct isn't enough.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago

This is a great suggestion! I agree something looking good on paper isn't enough, that's the reason I've been skeptical about some of the local orgs around me. But I do think this is the way of approaching said orgs and see how things really are

[–] [email protected] 4 points 18 hours ago

Preach brother. Orgs especially outside of major cities can be so hit or miss. I also sifted through them by participating and speaking with members of pro-palestinian protests.