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Yeah, remember all those books we're supposed to be reading that most of us do not?
In some of them they talk about having a permanent professional revolutionary class, right? A small group that basically waits for moments like these and has some plans as to how to try to galvanize, organize and direct the angry masses.
The libs have their permanent professional counter-revolutionaries to nudge things in a direction more favorable to their goals.
We seem to be lacking a counter to that in the USofA.
Huh I never considered the Democrats an anti-vanguard party before
Its more than just the dems. They exist in depth through a multitude of NGOs.
Yeah, for sure. I've seen the talk of how nonprofits and prestigious universities capture the revolutionary potential of the working class, but never thought of the Democrats as a professional organization to act as an anti-vanguard
DSA is that. The mainline democrats are just the terminus of the defanging pipeline.
In my fiction of the future, the DSA is who wins and ushers in the age of socialism by necessity
The masses in most of these cities aren't even angry though. They are mildly annoyed that the man on the TV isn't the correct looking man on the TV.
Bingo. 99% of the people who showed up for No Kings protests would never attend any kind of protest if Kamala was president, even if she did a lot of the same shit as Trump. I don't even think I'm being facetious here.
there were fucking 'out to brunch' signs fucking everywhere.
On the other hand though, I guess that an optimistic view would be that theres maybe something to be said for the fact that this has driven people who ordinarily would never protest U.S. policy like this to protest.
Whether or not that protesting is effective is another topic but it at least feels like more people are engaged now.
My view of it is that news media isn't interactive enough for them anymore, especially since Jan 6th, they want to be part of the participatory television. It's not that they want or hope for real change, they just want to be part of the spectacle, not just observe it.
it's called the PSL
There is a lack of any coherent organizing structure on the left. Leftist media is for example dominated by a myriad of unaffiliated breadtubers who spew nonsense. Why is there no officially linked "influencer type" for the PSL? Is there an financial support system for people on strike or on the run? Safehouses? Community first response? I think the PSL is only barely approaching most of the fundamentals.
Not even stalin himself led the bank robberies in Georgia, he coordinated it. Literally event management is half the revolution.