If we are to succeed in peaceful revolution, we need to STAY in DC and all major cities until the job is done. It may be hard, but the potential outcome could be worth it.
Originally Posted By u/serious_bullet5 At 2025-04-10 07:00:28 PM | Source
If we are to succeed in peaceful revolution, we need to STAY in DC and all major cities until the job is done. It may be hard, but the potential outcome could be worth it.
Originally Posted By u/serious_bullet5 At 2025-04-10 07:00:28 PM | Source
It’s also how the civil rights movement and Euromaidan operated. MLK was a local paator and only reluctantly took a leadership role during the Montgomery bus boycott.
Politicians out there won’t take the lead, no matter how much I reject or accept it; that’s the whole point.
Go to a Fighting Oligarchy Tour event where they are actively leading, and I promise you will indeed meet people who will go on to be local leaders. You might even become one (if you’re not already)! I’m assuming you’re going to the 50501 on April 19th, you can also connect with people that way.
We are always going to need a vanguard pushing us left - Malcolm X was just as successful as MLK Jr. However, MLK worked with politicians to make reforms become real. We need both. If you want to agitate on the sidelines, at least do it with purpose.
So full disclosure I’m not American; I’m armchair strategizing from the other side of the world here.
Yeah that’s the thing: That’s not leadership; that’s agitation. Now agitation is also very important work, but it’s not leadership. For instance, Bernie will never call for an occupation of Washington or hold a meeting on the merits and demerits of calling for a general strike. Bernie and The Squad are strong allies to the resistance, but they’re not the resistance, if that makes sense. If you’ll notice, Bernie never actually tells specifically people what to do, only that they should act. The latter is agitation, the former is leadership.
I never said the resistance shouldn’t work with politicians; it absolutely should. What I’m trying to argue against is the idea of waiting for a politician to come and lead the revolution to victory, and that many popular progressive icons like Bernie and AOC simply aren’t fit to lead the resistance (but this part is less important because they’ll never try to take up leadership).
lol fuuuck we’re so dumb, I’m sorry dude. I hear you loud and clear, and I appreciate your insight.