I’m not trying to fedpost or any form of illegal-to-say-posting in any form, more just marveling at the entirely lackluster response of the American public to the maddeningly absurd state of American politics.

Of course Americans are the most propagandized people on Earth, but it’s been that way for generations, and at this point I feel like the sheer amount of shit that is allowed to just fly by with full knowledge of the public with little or no cool-zone moments is preposterous. Not to mention the fact that as things continue to get worse, there are more and more people who are desperate and/or unwell, and in such a position as to incite some crazy shit.

Like… at this point, it’s just open knowledge that the government is a cabal of bloated parasitic pedophiles, and it has been so for quite some time now. Not just “they MIGHT be doing some creepy shit”, but rather they definitely, 100%, without any question have been, are, and will continue to do the most abhorrent type of shit anyone can imagine, for their own sick satisfaction and greed. Conversely, the number of people who’ve lost someone to the soul-sucking nightmare that is our healthcare system, or who’ve lost a child or loved one in any of our many shootings, or any number of other reasons to be righteously revolted by this manufactured reality we live in, is surely immense.

While some people are obviously acting out in all the most disgustingly wrong ways (i.e. said shootings), there’s quite a lot of people who know the correct people to blame for our collective misery, who also have nothing left to lose, because they’ve tragically lost it all already.

So… am I just wrong to expect that more cool-zone type shit should be going down by now?

  • SickSemper [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    9 days ago

    They will open fire on a general strike before they peacefully hand over power. The question then is how you respond to the violence enacted on you and the answer lies within the revolutionary party CL referred to. Additionally, he said prepare for things to get worse before they get better, not make things worse

    • MayoPete [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      3·
      9 days ago

      Maybe I misinterpreted the last comment. I don’t believe in making things worse, more working with the conditions we have now vs. waiting for things to get worse. We are far off from a general strike when workers here are so effectively split among every possible line Capitalists can come up with. Age, race, gender, sexuality, where someone was born, which Capitalist party they support, and so much more. And I fear it will get worse for a lot of people as the social media they’re addicted to become worse echo chambers with fake AI people telling them stories that are curated to their particular interests.

      What I want to see is a whole lot more concerted effort on educating/deprogramming people. Theory is not compatible with the average burger lander. There’s good resources out there that explain what’s going on in more accessible terms but I see a lot of people on the left focusing more on the “vanguard” before focusing on the workers. Sure, study theory personally but we need more Hasan Pikers and they need to be everywhere, especially at the local level. I’m focusing my time and energy on educating locally, creating & spreading propaganda, and building mutual aid networks around me. If SHTF I want people around where we can trust each other and help keep our needs met.

      • SickSemper [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
        5·
        9 days ago

        What I want to see is a whole lot more concerted effort on educating/deprogramming people

        That’s what a party is for! If you’re educating people on your own, great, but to truly transform society we need a concerted collective effort that goes further than individual conversations. The black panthers got people reading, and their target audience was also not immediately receptive to the idea. We don’t only need a bunch of individuals individually educating their communities, we need those individuals to have the money and resources to reshape their communities in a planned vision. Your efforts are good and valiant, but imagine if you had an organization backing you up, giving you material and strategy that worked elsewhere. Thats the benefit of a party, bringing together the propagandists and activists to focus their energy

    • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]@hexbear.netEnglish
      1·
      9 days ago

      They will open fire on a general strike before they peacefully hand over power.

      A general strike doesn’t necessarily mean a picket line, it can be just a bunch of people refusing to come in to work. Do you think they’ll hunt down millions of people in their homes for not clocking in?