Between pipelines getting jammed, the slow-motion general strike, protests everywhere all the time, Sheikh Jarrah, mass shootings every day, new covid strains in India, and just the general background noise of life getting worse and worse for almost everyone on the planet, it feels like someone tied a brick to the big "accelerate the contradictions" lever.
Anyone else felt this way lately?
I'm not saying "there's a crisis, now we just need to find the communism button." I'm saying that enough things are breaking down that, if we hit the right places, we could win. Yeah, there's a long way to go. But people have started waking up in a way they never have before. It's also worth noting that American history usually sees a great revival-style event go on during crises like this. I've heard an argument that trump's whole thing could be considered a great revival, but it didn't get nearly as big as the previous ones. We are seeing a point where the american cycle isn't repeating per usual. What will this mean? I don't know yet. But if we keep at it, we might see something. Keep in mind, I'm not saying it's the right conditions today, go bomb your police department. I'm just optimistic. I'll either be right or jaded in like 10 years.
In 10 years I hope to be on a commune that is both situated in a location that can reach people in cities and has a model that's replicable in lots of places.