Me trying to pitch socialism within the furry fandom:
- Stage 1: I get their attention and they're interested to learn more.
- Stage 2: They decide to venture into socialist spaces to meet the people, who I've been telling them are standing up to minor rights and real, practical, inclusivity
- Stage 3: They are met with book worshippers who find them icky and gross.
- Stage 4: They go back to Anarchism.
Meanwhile: "Okay people we have no material power, we have no real party, we can't grow our book-clubs, why hasn't China saved us, but Lenin said .., read Mao on combat liberalism and don't actually read it, because he's talking about me and I don't like it, why does nobody like us?"
Added: But honestly it makes sense, given that the material most Marxists in the west study are from a select library, that more then likely has been deemed safe for Capital, even figures like Engels you don't really hear his name much, you don't hear about women authors much, you don't hear about Gramsci and now to expect people who have been neglecting them completely, to accept that maybe they might have been wrong and that they should study new material, with a new approach, it takes great courage to step down the mountain and start again, especially when you think you are almost there.
Many people will end up stuck halfway through. The more you learn, the more courage you need to learn something new.
