I feel like eventually you may want to break the list in two parts (basics / advanced). The former geared towards understanding enough about socialist theory and history to genuinely be a capable comrade, the second one aimed at people who have been involved with socialism for a while but they could use advanced theory/history to avoid complacency.
The basic list would benefit from being "jack of all trades" style - a broader tent will bring more people to the movement. The advanced list, I imagine, would not need to include necessarily every aspect of socialism and would moreso focus on the most pressing modern analyses.
A lot of "machismo" is simply rooted in claiming one part of an alleged binary and defining it as "masculine" - they do this with everything, including political parties.
If suddenly women were rabidly enthusiastic about conservative politics we'd have mobs of young, divorced men (led by Stephan Molyneux) in the streets foisting a nordic demsoc reign of terror, replete with a "green new deal" and UBI, upon us all.
This is that same shit where the media showcases some "heartwarming story" of a child opening a lemonade stand to save for college while his parents are imprisoned. Does anyone read this and think "ah I knew it, Ukraine are the good guys!"
I mean obviously a huge swath of the Ukrainian military is there under duress - even these "volunteer" women, I'm certain - and they deserve sympathy. I just don't get how NYT thinks this is inspiring rather than horrifying.
Yeah I don't know too much about Adam Friedland but I commend his genuine effort to expose the vileness of Richie Torres and the position he represents. But, this interview was an expose on the power of rhetoric. It's not to say that Adam's humanity/emotions were wasted, I think they did wonders for those viewing with empathy. But, if we are to engage the masses, we must also master rhetoric while being on the factual side of history.
It is statements like this that remind me that I am no longer politically-illiterate.