then you have misidentified them, those aren’t leftists.
try the same tactics anyway. you don’t have to be best friends with your neighbours & agree with them on everything in order to set up a mutually beneficial system, but that system will never get made if everyone just dismisses the possibility before ever making an attempt.
that’s weird, they tell me that they are leftists and that if I disagree with them at all them I’m not a leftist.
Then they lecture me about how privileged I am and I should just shut up and listen to them because my any thoughts or opinions of my own are automatically wrong because they come from a position of privileged rather than oppression. And I point out I grew up working class from a low income family. Then they tell me to go fuck myself how dare I even talk to them since I’m clearly a MAGA supporter if I am working class, and I shouldn’t have been allowed to go to college because clearly I’m so stupid for not being a ‘real leftist’ like them.
maybe try to organise a directory of local businesses/services/shared resources etc without discussing politics at all, if it’s something that gets people in your locality upset.
if your area has to deal with some extreme weather & gets flooded, for example, ensuring that everyone can stay fed & have access to medical care will be a lot easier if the groundwork has already been done in advance.
what if my immediately local community is full of leftists who mostly want to take from other people and give to themselves?
then you have misidentified them, those aren’t leftists.
try the same tactics anyway. you don’t have to be best friends with your neighbours & agree with them on everything in order to set up a mutually beneficial system, but that system will never get made if everyone just dismisses the possibility before ever making an attempt.
that’s weird, they tell me that they are leftists and that if I disagree with them at all them I’m not a leftist.
Then they lecture me about how privileged I am and I should just shut up and listen to them because my any thoughts or opinions of my own are automatically wrong because they come from a position of privileged rather than oppression. And I point out I grew up working class from a low income family. Then they tell me to go fuck myself how dare I even talk to them since I’m clearly a MAGA supporter if I am working class, and I shouldn’t have been allowed to go to college because clearly I’m so stupid for not being a ‘real leftist’ like them.
then i’m sorry that you’ve had that experience.
maybe try to organise a directory of local businesses/services/shared resources etc without discussing politics at all, if it’s something that gets people in your locality upset.
if your area has to deal with some extreme weather & gets flooded, for example, ensuring that everyone can stay fed & have access to medical care will be a lot easier if the groundwork has already been done in advance.
the people who need those resources are not going to use such a directory.
fair enough, it’s just a suggestion or jumping off point, what works in one area won’t necessarily work everywhere.
best of luck organising some way to make sure people in your community stay fed etc in emergencies, however you do so!