Specters of the Left (was Re: Lefty despair)

[Cian]

Yoshie Furuhashi writes:
> (1) newly minted activists check out some groups and (finding them
> inadequate for a number of reasons, having learned what they could
> but seeing there is no more to learn from them, realizing that the
> primary issue[s] they want to work on can't be addressed through
> them, etc.) quit them and join some other groups;
>
> or
>
> (2) activists -- due to the need to rest and breathe or reasons
> related to their work, education, family responsibilities, etc. --
> drop out of activism altogether for a period of time, and come back
> later when they can.

or

(3)

Activists join some groups out of a dissatisfaction with conventional
politics, but finding them suffering from the problems outlined by some
here, drop out and become cynical about the entire political process,
including activism.