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I always go back and forth on this part, because protesters with a handful of guns greatly outnumber the police with bigger guns. So, in theory, the protesters would win, but not without major losses. The police station example is a good one.

But I don't know if it's worth escalating until we're actually ready to start a revolution. Any escalation will eventually be outdone by police, right? The only way we can possibly win is by sheer numbers and organizing. That would necessitate a massive amount of organizing. And until we're ready for that, we're just gonna get squished.

It reminds me of the BLM activity in the Pacific Northwest in 2020. I mean Seattle literally had multiple city blocks that police weren't allowed to enter. But eventually it falls.

But I don't know. I feel like my thoughts around this are wrong in some way. It also feels like the left has been tricked into peacefully protesting and we're just having a hard time getting out of that.

In my local organizing, it's pretty tough because it kind of feels like everybody is so damn hesitant to actually piss people off or be too inconvenient or something like that. Nobody wants to block a bridge or shut down a plant or anything like that because everyone is so afraid of the optics.