Two screenshots of an Instagram story (I think that’s the term?) posted by the account big_truckmemes. The Instagram story consists of two images of centered white text on a black background, which read:

hey all, for those who still care/haven’t figured it out already, BTM is pretty much finished. there are many reasons for this, some which Vic shares, but I’m out. Vic may or may not continue in the future.

one thing that became clear to me toward the end of the account’s life is that only a handful of maybe 100 of y’all at a peak of 12k followers ever took this account seriously. to the rest, it was either an ironic joke or a way to reinforce artificial wokeness thru social media aesthetics, or both. our “swipe up” numbers on important articles, fundraisers, actions, were always pathetic. Vic & I worked hard to get our follower count up to 10k to be able to share those with you easily, and they went essentially ignored. the memes were supposed to catch your attention and push you toward action, not be a substitute for it. that’s just narcissism. but that’s the template laid out for y’all by the narcissistic creators on this app, so idk what i expected. when people calling themselves leftists are messaging us or tagging us in stories with pictures of random trucks with no context, or people are commenting “there’s no truck in this” on slightly “off-brand” memes, it becomes obvious that y’all are missing the point. the truck was never the focus.

i’ve mentioned this in captions a few times but the whole point of BTM was to boil Communist, specifically Leninist/Maoist, theory down to its basic parts to make it understandable & accessible on a free, widely used platform to those who may not otherwise access or understand it. i still firmly believe that these ideologies, my ideologies, hold the only true malleable tools to emancipate the poor, the working class and the exploited Third World from our chains. but they gotta be used. there’s gotta be applications & upgrades of thought. there are no easily digestible solutions to the ills of America in 2020 and beyond.

we also aimed to show that anyone, regardless of any category of background, can be radicalized against Capitalism. but i’m realizing under the conditioning of American individualism, the scourge of the Earth, radicalization now has its own bastardized definition. it’s now only 1/13 or 1/4 of the battle. i’m gonna have to do a lot of reading to convince myself of the worth of the work to be done toward a realistic American collective.

anyway, for those who are serious, you will hear more from me, just not here. read everything on marxists.org. give every homeless person you see your cash, even if you’re broke. make sure everyone around you is fed. ignore the sham of voting, fuck radlibs, create revolution today thru changing the material means around you.
✌ - JM