The organizations of which I speak are to the left of liberalism. I highly suggest you delve into the major Marxist works beforehand. Read some Marx and Lenin.

also that being against capitalism was being against trade or not owning personal property

well look, if i could give you any advice, it's to be open-minded

the left is pretty hard at attracting average people because lots of leftist ideas are distorted to appear unappealing

for every marxist theory you read, read a fascist theory

and a capitalist one

and so forth

and decide which sounds right for you

I'm not suggesting you dive head-first into Das Kapital but check out things like "State and Revolution" and "Value, Price and Profit".

i'm not big into indoctrinating people just by teaching them one side of the story

Easy reads compared to the more dense tomes that are available.

not saying any side is wrong or right, i just encourage people to check out each side of the spectrum

why do people not make leftist theory easier to process the right seems to be doing a great job at breaking down their views to attract the white working class as they lose power

I've been a Marxist for a few years now and am intimately familiar with various schools of thought, such as Austrolibertarianism and Keynesianism.

I had to educate and annihilate an Ancap the other day.

that's another thing

whatever you do, don't become an anarchist

their rhetoric sounds nice, their policies not so

because well

they have none

He assumed that because I was a Marxist, I hadn't read guys like Menger, Von Mises, Hayek and Rothbard. He was sorely mistaken.

yeah I used to be a 19yo anprim and read zerzan and TK but I think it is a bit absurd

Anprim is complete and utter garbage.

i'm still gonna tell you though

i wouldn't read exclusively leftist ideology

i would read from both sides

that's what i did

I read have been on leftypol for a while but it is not a very good climate to introduce ideas because they think giving people a PDF and saying they don't want to spoon feed people, but I think if you want to attract the general public the left needs to make things easier and more accessible

choose what sounds the best

Read into Neoclassical and Austrian theory, but first make sure you're well grounded in Marxism.

I read some austrian economics stuff when I was younger

is stuff like jacobin good because that is what the local DSA is promoting in their reading group

Marxists.org is a highly valuable resource to further your knowledge. You won't have to spend a time to educate yourself on theory that way.

I only ready the super short communist manifesto which is interesting I am just not sure about a command economy because I have yet to see a functional one historically

The DSA is really nothing more than the radical wing of the Democratic Party.

how do you know what is good theory is there a way to test the validity of one mode of thought over another?

And Jacobin puts out good stuff on occasion but for the most part they are pretty liberal.

yeah I mainly approach the left because I am motivated by a moral philosophy that I think fits pretty well with it

Just examine the results of the practical application of a given theory in the historical record.

yeah that's why I question anarchism because it appears every manifestation of leftism on a large scale seems to meet a violent end from outside nations unless they have a military

For example, the command-style economy of the USSR effectively transformed a backwater, semi-feudal nation into an industrialized superpower in just a few decades.