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Cake day: July 18th, 2023

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  • The robber barons who own literally most of the wealth in this world will never allow anything like the new deal to happen ever again.

    Only the existence of the USSR and the very real communist/socialist movement in the west in the early 20th century could wring a dimes worth of social care from the grip of the gilded class.

    And even then, it was a bloody struggle. History points to the US only getting involved in the European theater in ww2 when it looked like the soviets were going to win and take the loot.

    Folks point to “lend lease” but it was far less important than what America claims.

    At any rate, there’s a snowballs chance in hell of even a democratic socialist revolution at the ballot box. They’re pulling out the stops to prevent a dem-socialist mayor in one city. It would be an all out assault for anything more. Hell, they’ll just have folks killed before they let that happen.




  • What absolutely baffles me is: how TF does anyone who purports to be a leftist say they don’t support tankies?

    Exactly… how does a socialist, communist or anarchist think revolution will happen?

    Revolution via the ballot box is by far the rarest form of socialist uprising and can anyone provide an example of communists taking power that did NOT involve violent struggle?

    I’m not advocating for violence but, pacifism as an absolute moral precept is a joke. If you listen to liberals, you’d believe that it was solely MLKs and Gandhi’s peaceful ways that brought about change. History shows completely the opposite, but is it any wonder that the West lionizes “peaceful protest” while strongly admonishing any form of direct action?