We're all mostly hoping for a revolution... Well, "vulnerable people" die in revolutions. Lots of people usually die in revolutions. Bloodless ones are the exception. Personally, I advocate for diversity of tactics, even if some of those tactics are extreme.
But guess what? Lots of people are CURRENTLY dying in Gaza and in the US (denied healthcare) and all over the world due to LACK OF a revolution in tbe imperial core. It's emotionally jarring to see somebody die in a gruesome way, I understand that. Everyone will have their own reaction. It may even demotivate some comerades. But the status quo has its own gruesome, insidious costs like 2000 covid deaths a week. They're just not "shocking" like this one. Let's not privilege this one life over the possibility of agitating to save the 2 million in Gaza whose lives are in the balance.
If you've watched his last words, this person was clearly of sober mind and thought this was their best lever to pull for change. They probably thought about it a lot before doing so, and it wasn't on a whim.
Speaking personally, I am inspired by their sacrifice, and it is spurring me to do more for the Palestinian cause and do more to move towards communism and away from barbarism.
Also, one final clarification. I think that this particular incident has a greater chance of being significant historically because he is a member of the US military. I would not recommend or condone a non-military person to follow in his footsteps because I dont think it would be likely to be effective. Like it or not, military members command a certain gravitas and social status in US society that can be used to great effect, as we are seeing here. This amplified the media coverage greatly.
We're all mostly hoping for a revolution... Well, "vulnerable people" die in revolutions. Lots of people usually die in revolutions. Bloodless ones are the exception. Personally, I advocate for diversity of tactics, even if some of those tactics are extreme.
But guess what? Lots of people are CURRENTLY dying in Gaza and in the US (denied healthcare) and all over the world due to LACK OF a revolution in tbe imperial core. It's emotionally jarring to see somebody die in a gruesome way, I understand that. Everyone will have their own reaction. It may even demotivate some comerades. But the status quo has its own gruesome, insidious costs like 2000 covid deaths a week. They're just not "shocking" like this one. Let's not privilege this one life over the possibility of agitating to save the 2 million in Gaza whose lives are in the balance.
If you've watched his last words, this person was clearly of sober mind and thought this was their best lever to pull for change. They probably thought about it a lot before doing so, and it wasn't on a whim.
Speaking personally, I am inspired by their sacrifice, and it is spurring me to do more for the Palestinian cause and do more to move towards communism and away from barbarism.
Also, one final clarification. I think that this particular incident has a greater chance of being significant historically because he is a member of the US military. I would not recommend or condone a non-military person to follow in his footsteps because I dont think it would be likely to be effective. Like it or not, military members command a certain gravitas and social status in US society that can be used to great effect, as we are seeing here. This amplified the media coverage greatly.