One thing, I’d say that Communist spaces can’t really be real echo chamberd, as in the English-speaking internet and world liberalism is by far the most dominant ideology. Communists cannot avoid exposure to liberalism.
Thats a perspective I really hadn’t considered but that’s very fair, at least in some ways. I think that’s an issue for any minority group.
But I will say that still being exposed to outside voises as noise intruding on your space doesn’t really mean you can’t become increasingly hostile to outsiders. If anything, I think it makes it harder to remain open to talking to folks you don’t agree with because you’ll constantly be subjected to hostility and context collapse where outsiders step in to interject, often with hostility or antagonism, and even when it’s not antagonistic, it’s probably exhausting. When youre hugely outnumbered other perspectives are more likely to feel “inescapable” vs being just one more in the conversation. I can appreciate that I basically stepped into other people’s space and started a debate that takes everyone involved a huge amount of emotional and intellectual labor (though I feel a bit less bad about it given this comm seems like it’s kinda intended for persuading people and outreach)
I can both agree that patience is a good method of outreach while understanding the frustrations from comrades. Plus, outreach is better done in orgs and parties directly, engaging in mass media such as on YouTube. We have to be where the people are. Lemmy is more of a place to not have to worry about censorship.
One thing, I’d say that Communist spaces can’t really be real echo chamberd, as in the English-speaking internet and world liberalism is by far the most dominant ideology. Communists cannot avoid exposure to liberalism.
Thats a perspective I really hadn’t considered but that’s very fair, at least in some ways. I think that’s an issue for any minority group.
But I will say that still being exposed to outside voises as noise intruding on your space doesn’t really mean you can’t become increasingly hostile to outsiders. If anything, I think it makes it harder to remain open to talking to folks you don’t agree with because you’ll constantly be subjected to hostility and context collapse where outsiders step in to interject, often with hostility or antagonism, and even when it’s not antagonistic, it’s probably exhausting. When youre hugely outnumbered other perspectives are more likely to feel “inescapable” vs being just one more in the conversation. I can appreciate that I basically stepped into other people’s space and started a debate that takes everyone involved a huge amount of emotional and intellectual labor (though I feel a bit less bad about it given this comm seems like it’s kinda intended for persuading people and outreach)
I can both agree that patience is a good method of outreach while understanding the frustrations from comrades. Plus, outreach is better done in orgs and parties directly, engaging in mass media such as on YouTube. We have to be where the people are. Lemmy is more of a place to not have to worry about censorship.