According to a recent Harvard Kennedy School study, only 13% of 18-29 year olds in the U.S. have confidence “in the direction the country is going.” By overwhelming majorities, the young people surveyed reject both bourgeois political parties and believe economic trends will leave them worse off tha
  • cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml
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    1 day ago

    This comment deserves an award. This is exactly how communists should approach propaganda and party building under current imperial core conditions.

    But we should also bear in mind that while this strategy of toeing the line in order to be allowed to operate openly and legally is still viable right now, there may come a point when conditions have deteriorated to such an extent (that is, when the ruling class feels the imminent threat of revolution) that the bourgeois state has no choice but to resort to open repression, and we will be forced to start to operate underground.

    We should not delude ourselves into thinking that, if only we make our messaging palatable enough, we will be tolerated forever. The ruling class allows open dissent for now because it still feels secure in its power, but one day it won’t feel that way anymore. And we have to be ready for when that day comes by building as robust and disciplined a party organization as possible, with professional cadres and widespread penetration of working class organizations.