Marv said: > Which raises the obvious question: > What is Tempest's prescription for > merging with the working class that > other tendencies have not tried over > many generations? We would all welcome > a theoretical breakthrough which allows > an escape from the present impasse.
My conclusion, based on considering the development of the productive forces in the realm of digital information -- is that the "breakthrough" will be accelerated by the development of an independent public information platform--with algorithms that are controlled by the users themselves. Such a platform would become a gathering place for activists from different trends to work in proximity to one another and collaborate on common projects. Such a platform would enable transparency--which would go a long ways in puncturing cultish illusions. Such a platform would also cut through reformist illusions. The organizations which lead the working class will be based not on "democratic centralism", but rather on "democratic communication": public information which encourages self-organization and challenges incompetence, hypocrisy, opportunism, etc. Such a platform would not be a substitute for activists working on various struggles--but it would reduce a considerable amount of the friction that slows down development. It is a reasonable guess that activists (such as me, and most here) who became active in the 1960's or 1970's will not create this platform. Rather--a newer generation of activists--who better appreciate the potential of digital communications to assist the subjective factor--will create this. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#42372): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/42372 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/120158195/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
