In my search for communities that have stood the test of time I came across Twin Oaks. I am interested in your views about their community.

Link to their home page here.

https://www.twinoaks.org/about-twinoaks-community/welcome

DON’T LET THIS ENERGY DIE—GET ORGANIZED

Let’s all join the Democratic Party 🎉

LMAO, absolutely not.

If you felt something today—if this gave you the same high as 2016, if you’ve been chasing that feeling ever since—then you already know: one protest isn’t enough. The system counts on you going home, scrolling away, and moving on.

Don’t. Let’s make this permanent.

Join your local DSA.

Unlike the Democratic Party, DSA is a hyper-democratic organization. That means nothing—literally nothing—happens without you having a say. Annoying at times? Sure. But that’s democracy. That’s power in your hands.

The National DSA Convention is in six months. Six months from now, delegates from across the country will decide the direction of the largest socialist organization in the U.S. And guess what? You could be there. You could have a voice. Unlike John Fetterman’s office refusing to even take your letter—this is a space where you are heard.

What’s next? 1. Find your local DSA chapter. They are already gearing up to discuss how they will represent members at the National Convention in August. Be in that room. 2. Go as a group. You already have a Signal chat. You already have people in your area who just stood beside you in the streets. That’s a voting bloc. That’s power. 3. Tell them what’s on your mind—no matter how ridiculous it sounds. The biggest ideas always seem impossible at first. But history isn’t made by people who stay quiet.

Democracy only works when mass movements don’t stop.

We just did something incredible. But it’s about the next action. The next fight. The next moment we refuse to let this system grind us down.

So don’t just chase the high—build the movement. Go to your local DSA, walk in together, and make them hear you.

In response to Trumps tariffs, possible stock market crash, and produce rotting before it can even be picked.

Hey everyone!

As many of you know! I am doing my summer research on this topic. I would love to know your suggestions for helping develop this community!

I've heard agricultural deregulation is coming and that is going to make beef and chicken extremely dangerous. Mass produced meat is probably going to be a bad idea going forward (and I don't even kind of mean it's unhealthy or carcinogenic, I'm talking about potential lethality at one serving here), probably same for diary.

I learned from overpreparing last time canned food is only good for two years. If you're storing it you should also be rotating and eating it as soon as you start stockpiling. A lot of foods will remain edible, but nosedive in quality, which foods are best after that point (you should be storing and NOT eating these because the menu is going to be limited when you reach this point)?

What other questions do we need to be asking?

We as a sub benefit immensely from having a diverse set of people with a broad skill set and background. With that said, what are you a subject matter expert in?

Welcome to r/ApocalypseSocialism, a diverse leftist community to discuss collapse, organizing, & preparedness. This subreddit is a new community, and as such, a mod team has been assembled. We are looking for a fifth mod, so comment down below if you want to be a mod.

Quick things to do:

Post/comment once in the next 48hrs! Engage and our community will grow!

Comment below if you wish to become a mod!

Please read the WIP r/ApocalypseSocialism Rules below and let us know your thoughts (up to democracy):

1: Be respectful to others & use respectful language to fellow members.

2: We are collapse-aware socialists and leftists here - no reactionary propaganda will be tolerated. We are a pro-scientific consensus community - no climate denialism will be tolerated.

3: No messiahs/prophets.

4: Liberals and social democrats are welcome to participate, however please be aware that this is an anti-capitalist, leftist subreddit.

5: Posts must be on-topic, focusing on socialist/leftist-strategy for collapse & post-collapse. We are not a news subreddit, please keep any current affairs links relevant.

6: We do not advocate for political violence. Don’t do anything illegal (here).

7: Post quality must remain high, properly-sourced when needed - except on Shitpost-Saturday.

8: No link-only posts, unrelated or excessive self-promotion, marketing, trolling

9: Members are entitled to a concise explanation in the case of any rule-violation, and can appeal their case by messaging the mods. Two Strikes Policy.

I like this new sub conceptually because /r/collapse is generally about signs of collapse that us collapseniks accept but it’s not about what we’re going to do with our lives. Other subs are often still in the “fight the climate crisis” mode when mitigation and adaptation are all we have left.

However what I would really like to see is realistic strategies and examples.

I think it’s important to be real and honest here: The vast vast majority of Redditors, including myself, lack one or more of the following: the time, physical ability, wherewithal, and resources to “get into permaculture” or one of the many kinda solarpunk sustainable future paths that are often laid out by those who can and did go off the grid. This is broadly speaking because capitalism has drained all our resources to do so.

I live in a city suburb. I work three jobs. I have multiple disabilities. I know that the end is, well, not nigh but we’ve got 5-10 years left, best case, before we’re in a radically different place. My former home of LA may burn to the ground in that time.

In my tiny spare time I am doing my best for community building and joy. I am not going to learn how to grow my own vegetables. I’m just being honest. I actually used to garden and when we hit true Stage Apocalypse I won’t be the one who knows how to do that.

I have a ton of community organizing skills and that is definitely what I can bring to the table. Right now I’m fucking exhausted and that is what capitalism and fascism want from us, I know, and I am trying to get through it.

But I would greatly appreciate this sub being a place for realistic approaches that don’t assume that everyone can learn some variation of homesteading. We are going to need to keep building many skill sets, ones we can put to use right now.

I think for me the most significant thing would be success in a mutual aid network in my home community. We kind of have them but they’re disparate and small. If we could connect what exists together and make it stronger we would have more local power.

These are just some of my thoughts as I am sincerely looking for somewhere to be where people are at climate acceptance and what-now stage but that is substantially different from prepping and other approaches. Including prepping is fine but if you’re like me working multiple jobs to keep a roof over your head, paying out the ass for groceries, rent and health insurance you are going to get more impact if you build community than try to develop off-grid kinds of skills. Thank you

Hello!

We are growing by 100 members a day at this rate! If you have not done so already, please join the discord below!

https://discord.gg/jdyAE7v7

Again, this is a new community, and I am newish to Reddit and Discord, so If you want to help build this community, please reach out!

Questions:

• Successful small commune decision-making/organizational frameworks (1-3 families, 2-6 adults)? How to tackle individual vs. communal finances?
• How to approach reactionary neighbors, work together on tasks, avoid them excluding/rallying against you when they realize you are a leftist commune.
• How would you vet commune-livers and trial the relationship? How to insure against relationship breakdowns collapsing the project?
• How practically would you scale up a project like this, while working a demanding remote career and needing to move to a rural area closer to homestead-site (currently live in a city)? I have a plan & some building carpentry experience + tools, but appreciate input.

M, 30, Canadian, eco-leftist, worker. Love & live for family, community, the natural world, and human beings. Collapse-aware since ~2018

My life goal for the past ~7 years is slowly coming to life, after many setbacks & with many more likely yet-to-come: I'm building a small waterfront homestead/eco-leftist commune (1-3 families) - and am soon approaching a stage where I'll have a secure-enough remote career to launch my next phase (my Phase III). Phase III is building first structures, move + work remotely from the nearby local town, early garden + livestock projects, build community - over next 3-4 years. Looking for advice/ideas/theory from the collapse-aware leftist hive or your lived experiences to help brainstorm - this would be the right place. Discuss and brainstorm away:

Here's context:

• Vacant waterfront lot is fully-owned by me & landscape 90% prepared for structures, road/lake-accessible, ~30% cleared for hoop-houses/greenhouses/gardens/rotational-graze of chickens and rabbits (municipal bylaw-limited, no larger animals allowed yet but this may change). Soil quality is mediocre (sandy) but can support gardening. I work full-time in tech/corporate remotely in a city and live like a student + save/invest most to this project, but my privilege to be in this position is acknowledged.
• Access during the summers/spring/fall using a DIY camper-van I built over COVID. I chainsaw trees, oversee contractors, help neighbors with projects, explore with friends, hike, fish, and kayak for the past summers - or visit the States.
• I'm familiar with regenerative ag/prepping/permaculture/life in this region and have been immersing myself in leftist theory but know I'll always have much more to learn. I learn from creators like RevLeftRadio, RedMenace, Justin Rhodes, Guerilla History, Overshoot (Catton), etc. Open to reccs.
• Goal: Work part-time remotely, build a resilient commune with future family/friends, Airbnb/Vrbo a section for extra money, participate & organize among local community, contribute to environmental projects. Learn, love, & live in balance: solarpunk style.
• Able-bodied and trained, own dogs & firearms + security cameras, neighborhood watch has worked before as a good security system

PS: I will maintain best-possible anonymity for OPSEC, respectfully please don't ask more-identifying details. Feel welcome to discuss questions

Hello everyone!

As many of you know, this is a brand-new Reddit community, and I’m so excited to see it already growing to 220 members in just two days!

Thank you all for being here. My vision for this community is to inspire more people to move to climate-resilient areas, start homesteading, and prepare for a future shaped by climate collapse – all through the lens of solidarity and socialist principles. Socialism here is used to describe the process of making a non-capitalist world, and as such, we are in the process of making that world.

I welcome anyone here with a non-capitalist ideology who accepts that the climate crisis will cause massive damage to the world, either collapsing complex society or transforming society into a dystopian hellscape where the ruling class has overthrown liberal democracy - entirely- and use the climate crisis to justify their authoritarianism.

That is what makes us different from other forms of leftist politics; we've accepted that we are not going to beat climate change. Our new job is to ensure that that world is one that sees the end of capitalism. It is Apocalyptic because we understand that the end of capitalism is near, but it won't look pretty. It will be dam near Apocalyptic.

Right now, it’s just me creating most of the content, and while there have been a couple of other posts, they either advocate for something similar but without socialism or believe that we can still stop climate change. To make this space truly valuable for all of us, I’d love to know what kind of content you want to see here!

I am a full-time student, thank you GI Bill, so I am fine being the primary content creator. PLEASE feel free to add to the lore. This isn't a top-down space. I welcome everyone to start adding the lore of Apocalypse Socialism.

Hello, everyone!

I’m a former United States Army Paratrooper, and the existential dread I write about first hit me back in 2020. At the time, I was volunteering for the Bernie Sanders campaign. When COVID put a stop to canvassing, I decided to take a road trip west. I drove until I reached the Grand Canyon—where I hit a deer—and then began my journey back home.

Along the way, I had a sobering realization: Joe Biden wasn’t going to solve the climate crisis. I knew he wouldn’t even win re-election in 2024. As I drove, it became clear to me that no one in power was taking the steps needed to prevent climate collapse.

When I got back to my adopted hometown of Fishers, Indiana, I was struck by the thought that this place I loved so much wouldn’t exist in the same way 50 years from now. That realization, made even clearer during an acid trip, led me to join the Army. I thought we had more time—hoped we had more time. But as the years passed, and especially after the recent election, it became undeniable: the collapse I thought would happen over 100+ years is now accelerating. It’s no longer something my grandchildren or great-grandchildren will face—it’s something we will face in our lifetime.

This community isn’t about me. It’s about all of us on the left who recognize that we don’t have a lot of good days left. We’re living in the last days of the "good old days." This space is for those of us coming to terms with that reality and figuring out what we’re going to do before, during, and after the climate crisis.

For me, my plan is to move to Michigan with my wife and friends, buy a pot farm, and start an employee-owned business. We hope to live off the profits of our commune, grow together, and build a sustainable way of life.

This community isn’t necessarily about how to "save the earth" or prevent the impending climate disaster. It’s a place for leftists to have real discussions about survival, resistance, and what comes next. The collapse might be slow, or it might be fast—but it’s coming. My hope is that this community helps you find what you’re looking for: ideas, strategies, or even just solidarity. Message me for a invite to the signal chat.

Because at the end of the day, only God can save us now.

Best,
Candide

I just found this subreddit and I wanted to let you know about a project a group of us have been working on for a while now called ClimateSafe Villages. It's not explicitly about socialism but obviously out of practicality and necessity that's what these villages are going to do. I think many of us feel we need to start these types of villages long before 2050, so that's another difference. Otherwise, I think you might find a lot of commonality with the CSV members so I hope it's mutually beneficial for our projects.

When we talk about Apocalypse Socialism, many assume it’s only about preparing for total societal collapse—a future where governments and systems completely fall apart. But even in a less extreme scenario, where collapse is slower or incomplete, the future remains grim. In this reality, capitalism’s ruling class will desperately cling to power, constructing authoritarian regimes to control the earth’s remaining resources and ensure their survival at everyone else’s expense.

Apocalypse Socialism exists to prepare for this, too. We are not fighting Democrats or Republicans—we are preparing for a future where both parties, united in their defense of capitalism, act as agents of the ruling class. This isn’t just about survival; it’s about organizing, resisting, and ensuring the future isn’t defined by their dystopian vision.

Apocalypse Capitalism: The Ideology of the Ruling Class

Consider Donald Trump’s attempt to "buy" Greenland—a glacial island ironically named to attract settlers centuries ago. This act symbolizes the imperialist ambitions of a ruling class preparing for a climate-ravaged future. It reflects the unspoken ideology of Apocalypse Capitalism: a system that accepts the inevitability of collapse and prioritizes securing wealth and power for the elite, no matter the cost.

Bankers, insurers, and fossil fuel companies don’t just profit from today’s crises—they plan for tomorrow’s. Their focus isn’t on preventing collapse but on ensuring their dominance during and after it. Apocalypse Capitalism thrives on short-term profit, resource hoarding, and authoritarian control. In this, Apocalypse Socialism becomes its necessary counterweight: a collective movement that recognizes collapse as the result of unsustainable systems and seeks to build a more just, equitable, and sustainable future.

The Likely Future: Climate-Induced Authoritarianism

It’s tempting to view climate refugees as a problem affecting "other" countries, but in the coming decades, you could become one. Do you live in a climate-resilient area? What happens when Florida sinks beneath rising seas, when catastrophic droughts hit Texas and Nevada, or when New Yorkers flee flooding, only to be turned away by neighboring states?

Capitalism’s response to these crises will only make things worse. Here’s how a slow collapse could unfold:

1. Militarized Borders and Mass Surveillance
   • Fortress nations will emerge, using militarized borders, drones, and AI surveillance to protect resources for the elite. Refugees, including internal migrants, will be treated as invaders.
   • States will fragment into autonomous zones of capital, with cities like New York or Los Angeles becoming dystopian hubs of authoritarian technology designed to maintain “order.”
2. Resource Hoarding by the Elite
   • Food, water, and energy will be monopolized by the wealthy. Private cities, gated communities, and corporate-controlled safe zones will ensure their comfort, while the rest of humanity fights for scraps.
3. Labor Exploitation and Technological Subjugation
   • Workers will be forced into grueling conditions, while AI and tools like Neuralink suppress dissent and ensure compliance. Public governance will give way to corporate rule, reducing people to tools in a system designed for elite preservation.
4. Climate-Induced Fascism
   • As resources dwindle, capitalism will embrace fascist ideologies to maintain power. Migrants and marginalized groups will be scapegoated, and violence will become the default tool of authoritarian regimes.

Why Apocalypse Socialism Is Necessary

If we don’t prepare now, the future will be defined by the ruling class. They will dictate what’s left of civilization, ensuring it serves their interests while the rest of humanity suffers.

Apocalypse Socialism rejects this dystopian vision outright. It isn’t just about survival—it’s about building an alternative. By creating movements, communities, and systems that can withstand collapse, we can directly challenge the structures responsible for the crises we face.

What We’re Fighting For

1. Mutual Aid and Resistance Networks
   • Establish decentralized networks to share resources, knowledge, and support, empowering communities to survive and resist elite control.
2. Sustainable Socialist Communities
   • Build climate-resilient communities that offer solidarity and safety for early climate refugees while preparing for future crises.
3. Training for Defense
   • Equip communities with the skills and tools needed to protect themselves from external threats, including militarized capitalism and resource hoarders.
4. Local Political Power
   • Focus on gaining influence at the local level to enact climate-ready infrastructure and policies that prioritize people over profit.
5. Educating the Next Generation
   • Establish schools and programs to teach children the failures of capitalism and prepare them for leadership in a more just and sustainable world.

The Future We’re Fighting Against

Without resistance, capitalism’s dystopian future will include:

• Resource hoarding by the wealthy, who will control the last habitable places on earth.
• A neo-feudal labor system, reducing the working class to survival at the mercy of corporations.
• The complete abandonment of freedom, justice, and equality in favor of authoritarian control.

A Call to Action

The future is being decided now. Will we let the ruling class define it, or will we fight to ensure collapse leads to something better?

Apocalypse Socialism isn’t just about survival—it’s about building a world where solidarity, justice, and sustainability replace capitalism’s exploitation and destruction.

What steps can we take today to resist this future? Let’s discuss and organize together.