Who /emotionally crushed by capitalism/ here and what are are you doing about it?

to add, we currently have 3 lawsuits against our government for these unlawful arrests.

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Hang in there, comrades. You can lose faith in everything except for this. You're not alone, and you never will be. As long as capitalism continues its miserable existence, there will be resistance against it. You just have to hold on, for the people of today and tomorrow. We're literally fighting for the future of the human race, since capitalism can only result in our destruction. I truly believe that a day will come where all people have the same opportunities, and poverty, hunger, and waste are nothing but distant memories. I don't think I'll live to see that day, or my children, maybe not even their children, but I'll fight to make that day a reality nonetheless.

I think many, if not most westerners, feel a sense of despair and alienation these days when faced with the societies they live in. Yet the hope of 'making it,' of somehow coming out of it with a decent job, a comfortable life, if they just keep their head down and continue working keeps everyone from rising up and demanding change. Plus, with the fall of the USSR there is no obvious, viable system that people can point to and advocate as an alternative to the capitalist economic model. At this point, protest is largely pointless, not only because people are too scared of losing what little hope and security they have, but because there is no unified goal among leftists as to what should be changed, and what should replace the current order.

What I think the left, and society, needs, and what I sincerely hope will happen in the next few years, is the creation and promotion of workers' communes as a way of living that is disengaged from the globalized capitalist order as much as possible. Imagine if every state, every county, had a commune/soviet/kibbutz/which allowed members to join, to contribute their knowledge and skills according to their ability, and receive sustenance and shelter according to their need. Places like this exist already, at least in the USA, but on a very small scale, and not unified by any concrete leftist principles or party. The west NEEDS something like this, a reasonable, present-day alternative to the continued struggle to 'make it' under capitalism, to pull people away from apolitical apathy and despair, and to revitalize an actual leftist movement towards the eventual establishment of global socialist society.

How's that coming?

In a way I'm into the idea of living in some kind of commune, but I don't know if dropping out of normal civil society is the way forward. Does anyone think places like Christiania are actually moving the political situation forward anywhere? I know it's not an either/or situation, but just making a cozy situation for myself and a few others isn't the end goal for me.

The way I think of it, the only effective sort of commune would be something like a monastery for revolutionaries. Where people have agreed to be absolutely focused on developing the knowledge and skills to at least make a dent in changing the conversation. Else you just have what basically amounts to a bunch of disconnected punk houses. There are many groups in the left that, while good in themselves, are ultimately politically ineffectual without being integrated in a single organization.
There needs to be enough unambiguous good done in terms of free education, food programs, and the like, that when it comes time to organize people in the broader community, they can make the connection that we're the folks that actually have their back. I think this is how many movements that have started on the fringes have gained some traction.

What did the cops do when they arrested you?

And yes, most demonstrations are pointless because they appeal to a toxic type of personality that unironically believes shocking and insulting people to be an effective form of persuasion.

SKOJ?

Used to be part of a trot party. We did so much shit, you would not believe it. EVERY SINGLE DAY we'd have the same 12 people trying to spread socialism Jehovah's witness style, or going to random rallies, or trying to sell our shitty newspaper to people in the street.

They were somehow satisfied that thier dedication to the revolution was basically useless, and if I'd suggest something practical (but not wholly anti capitalist to support) they would not listen. Eventually I quit. Fuck those oldass trots

Shoved on the ground by two officers and cuffed, made to strip naked to be searched in front of multiple people, kept in a solitary cell for days without charges. No opportunity given to contact a lawyer directly. Granted It's not the most extreme thing that's ever happened to anyone, but it had a lasting effect on me. I don't mean to whine about it, it's just apparent that I have problems now that I didn't have before.

Like what for example?
I like the dedication but socialist newspapers have got to be some of the saddest shit of all time.

Minimum wage increases, or any political candidate at all

That sucks. I'm not judging you. Everybody has different responses to trauma. The entire right side of my face had to be reconstructed after a farm accident and my dad thinks I'm a pussy because I refuse to perform certain tasks that seem trivial, such as inflating a car tire. I do think your symptoms will lessen with time, mine did. Anyways, I also would suggest your turmoil is less to do with capitalism and more to do with depression.