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
3: Remember Week 1 of protests - much property damage and looting of shops, with some expressions of disillusionment with economic system
Identity politics as a containment strategy: Identity politics reimagines racism and sexism without its economic and societal context. Discrimination is seen as due to individual choices. The system can be fixed by getting more minority representation in the leadership.
After the first few days, liberal identity politics activists (Democrats and other associates) gained control over the protests and directed them toward making limited demands, such as prosecution of the police officers, commitment to ethical policing, increased minority representation in government and blaming Dotard for everything. These demands do not threaten the ruling classes in any way.
As a result, when these limited demands are met, and Dotard is voted out and possibly imprisoned, protesters will feel like they have won, when in fact they have gained very little.
3: Remember Week 1 of protests - much property damage and looting of shops, with some expressions of disillusionment with economic system
Identity politics as a containment strategy: Identity politics reimagines racism and sexism without its economic and societal context. Discrimination is seen as due to individual choices. The system can be fixed by getting more minority representation in the leadership.
After the first few days, liberal identity politics activists (Democrats and other associates) gained control over the protests and directed them toward making limited demands, such as prosecution of the police officers, commitment to ethical policing, increased minority representation in government and blaming Dotard for everything. These demands do not threaten the ruling classes in any way.
As a result, when these limited demands are met, and Dotard is voted out and possibly imprisoned, protesters will feel like they have won, when in fact they have gained very little.