I’ve gotten more involved in leftist organizations, and have been frustrated by how unfocused and inefficient they are. I have the same beliefs as them but have found more than 1 group to be very focused on purity testing, being performative or being correct, not knowledgeable about history or theories of change etc.
Of course there are more focused leftist groups. But I am perplexed by how we got to where a lot of these orgs are.
Honestly the book I read that provided the most insight was Cultish
Im not even sure specifically what to ask for. Maybe just histories of leftist organizations? Analysis of how/why they failed? It seems like a very specific, insular culture, and Id like to understand how we got here
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I see this working in academia a lot.
Pontificating and research is how you get your PhD and essentially tenure.
Action taking isn’t necessarily necessary.
someone really should write *Leftist Infighting: A ~~Love~~ Story*.
*Western Marxism* by Domenico Losurdo
if you want a criticism of leftism from a liberal left position, “the open society and it’s enemies” by karl popper is good if a little polemical of course lol.
Francis fukuyama’s *political order and political decay* is also good, as are basically anything by richard rorty but particularly *Achieving our country: leftist thought in 20th century america (Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature* is beautiful and incredible, but is less overtly political*)*.