I feel like the fishhook theory only works so well because a lot of centrists* fear losing what little they have, and are easily coerced into thinking that socialism means you will have to give up your wealth.
* And by that I mean actual centrists, not the far-right people who claim to be centrists, because they love moving goalposts into the realm of harm.
When reality is, free socialism and communism means EVERYONE benefits, except for the multimillionnaires and billionnaire oligarchs. The chance of you being one, or even becoming one, is smaller than you dying from cops/getting poorer because of a lack of regulations keeping the rich in check.
With increased class consciousness - ie. making everyone who’s not straight up a multimillionnaire, aware of what they have to lose if they keep voting right, and making them feel safer with left-wing policies - comes increased readiness to action. And that we must use. The narrative is ours to take.
I feel like the fishhook theory only works so well because a lot of centrists* fear losing what little they have, and are easily coerced into thinking that socialism means you will have to give up your wealth.
* And by that I mean actual centrists, not the far-right people who claim to be centrists, because they love moving goalposts into the realm of harm.
When reality is, free socialism and communism means EVERYONE benefits, except for the multimillionnaires and billionnaire oligarchs. The chance of you being one, or even becoming one, is smaller than you dying from cops/getting poorer because of a lack of regulations keeping the rich in check.
With increased class consciousness - ie. making everyone who’s not straight up a multimillionnaire, aware of what they have to lose if they keep voting right, and making them feel safer with left-wing policies - comes increased readiness to action. And that we must use. The narrative is ours to take.