Speaking in terms of the popular response

  • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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    6 hours ago

    Literally nothing has happened

    People are talking, they're mad, but nothing has happened

    We've seen the rubber band get pulled and it's snapping back into place

    The real question is whether or not we're going to actually get people to actually learn about why this was an inevitable act

    • JoeByeThen [he/him, they/them]
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      4 hours ago

      I could see another one in the next few years. And then another, and another. The conditions are only going to become more likely for them. My worry is we get some neoliberal release valve rather than revolution. There's a lot of clocks ticking right now and none of them are counting down to anything good.

    • CommCat [none/use name]
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      5 hours ago

      I thought the Arab Spring taught us that Social Media isn't the be all and end all. Mass media was hyping the Arab Spring as the first "social media revolution", Mubarak was ousted, but the Army took over and then Morsi. Occupy Wall Street was the biggest leftist movement in America, maybe this will ignite something similar, but this time for fucks sakes, don't let another Dem sheepdog like Sanders or AOC lead the masses back to the Dems.

      • HamManBad [he/him]
        hexagon
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        5 hours ago

        It's our job to guide people toward the PSL right now

            • JoeByeThen [he/him, they/them]
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              3 hours ago

              That's got nothing to do with it. As citizens of the biggest force of imperialism in the world, the PA and what they do is who you should be looking at.

              • HamManBad [he/him]
                hexagon
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                3 hours ago

                Ok but imagine for a moment that someone is getting radicalized because of the shit health insurance industry. How does immediately jumping to talking about Palestine help that radicalization process? Guide them to groups that combine the Palestinian struggle with more broad based workers struggles. Start with the issues that effect their immediate material conditions and work outward from there by encouraging education and involvement in the org