New Year, New Mentorship

This past week I dedicated a lot of time towards narrowing the scope of my original work. I realized that a large part of intellectual and political progression in a country is the intellectual and political progression of its people and the shift left after the results of the 2016 election proves this but, due to propaganda deep rooted in western society that’s been present since yknow like the red scare along with the lack of accessibility in theory, it’s difficult to do this on a larger scale. The working class is who benefits from theory and class consciousness the most, however since this dogma is so elitist and out of reach of the people who need it the most, progress is stagnated.

The issue with political thought and politics is that they have a big disconnect. Marx said “Theory without practice is empty and practice without theory is blind.”. By these means, making liberating ideas accessible to those it will liberate is the first step towards unifying against systemic oppressors and the dead weight of inequality under our current socio-economic system.

My finalized original work idea is as follows: a website or publication of ideas present in left theory made more accessible to those who may not be well-versed in philosophical analysis. I've spoken to my prospective mentor about it and he thinks it’s a great idea and is working on a list of reading that he thinks I should get through to complete this original work successfully. My aim is not to dilute the ideas of these theorists but to rather simplify it to make it more accessible to the proletariat which would be trailblazing for these progressive ideas to gain traction in wider circles.