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I know a friend who is a communist and organizes and they with no restraint worked on a project at a FAANG to allow the intelligence agency of another imperial core country to spy on their citizens
Also know an organizer who leads an org of ~70 people at a $XX billion dollar company making >1 mill per year lmao
Fucking hell America is never getting a revolutionary advance dawg
When something pops off in a city like NYC though there are enough people active that aren't even in orgs that they can make the police retreat, I have some hope for the future, a lot of young people got their first taste of a sort of action in 2020 and many are still down for the cause. The most serious revolutionaries aren't going to talk about it much.
Why do you say that?
because ostensibly leftist orgs are being run by finance vampires
Is that a problem?
Is labor aristocracy being in charge of organizations whose aim is to advocate for working class people a problem? I sure think people making six figures are likely to be disconnected from working people who actually struggle, so yes.
Hmm, I may have personal bias there but I don't think that earning a high salary excludes someone from having empathy for working people's struggle.
It doesn't exclude you but it certainly suggests someone else with direct knowledge and experience should be in charge. Their material conditions put completely different pressures on them than they do poorer comrades.
I don't necessarily disagree. I just think the thought process isn't good. Good people come from all places and we shouldn't restrict people from leadership positions based on income or wealth. Restrict them if they act in a way that limits the movement.
I will forever be suspect of any org with finance vampires anywhere near the levers of power. I'm a materialist, not an idealist.
god damn maybe I should have just taken that fukken military contractor job I was offered if that's where the bar is
Please don't, Silicon Valley is just the biggest fucking meme in this world
just being cheeky, my current job makes some guy I don't know rich but at least I don't have murdered kids in Gaza on my conscience.