I used to naively think that socialism/communism would be uniformly better for everybody, across-the-board, in every way, immediately, with no downsides. I needed to get over myself, and if you think this way you do too.

Communism will be better for everybody in the long run, but not before we’ve righted historical wrongs. The privileges of being white and living in the West come at the expense of exploitation and oppression of colonized people. So their liberation has to come at the expense of our privilege.

If you’re not ready to sacrifice, to lower your standard of living, to think communally instead of individualistically, and to give up some of the luxuries afforded to us by colonialism and imperialism, you’re not a revolutionary.

The last will be first, and the first will be last.

Some thoughts by Christian Chiakulas