I like the person, the intended content, and much of everything about this. But I’ve become the crotchety old person who hates the new form of communication. Tiktok form content is not something I have been able to come around to. I feel bad about that because Madeline is cool (this is Madeline Pendleton right?). But I despise this form too deeply to adjust. Am I reactionary? lol
As communists, we must meet the people where they are at. That includes engaging on TikTok, and mastering short-form video content. Lady Izdihar showcases this brilliantly, taking inspiration from old-school bolshevik propaganda posters and informational leaflets into a contemporary format.
I also think we should be taking a firm hold on federated media, and agitating on corporate media to move to federated media, creating a pipeline to where we cannot be censored so easily.
Nah, if you’re not individually cut out for it there’s other good work you can do! But as leftists we definitely need to learn or lose when it comes to short form content.
It’s leftists sinking to the level of fascists, speaking in the tongue of reaction. Notice the lack of arguments or real thought. Tiktoks privilege anecdote over data and merely present things as an argument in and of itself. Like, all the nazis on Twitter that just repost a clip of a GDC talk where the person says something like “when playing games, gamers are tyrants” as if that’s evidence of anything, but they’re convinced by the presentation and not the content. It’s completely inscrutable to anyone who doesn’t already agree and swamped in the same algorithm.
People should be raised up to consciousness. Not whatever this is. Try using this to convince your coworker why being vegan is OK.
I think this may be just propaganda content intended to be fun for the in-group and improve the feeling within that group, not to convince anyone not already of that position. Which is also a form of propaganda which has to happen to retain force. But I agree that the TikTok format is severely limited in usefulness at making a complete argument unless pushed into something else (someone mention Lady Izdahar, who does manage to push these limits well form the 2 videos I’ve seen)
Agitprop has always been short-form, from leaflets to propaganda posters. We should not use it for making a serious case for socialism within the boundaries of short-form content, but to push the working class into better media, reading theory, joining an org, etc.
If we reject engaging with reactionary platforms, even if that’s where the people are at, then we are committing the same errors Lenin pointed out in “Left-Wing” Communism. We should be engaging in reactionary media and bringing people here and other spaces we control and cannot be silenced as easily. Both are critical aspects of raising consciousness.
I like the person, the intended content, and much of everything about this. But I’ve become the crotchety old person who hates the new form of communication. Tiktok form content is not something I have been able to come around to. I feel bad about that because Madeline is cool (this is Madeline Pendleton right?). But I despise this form too deeply to adjust. Am I reactionary? lol
As communists, we must meet the people where they are at. That includes engaging on TikTok, and mastering short-form video content. Lady Izdihar showcases this brilliantly, taking inspiration from old-school bolshevik propaganda posters and informational leaflets into a contemporary format.
I also think we should be taking a firm hold on federated media, and agitating on corporate media to move to federated media, creating a pipeline to where we cannot be censored so easily.
My policy is to let others deal with that level of social media engagement.
That’s what I end up doing in practice, haha.
Agreed we should as parties and a broader movement. But do I have to?
Nah, if you’re not individually cut out for it there’s other good work you can do! But as leftists we definitely need to learn or lose when it comes to short form content.
Just a little. It is the modern pamphlet. So it is important. However as it is the modern way it does suck in new ways that can be galling
It’s leftists sinking to the level of fascists, speaking in the tongue of reaction. Notice the lack of arguments or real thought. Tiktoks privilege anecdote over data and merely present things as an argument in and of itself. Like, all the nazis on Twitter that just repost a clip of a GDC talk where the person says something like “when playing games, gamers are tyrants” as if that’s evidence of anything, but they’re convinced by the presentation and not the content. It’s completely inscrutable to anyone who doesn’t already agree and swamped in the same algorithm.
People should be raised up to consciousness. Not whatever this is. Try using this to convince your coworker why being vegan is OK.
I think this may be just propaganda content intended to be fun for the in-group and improve the feeling within that group, not to convince anyone not already of that position. Which is also a form of propaganda which has to happen to retain force. But I agree that the TikTok format is severely limited in usefulness at making a complete argument unless pushed into something else (someone mention Lady Izdahar, who does manage to push these limits well form the 2 videos I’ve seen)
Agitprop has always been short-form, from leaflets to propaganda posters. We should not use it for making a serious case for socialism within the boundaries of short-form content, but to push the working class into better media, reading theory, joining an org, etc.
If we reject engaging with reactionary platforms, even if that’s where the people are at, then we are committing the same errors Lenin pointed out in “Left-Wing” Communism. We should be engaging in reactionary media and bringing people here and other spaces we control and cannot be silenced as easily. Both are critical aspects of raising consciousness.