As a recently radicalized baby-lefty I’ve been thinking about this a lot
“the idea of a “moment” of radicalization is liberalism and connotes that people need this singular moment of experience or persuasion whereby they enter the class conscious state.”
fair point, just goes to show that my perspective was influenced by my own experience, thanks for pointing it out because now I’m aware :D
So I guess the real question would be “What’s your personal history with leftism?”
Going to let you in on a secret: There’s many radicalizations to come. Not just one. Each one is a transcendent moment in the mind. Each one is transcendent because it is the foundation of the new identity, the new self. The hologram.
There’s a transcendent moment where you’re willing to sacrifice yourself for the masses: when you reach that point, where no real doubt remains, it’s time to join a properly radical organization and be around amazing comrades who will completely and utterly understand why you’re there, where you came from, and they’ll forgive all of it and truly love you.
That’s the point where you get your truly revolutionary nom du guerre. That’s where the radicalization path leads, to the real thing.
