If we define the worst countries as the ones that can affect the most people negatively by capitalism; this means imperialism, and also to consider if the country in question has a domestically large enough population to affect.

Which means, aside from the countries mentioned, they could be: UK and India.

In those countries the lack of democratic centralism is plain to see and if one is fearing bourgois sentiments then a significant authority of power still resides in the parasitic classes with all the failings that structure brings. The dictatorship of the proleteriat is a necessity to advance social development; it is hard enough battling imperialist and fascist forces let alone concede space for their “freedom of expression” with the weight of brutalising capital behind them.

Edit: clarity/grammar

So far it appears, around the world, self-proclaimed communist parties that engage in electoralism subsequently are hampered by the constraints of bourgois democracy. I would be happy to be given examples that prove otherwise.

Completely up to you:

• writing; long or short stories (Stephen King’s On Writing if you wanted a starting point), maybe set up an account on Medium (for example) and start posting? Maybe link it to your own patreon page when you feel comfortable?
• drawing; from short form comics to graphic novels (lots of youtube channels but a jump off point for structured lessons could be drawabox.com)
• music (again multiple youtube series and music tab sites, may however cost more buying an instrument and even more if you wanted to set up some sort of production suite - computer/software/audio equipment)
• video; wouldn’t know where to start here for actually learning the skillset but the outlay for equipment could be potentially expensive though a smartphone with a camera could be sufficient to begin with (if you want inspiration look up a youtube series on video essays called Every Frame a Painting). If you develop drawing as a skillset you may want to veer into animation instead.
• video games; not sure where to start - again searching youtube though I found this for inspiration: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-to-make-a-video-game-create-your-own-game-from-scratch-tutorial/

Top of my head, brainstorming/freeflow:

• make video games or animated movie shorts with revolutionary socialist narratives (yes you can make the next Disco Elysium)

• learn mandarin move to China and use your skillsets there (to begin with become a “digital nomad”, for example, in China)

• discover and learn how to organise a vanguard to build pro-social sectors; this will involve the organised accumulation of capital which you cannot do alone

• learn theory as you attempt to solve problems; for example you may want to develop an art to educate others on socialism and you may use the narratives of historical figures such as Stalin, Mao, Ho Chi Minh to do so - this will involve educating yourself of their history, reading their literature etc

• branch out from your skillsets; video game building may lend itself to other app building. You may for example able to build the beginnings of a Wechat equivalent that could be side loaded to android that comrades could use to subvert the capitalist state with its own communication and trading protocols

• intelligence and knowledge is developed; they are skillsets like any other

• cross the river by feeling the stones :)

• if you find theory overwhelming then to begin with go to redsails.org pick an article that takes your fancy, go through it slowly and may be read one or two references that peaks your interest at the bottom of each article. If you haven’t read one already here is something to start you off: https://redsails.org/why-marxism/

• join a real life socialist group outside of the internet (they will inevitably have their own failings and contradictions, may be as a litmus test they should understand why a dictatorship of the proleteriat is important and not be reactionary, and should have actual plans on how they may help out the local community with tangible benefits); if / when you do this make sure you have a separate phone with a separate email/online identity for this if possible

Edits: clarity

Addendum - I may have misunderstood when you said “video games” as a skillset (ie developing them as opposed to playing them) and used that as a jump off for the above. I will leave this post here instead of deleting in case someone else finds it useful.

That most of the population does not need to be taxed; it is supposed to be - at least nominally - that the wealthiest elites give some of the wealth back to the labourers that they have appropriated from to maintain a sufficient quality of life to carry on producing wealth for the elites.

However, as the wealthiest elites have power over legislature they have shifted the tax burden on to the rest of us. And through their media have asked us not to blame them - ie not to blame those who do not work and make money of the labour of others - but to blame the poorest instead.

The question is why would one willingly propagate their propaganda for them. If one stops working are they more likely to become destitute or join the wealthiest elite? If it is the former then one is closer to the poorest sectors of society than the wealthiest.

However, if they are aleady framing the question as suggested by OP then it is unlikely that appealing to their empathetic sensibilities will be effective.

You could even make the argument that a nation’s wealth is not its tax revenue but I figured we should may be focus on existing narratives within capitalist mythologies.

However, the above logical explanations of capitalist society is unlikely to work. Westerners intelligently seek out racist and bourgois narratives as they feels it benefits them. And this western culture (or more correctly culture of the bourgousie) has permeated globally to all the other capitalist countries as it fits their class perspectives

/edit: clarity

If they are privileged enough not to care then they may be benefitting from the status quo; it is hard to dissuade someone away from this if they materially gain from exploitation.

Being “neutral” with the staus quo is supporting it; being apolitical in the context of an exploitative system is taking a political stance that they are not vested in changing it.

On the other hand it may also be due to alienation and the empty nihilism of an overbearing crushing system; these folks, however, often feel there is not much that they can do so they are not truly apathetic just dejected.

Some people are just empathetically immature; you have limited time in your life on where you want to emotionally invest in guiding a person to the light.

/edit: spelling/clarity

Interesting; thank you!

Thank you - epigenetics? If you have reading material to share on rethinking Lysenkoism in the 21st century I would be grateful.

The comments in this thread has made me realise I need to read the following:

• In Defence Of Materialism by Plekhanov
• Dialectical Biologist by Lewontin and Lewin

And re-read the Red Sails articles:

1. https://redsails.org/what-is-dialectics/
2. https://redsails.org/dialectics/
3. https://redsails.org/on-dialectics/

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