Loren
@dionysusdream.bsky.social
Weird High School English Teacher
A Better World is Possible
A Better World is Possible
Yes-the failure to see the big picture is the biggest hurdle to anything right now. We've been atomized and made blind to the inescapable mutuality of our situation. I'm not sure what will help people see this- but communists generally say that people learn best through experience and struggle.
December 4, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Yes-the failure to see the big picture is the biggest hurdle to anything right now. We've been atomized and made blind to the inescapable mutuality of our situation. I'm not sure what will help people see this- but communists generally say that people learn best through experience and struggle.
I like the IWW and I feel like teachers in the USA would be better served by an ambitious IWW wildcat strike than by the collaboration that our national unions are currently doing. They are passively dying a slow death instead of putting up a fight and the children are not being educated as a result
December 4, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I like the IWW and I feel like teachers in the USA would be better served by an ambitious IWW wildcat strike than by the collaboration that our national unions are currently doing. They are passively dying a slow death instead of putting up a fight and the children are not being educated as a result
..'a fitting solution will be improvised in the moment,' and I'm just not reassured by that and I currently think that most of the other people who would need to be won over would not feel satisfied with those explanations either.
December 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
..'a fitting solution will be improvised in the moment,' and I'm just not reassured by that and I currently think that most of the other people who would need to be won over would not feel satisfied with those explanations either.
..ultra leftists do not consider when talking about seizing power. It sometimes feels like specific practical concerns about things like chain of command or what happens when there is disagreement about orders are hand waved away with things like 'the council will have meetings' or..
December 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
..ultra leftists do not consider when talking about seizing power. It sometimes feels like specific practical concerns about things like chain of command or what happens when there is disagreement about orders are hand waved away with things like 'the council will have meetings' or..
When I read things like the Gorter letter and I see the slogans about spontaneity I'm sometimes reminded of the things about the anarchist tendency that have caused me to not regard it as a serious path forward. It sometimes feels like there are one or more 'missing steps' that both anarchists and..
December 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
When I read things like the Gorter letter and I see the slogans about spontaneity I'm sometimes reminded of the things about the anarchist tendency that have caused me to not regard it as a serious path forward. It sometimes feels like there are one or more 'missing steps' that both anarchists and..
..the centralized and disciplined organization structure that they both had. I definitely want communists of the future to solve the issue of what leads to autocratic behavior and the disengagement of the people, but I also want them to survive everything that will likely be thrown at them.
December 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
..the centralized and disciplined organization structure that they both had. I definitely want communists of the future to solve the issue of what leads to autocratic behavior and the disengagement of the people, but I also want them to survive everything that will likely be thrown at them.
I'm not well versed enough in theory to really say whether they became capitalist or not- as the relations of production definitely did change in both places. I do know that the communists in both places won their respective wars and I'm pretty sure that a major reason that they did win was..
December 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I'm not well versed enough in theory to really say whether they became capitalist or not- as the relations of production definitely did change in both places. I do know that the communists in both places won their respective wars and I'm pretty sure that a major reason that they did win was..
..things that people look at when they're doing those calculations. 'Can they meet the material needs of my family? 'Can they keep us safe right now?' 'Will they treat us decently and give us a voice in what our lives will look like?' 'Is this faction able to win?'
December 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
..things that people look at when they're doing those calculations. 'Can they meet the material needs of my family? 'Can they keep us safe right now?' 'Will they treat us decently and give us a voice in what our lives will look like?' 'Is this faction able to win?'
..'sales pitch' in the places where it took root is that it's a survival strategy. The people who joined did the math based on what they observed and decided that they had a better chance of coming out alive if they sided with the communists instead of the reactionaries. I think a lot about the..
December 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
..'sales pitch' in the places where it took root is that it's a survival strategy. The people who joined did the math based on what they observed and decided that they had a better chance of coming out alive if they sided with the communists instead of the reactionaries. I think a lot about the..
I've thought about that a lot. The question of, 'What motivates people to put their lives on the line for socialism?' I used to think it was fighting for a better world or ideology, but now that I'm a married guy trying to start a family I feel like the actual reason it has been an effective..
December 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I've thought about that a lot. The question of, 'What motivates people to put their lives on the line for socialism?' I used to think it was fighting for a better world or ideology, but now that I'm a married guy trying to start a family I feel like the actual reason it has been an effective..
..how the existing Bolshevik or Chinese Communist Party organizations were able to become fighting organizations and succeed against improbable odds, I'm inspired. How do you envision a revolution dependent on spontaneity surviving the reactionary attack that always arrives from without and within?
December 4, 2025 at 4:23 PM
..how the existing Bolshevik or Chinese Communist Party organizations were able to become fighting organizations and succeed against improbable odds, I'm inspired. How do you envision a revolution dependent on spontaneity surviving the reactionary attack that always arrives from without and within?
.. invasion and civil war if there had not been a vanguard party organizing and directing the response. When I read accounts from the Spanish Civil war of leftists trying to fight without disciplined and orderly command, it's so upsetting- like they're being sacrificed for nothing. When I read..
December 4, 2025 at 4:23 PM
.. invasion and civil war if there had not been a vanguard party organizing and directing the response. When I read accounts from the Spanish Civil war of leftists trying to fight without disciplined and orderly command, it's so upsetting- like they're being sacrificed for nothing. When I read..
I'm not sure that I agree that the spark of the revolution itself occurred in isolation from the efforts of various organizations that were agitating and taking actions for decades prior, but the question I am more interested in asking is how the workers would have fared during the reactionary..
December 4, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I'm not sure that I agree that the spark of the revolution itself occurred in isolation from the efforts of various organizations that were agitating and taking actions for decades prior, but the question I am more interested in asking is how the workers would have fared during the reactionary..
My big concern about spontaneity is that I do not know of any historical example of that approach succeeding. I'm open to the idea that the long awaited future 'big one' revolution in the imperial core will benefit from spontaneity somehow, but I do not have any evidence to support that at this time
December 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
My big concern about spontaneity is that I do not know of any historical example of that approach succeeding. I'm open to the idea that the long awaited future 'big one' revolution in the imperial core will benefit from spontaneity somehow, but I do not have any evidence to support that at this time
I've read IWW stuff and I like a lot of their work in the USA. Their message really needs to get out there, but I'm not seeing it reach many people.
December 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I've read IWW stuff and I like a lot of their work in the USA. Their message really needs to get out there, but I'm not seeing it reach many people.
Yeah I read all of it and I do remember that part. I am a member of a teacher's union at both a local and national level and it's pretty thoroughly captured by bourgeois interests and it sucks. I'm not sure what the formation of a parallel workers council would look like in this situation.
December 4, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Yeah I read all of it and I do remember that part. I am a member of a teacher's union at both a local and national level and it's pretty thoroughly captured by bourgeois interests and it sucks. I'm not sure what the formation of a parallel workers council would look like in this situation.
..Disputes from 100 years ago and isn't as focused on the current situation as I would like it to be. What have you found to be the most relevant and applicable lessons from history?
December 4, 2025 at 1:20 PM
..Disputes from 100 years ago and isn't as focused on the current situation as I would like it to be. What have you found to be the most relevant and applicable lessons from history?
Yeah the million dollar question seems to be: 'What is the step in socialist experiments that seems to later result in autocratic outcomes.' I'm totally okay with exploring that question. I find that a lot of the stuff exploring this seems really focused on the specifics of the inter-communist..
December 4, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Yeah the million dollar question seems to be: 'What is the step in socialist experiments that seems to later result in autocratic outcomes.' I'm totally okay with exploring that question. I find that a lot of the stuff exploring this seems really focused on the specifics of the inter-communist..
Universal Design for Learning is great for me as a teacher. I design my lessons so that the supports that some kids need are available to anyone who could benefit from them even temporarily. For example, there are little charts for organizing essays that some kids require, so I give them to everyone
December 4, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Universal Design for Learning is great for me as a teacher. I design my lessons so that the supports that some kids need are available to anyone who could benefit from them even temporarily. For example, there are little charts for organizing essays that some kids require, so I give them to everyone
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December 4, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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His hair was perfect
December 4, 2025 at 1:27 AM
His hair was perfect
Thank you for helping numerous children in my life become talkative and empathetic human beings. My wife says, "I think Ms Rachel is a wonderful human being and her focus on making the lives of children better is a noble pursuit and she's very good at it."
December 4, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Thank you for helping numerous children in my life become talkative and empathetic human beings. My wife says, "I think Ms Rachel is a wonderful human being and her focus on making the lives of children better is a noble pursuit and she's very good at it."
I just started learning Python this year.. Being able to kinda sorta understand what is happening here is a great feeling of power. There's one or two operators I don't know- like the arrow in line one or how there's an If and an Else on the same line
Thanks for sharing this! Very cool
Thanks for sharing this! Very cool
December 4, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I just started learning Python this year.. Being able to kinda sorta understand what is happening here is a great feeling of power. There's one or two operators I don't know- like the arrow in line one or how there's an If and an Else on the same line
Thanks for sharing this! Very cool
Thanks for sharing this! Very cool
..is the applicable lesson that you would like a reader of this letter to take away from it?
December 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
..is the applicable lesson that you would like a reader of this letter to take away from it?