tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64803629906550089962024-03-05T07:17:28.989-06:00APETIVISTSocialist content by a student of Marxism.
I have been a Leftist since 2019.
Always learning and wish to share what I learn with others.
Solidarity!
Contact me at apetivist@gmail.comApetivisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04054911590894780292noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480362990655008996.post-43585287807585163632022-08-19T06:56:00.021-05:002022-08-30T02:19:43.548-05:00Why Did Apetivist Change To ApetivistAct2?<p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Change</b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">Change
seems to be the constant of the Universe. It is a description of
alteration, transformation, a switch in direction. Who among us hasn't
changed in some way by some idea, action, or movement? Sometimes our
changes can be regressive and sometimes it can be progressive. Sometimes
our changes leads us nowhere in particular. Sometimes changes gets us
stuck in loops. Sometime changes can reveal things about ourselves we had not yet realized.
Sometimes changes expands our perspectives. Sometimes changes can be
utterly revolutionary. </span><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>About Me</b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">Anyone who has followed me for some time on <a href="https://twitter.com/ApetivistAct2" target="_blank"><b>Twitter</b></a>
knows I am a creature open and willing to change based on incoming
evidence and strongly supported data. I come from a background of
various changes. These paradigm shifts in my life that marked a
branching out into some new field of thought. In the beginning due to my
Fundamentalist upbringing and eventual ministerial work it was quite
rigid and dogmatic. Eventually, I made my way out of that life and at as
a poor young man desperate for any way out I joined the military. This
led me down some dark experiences and was the first time I really became
aware of certain conditions of this world. After 6 years of service I
bailed on the military life too. It wasn't for me. It left me scarred
and unwilling to sacrifice myself for some nationalistic cause.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">I
attempted college but realized I couldn't do that and maintain my
martial art schools and relationships. Aside from the money provided by my
Montgomery GI Bill and Army College Fund there was never enough to cover
the costs of my desired education. I lived a rather solitary life aside
from a few not so great relationships. I found myself teaching martial
arts and catching side jobs to maintain my schools. I had no desire to
start a family and up until the early 2000's I wasn't even a political
animal. I was a Conservative for sure but never voted and didn't care
about anything but basic Constitutional freedoms. Of course if you asked
me to name them I wouldn't have been able to name but a few.<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">In
2003 I met the woman who would become my life partner and for the first
time in my life I felt loved back. This love transformed me. I became
very protective of her and thought that the best way to do this was by
adopted Libertarian views as I was influenced by an older gentleman that
used to speak to me incessantly about politics. I never considered
looking at other views for many biases I possessed at the time and to be honest I accepted the usual Western
propaganda about Socialism, Marx, the USSR, Lenin, Stalin, Mao, etc. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">I
thought I could make it really big in my field (Combatives) but before I
was able to launch out I got hit by a neurological disease. This forced
me to work in another field, electronics, simply from necessity. I
stayed in that field until 2010 when I had to quit due to my physical
disabilities. I was rated to be 100% Catastrophically Physically
Disabled. This also slowed me down and while I was confined to a bed and
wheelchair (as not only could I not walk but I was living in excruciating pain) I began to think about life, who I really
was inside, what I valued, and what I wanted to do within this
situation I found myself in.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Twitter </b></span><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">I
turned to fighting those that wanted a theocracy for America, I
switched from Libertarian to Progressive and was a big Bernie fan. I
got on Twitter in August 2017 under my <u>Apetivist</u> name (now it is <b><a href="https://twitter.com/ApetivistAct2" target="_blank">@ApetivistAct2</a></b>
as when I left Twitter in late 2020 someone took up my former pseudonym
on Twitter) and I tried very hard not to do this but ended up leaving
my Apetivist Twitter for medical and personal reasons. This was my
proto-leftist stage. I knew by this time
that there were a lot of things wrong with America and I started to
really care about the plight of others. Bernie was my pipeline guru that
led me to Cornel West and Richard D. Wolff. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">I
did involve myself for a time in Marxist theory and very little praxis
as I was quite new to it all. However, I was intercepted by arguments
against the supposed iron-fisted totalitarianism of Communist USSR and
China and thus was swayed into anarchist ideology. I am grateful for
that experience as I still learned a lot about mutual aid, dual power
structures, and read a lot of interesting theory. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">Although
I returned to Marxism with emphasis of learning how to adapt it to our
present situation in America (as is supported by Dialectical Materialism
and Historical Materialism) I still think it is possible to lay aside
some differences and work with others that may not be as radical as
myself or perhaps more radical than myself. I decided to return to
Twitter in July 2022 as I was
sufficiently capable of explaining socialism and wanted to have a go at
it. I still have a lot of medical issues but thankfully my neurological
disease has slowed in its progression. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Why Should I Even Try?</b> </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">Well
why not? We have nothing to lose but our chains, right? Wrong. We have
far more to lose but at this rate we are losing so much already! The
better answer may be every voice and every hand added to the movement
may speed up a Socialist Revolution. What that Revolution will look like
and how it might be implemented has been the wheelhouse of many greater
minds than myself. I will take a stab at examining various perspectives
on how this Revolution can be brought about. Perhaps the answer in how
it can be done consists of various proposals tailored from various
thinkers in an amalgamated way. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>What Is My Writing Schedule?</b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">Given
my medical issues I can not give an exact dedicated day or particular
week when I will post a new article. I will try to do at minimum of 2
articles every month and more if I can arrange it. I will try to make my
articles tailored for beginning Marxists and hopefully can churn out a
lengthy article that is tailored toward heavier subject matter.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">Okay
that's about it. If I think of more to add I will attach an addendum
under the line below. Thank you, comrades, for visiting my blog.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-size: large;">----------------------------------------------------------------</span><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">*Addendum
1 (08/29/2022): I just decided to no longer post to the website domain
(www.apetivist.com) and purchased a new domain (www.apetivistact2.com).
My new website's domain name is
<b><a href="https://www.apetivistact2.com">https://www.apetivistact2.com</a></b> and I also have a corresponding email
<b><a href="mailto:apetivistact2@gmail.com">apetivistact2@gmail.com</a></b>.
Soon I will be releasing a video course corresponding with all other
Socialism Courses (ex. Soon to be announced Course on Class
Consciousness) via YouTube Channel <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmBKNb1hNHa-tGaXCa_kMnA" target="_blank">ApetivistAct2</a></b>.</span> <br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /><br /></p><p> </p><span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span>Apetivisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04054911590894780292noreply@blogger.com2