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  • of course europeans don’t care. capitalism is what affords you what you have at the expense of others, but even that’s also on shaky grounds atm. as for me my country is as bare-minimum “comfortable” as it is because of that fight, we don’t have much of a choice if we don’t want to get crushed. it’s not really about ideas.

    resignation will at best accelerate things and make them worse. i don’t know how old you particularly are but we have a long life ahead of us and this is the best investment that can be done. every resignation could be turned into change today, it has been historically possible.



  • Shit isn’t going to change unless there is an armed conflict.

    it’s literally happening right now in many places, no weapons required. socialism focuses on unionism for a reason: capital loses all of it’s power when it stops flowing and it’s all that’s needed for now, really. the hard part is actually awakening class consciousness through the propaganda.

    I don’t see any leftists in the imperial core ever doing that

    imperial core leftists are often not real leftists, they are just attracted by the aesthetics of it. many of them did a seemingly great job at fighting back ICE and some of the bullshit so far in the us, though.

    every leftist space is basically filled with cops or spooks

    also true, also hasn’t stopped it. every serious organization takes it into account.

    it’s only hopeless while you think it is.




  • it’s not about proving yourself to me or anyone, i’m just trying to understand.

    you are not forced to take on arms and murder people and work 24-7 for abolishing capital. most people’s can’t, which is why you or most anyone else won’t break into peter thiel’s house to kill him unless very specific conditions are met. the sentiment is clearly there though.

    turns out real socialism works very differently than that, much more like helping your fellows and building community.

    and yes, i know exactly how it feels not to even be able to find work for who i am. but our only real obligation is to persist.


  • what have you done to fight back? are you unionized? if you know where thiel lives my assumption you are from the imperial core probably holds, right? it’s harder and people are much less committed. western marxism is much less effective, and systemic change won’t come from just one person working for a few years.

    though that’s not really how it works in the first place, we ain’t going to end capitalism by luigi mangioning a few random billionaires. it historically takes a lot of sweat tears and blood and that should be expected.


  • my brother in christ, people are already fighting back, hard. the fact msm doesn’t show it should be telling for anyone paying half attention, most lack of knowledge about most successful action is carefully engineered too.

    i’m assuming you are from the western imperial core, and that’s why you don’t see it, but if you are not it’s just a matter of joining them and start seeing for yourself. history shows again and again in a very straightforward and concrete way our lives improve quite a bunch every time we push back against capitalism. removing capitalism removes the systemic incentive for being an asshole.

    i’ll say it again because it’s worth drilling into: it’s not about the character of individuals but how the system is collectively set up. mistakes and assholes and all manner of contradictions will always exist, a society where they are the ruling class doesn’t have to.



  • we are all still living in a capitalist hellhole where money is king but also scarce, and no one has time or money for a dignified life.

    it’s not about the individual’s ideology, but what’s collectively forced upon us. it’s not surprising people are greedy and ignorant in a system that rewards it.

    though being a big asshole doesn’t make you a good leftist when it’s all about fighting back, contradictions are common and have to be dealt with and ultimately material conditions determine how the fight is gonna be.

    again, this can improve once we don’t have the source of that problem anymore.