Personally, I was working to embrace good US-Russian relations and encouraging leaders to do so as well. I refocused my socks, wrote good blog pieces, lobbied local leaders, started reading RT, was taking Glenn Greenwald seriously (Jimmy Dore too) and encouraged my close knit group of very effective activists to move past the hostilities. I was educating using Mao, Lenin, Marx and French revolutionary theories to aid better relations. I honestly did all these things.
Then, I got the distinct impression that the left wing voices all of a sudden started sabotaging the socialist movement by encouraging a massive fascist Republican red wave for later socialist gains. A sucker is born every minute, and that sounds like a plan for suckers. To top it off, I didn't feel leading socialist voices treated the facts surrounding the very public lies, confessions and evidence in an intellectually honest manner. So I lost respect for them. Furthermore, I came to realize from reading Mao that taking the concerns of the majority of Americans seriously, whom want reassurance of a coalition against Trump, and e-celebs less seriously was key to opening minds to a proletariat ruling party. Finally, I became suspicious that there were ulterior motives in the new socialist line to encourage red wave right before midterms. So I abandoned mainstream socialist direction, and advocacy of good relations with Russia, to iron all these things out. I believe the greatest threat to historical and socialist advancement in my country is the rise of fascism. So I use my activism time differently hoping to prevent socialists from making the same mistakes that have crushed them before in rising fascist nations, and to redirect what I suspect to be information warfare against the interests of everyone it might benefit most.
My focus is on preventing a permanent right wing fascist hegemony in America first and foremost. Socialism 2nd. Socialist marching orders last.
