While responding to a post I wrote a comment which I thought would make a good post in of itself.

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Firearms are an advancement of violence. Violence is the advent of physical manipulation or coercion of a person for a reason. It is also a force of egalitarianism/equality because all are born with the same ability to use violence, which means it is a preferred tool of our class as it is free and widely available. (Before flinching, consider the unequal nature of the bourgeois force of coercion - capital) This may seem like a romanced or perverse way of seeing violence but please do not mistake me for a war monger, my point is violence has been and can be again used for good, it is our society which has willfully and temporarily changed the paradigm of violence from a symbol of justice to a symbol of oppression.

Historically, this tool is used by all, however in America it is increasingly being used disproportionately by authority and anti-social predators (serial killers) only. The faux left liberals and opportunists infect our ranks and conversations and promote: pacifism, fear of performing violence, fear of firearms and explosives (modern and sufficient weapons to counter the state and fascists with), passive aggression over confrontation, and idealistic logic over mechanical logic in the form of “karma”, the “justice” system, “good cops/politicians/bourgeoisie”. As well they deincentivize and oppress proletarian materialist solutions such as: confrontation, analysis of material progression (they cynically slur as “pathologizing”), speaking directly and truthfully to classmates towards a material solution, and on wards up towards larger actions such as sabotaging strikes, class unity and coordination, derailing radical conversation on riots (“violence is not the way” “what will society think?” “what about the consequences?”), and knee-capping political parties.

This kind of shit flies because we allow it to. If we are to fight this nonsense we must reclaim radical actions (up to and including class violence) to balance the power and protect our class (and ourselves within said class) then we must reject liberalism within our class and help other classmates to do the same as this is a symptom of that problem. A great guide on this is Mao’s Combat Liberalism. It is an old works and does not touch on some of what I have however if one combines the two you get an idea of where we must go within our class’ social culture.

As communists, the saying goes “one cannot love others until they love themself”. Applied to us it would say “one cannot expect a class of radicals when there is no vanguard” which starts with us. We cannot fix our class if we are still too broken, we cannot lead if we are still too blind. This is not to say everyone here will be the vanguard, simply statistically speaking, the vanguard will be made of communists, and so all communists must condition themselves accordingly. Purchase a firearm, study it and relevant methods of combat, train. If you are unable to purchase a firearm, take up martial arts and study methods of warfare which is relevant to your conditions (urban, guerrilla, etc…)

It is best to find comrades near you to bond, study, and train with as well.