while i can mostly agree, your metric for being a good socialist happens to exclude vast swathes of disabled people and homeless people. some of us are out here just trying to survive and simply don’t have the capacity to commit x amount of energy to consistent irl organising. i don’t think you’re in bad faith at all but it would be a simple qualification to add that these expectations are for abled people of certain means.
It doesn’t have to be a lot, and it doesn’t have to be traditional org work, but it does have to be something.
Almost everyone can do something material. In fact, I’d say many disabled and homeless people already do more than the average abled poster on this site, but don’t consider it socialist activity because it isn’t trying to pawn off the local trot newspaper or spending 7 hours kettled by the police.
while i can mostly agree, your metric for being a good socialist happens to exclude vast swathes of disabled people and homeless people. some of us are out here just trying to survive and simply don’t have the capacity to commit x amount of energy to consistent irl organising. i don’t think you’re in bad faith at all but it would be a simple qualification to add that these expectations are for abled people of certain means.
It doesn’t have to be a lot, and it doesn’t have to be traditional org work, but it does have to be something.
Almost everyone can do something material. In fact, I’d say many disabled and homeless people already do more than the average abled poster on this site, but don’t consider it socialist activity because it isn’t trying to pawn off the local trot newspaper or spending 7 hours kettled by the police.
Yeah exactly, even talking to other people and agitating is something, and I think lots of disabled people are definitely doing that.
we’re in agreement.