If the White House gets taken over and burned down, can we safely call this a full blown revolution? I mean, DC is already burning...At the slightest opportunity, that shits getting swamped by protestors.We are living within arm’s length of the unimaginable.— Revolutionary Left Radio (@RevLeftRadio) June 1, 2020
perhaps, but can you not see the opportunity before us comrade? Keep in mind that the state uses lethal force already, at home and abroad. George Floyd and millions of Iraqis could tell you this if they were alive today. Revolutionaries would only be sacrificing their privilege to risk that same violence
I can see the opportunity certainly, but a revolution is on a whole other level than what we’ve been seeing so far which is still largely marches and parades. I mean the state can use lethal force all they want, my question to the unarmed protestors is if they can beat any of it. A hundred million US citizens could rise up tomorrow and decide to do revolution for real (instead of being dispersed by tear gas and rubber bullets) and at the end of the day if all 100 million were mowed down by the military, that still does not count as OVERCOMING repression.
I want to think army morale would crumble before it got that bad, but if we’ve learned anything thru history, USA doesn’t have a fucking heart. :worried face:
Yep, that’s flat out why I’m such a cynical person today. The class that we are dealing with is willing to go to war constantly, is willing to engage in slavery and colonialism, is willing to use nuclear weapons, is willing to enact fascist genocide, is at worst willing to encourage and at best tolerate an extinction-level threat to humanity. If there’s one thing I can count on the bourgeoisie for, it’s their sheer ruthlessness. When it comes to protecting capital, nothing is too low for them it seems.
perhaps, but can you not see the opportunity before us comrade? Keep in mind that the state uses lethal force already, at home and abroad. George Floyd and millions of Iraqis could tell you this if they were alive today. Revolutionaries would only be sacrificing their privilege to risk that same violence
I can see the opportunity certainly, but a revolution is on a whole other level than what we’ve been seeing so far which is still largely marches and parades. I mean the state can use lethal force all they want, my question to the unarmed protestors is if they can beat any of it. A hundred million US citizens could rise up tomorrow and decide to do revolution for real (instead of being dispersed by tear gas and rubber bullets) and at the end of the day if all 100 million were mowed down by the military, that still does not count as OVERCOMING repression.
I want to think army morale would crumble before it got that bad, but if we’ve learned anything thru history, USA doesn’t have a fucking heart. :worried face:
Yep, that’s flat out why I’m such a cynical person today. The class that we are dealing with is willing to go to war constantly, is willing to engage in slavery and colonialism, is willing to use nuclear weapons, is willing to enact fascist genocide, is at worst willing to encourage and at best tolerate an extinction-level threat to humanity. If there’s one thing I can count on the bourgeoisie for, it’s their sheer ruthlessness. When it comes to protecting capital, nothing is too low for them it seems.