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baker theory and practice beats chemistry every day if you want to make nice bread.

Funny how you nitpick the Baking example, and ironically prove the value of theory in doing so.

Chemistry is the science (Material Dialectical analysis) this is the basis for which all understanding builds. Theory is Theory, It's the observations of this science and it's relation to the real world conditions. Baking is the practice, if you ignore the science and the theory and just go off of vibes you will end up with a terrible result.

Thousands and thousands before him ran for mayor under a socialist identity. He won because he built a strong infrastructure, he has good communication, he doesn’t care about intellectuals and theory but actual, concrete problem as lived by people and not as investigated by sociologists.

Thousands and thousands before him also ran not as socialists and lost. The point is that the label of socialism is not as harmful as you insist it is.

Building an infrastructure of ground work and communication among the masses is also not a lack of "care about intellectuals and theory" but specifically placing theory in action. This seems to stem from yet even more bourgiouse propaganda you have internalized, the idea that communism isn't a practical workers movement but one of feckless intellectualism. I know you'll hate this "quoting dead people", but as Mao said

"Such reconstructed knowledge is not more empty or more unreliable; on the contrary, whatever has been scientifically reconstructed in the process of cognition, on the basis of practice, reflects objective reality, as Lenin said, more deeply, more truly, more fully. As against this, vulgar "practical men" respect experience but despise theory, and therefore cannot have a comprehensive view of an entire objective process, lack clear direction and long-range perspective, and are complacent over occasional successes and glimpses of the truth. If such persons direct a revolution, they will lead it up a blind alley. "

Mao ~ on practice.

If people do not identify as socialists and think socialists are losers that keep talking about irrelevant stuff, that commonality is not there and it’s harder to build.

So the solution to that is to tell them they are right? When the socialist is directly providing you food, directly fighting alongside you for your right to be in the country at all or not be murdered by police, helping you understand and organize tenet rights, helping you unionize, etc then they no longer think that socialists are losers, they see the truth, that socialist are the ones who care and take action.

We will leave you larping on the internet, quoting dead people to each other while we do the work.

Again, so long as capitalism and it's inherent contradictions exist, communists will be there fighting against them, whether you personally recognize and like that or not.