Walk_On [he/him]@hexbear.nettovideos@hexbear.net•Why Capitalism Loves Doomers — Second ThoughtEnglish
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25 days agoLotta lib comments here so I’ll reiterate again: REVOLUTIONARY OPTIMISM IS ESSENTIAL!
Really funny that people here are bashing JT’s video considering the positive work he does educating and encouraging people to join orgs and be active.
Wild that you’re comparing revolutionary optimism to self help books. I’ll have to let Fred Hampton, Mao Zedong and Ho Chi Minh know.
“The most immediate antidote to nihilism is revolutionary optimism. Revolutionary optimism isn’t rooted in a blind hope that change will come at some unknown point in the future. It is cultivated by the acknowledgement that only through participation in the struggle to liberate the people can the lives of the people be transformed. Revolutionary optimism is bolstered by a deep curiosity in and knowledge of the history of class struggle. Social change is treated as a science, one with distinct properties and elements that are both inevitable and profoundly dependent upon the actions taken by the people.”
https://www.blackagendareport.com/combat-nihilism-revolutionary-optimism-age-us-imperial-decline