Cowbee [he/him, they/them]

This is an excellent point, though I think the correct answer is engaging in corporate media with an exceptional focus on OPSEC. Losing access to the biggest Working Class spaces would be too large a price to pay, though we should be careful not to let comrades be endangered either.

Yep! It won’t always be the comfiest spaces for us, but without a strong attachment to the broader working class, it’s hard to actually build up those other spaces that are comfy.

As Communists, it’s important to engage with even reactionary-controlled spaces in order to agitate. Lenin made this clear in “Left”-Wing Communism. That being said, we should also promote spaces like Lemmy and Mastodon while on more reactionary spaces, as we can create our own, Proletarian controlled spaces free from the censorship of corporate media.

Each plays a different role, but ultimately we should be where the working class is.

At least, that’s my belief.

This work in particular was a large influence on how I should act as a Communist, and how that should guide my interactions with others. Glad to see it being read and studied more! Very happy that a comrade recommended it to me.