When, if not now, does this shit hit critical mass? I hate to sound doomer but if BLM/Covid combo didn't radicalize people how bad does shit have to get?
Yeah I guess but I just can't fathom how bad things will have to get before people truly start standing against it.
Honestly I don't think Americans as a whole will ever take a stand. By the time it would get bad enough for them to do it, 90% of the U.S. would be dead and the government/police/military effectively dissolved
Nah people will come around. The propaganda bubble most Americans live in requires a lot of things to continue. Gotta be able to shop at target, go to the ball game, see your family for dinner on Christmas. When that starts to end and breakdown, people begin to change. What's missing is a political articulation of this energy which already exists, but it will come. Don't forget how the Russian peasantry was with the czar in Russia.
The BLM protests of the past year are probably the largest protest movement in American history, people are definitely getting radicalized. Theyve slowed down recently but the struggle against police brutality is far from over
Americans are having to basically relearn the revolutionary struggle in real time at an accelerated pace. It'll take time, but we will win in the long run.
I checked wikipedia, and besides the 1970 earth day protest (which I know literally nothing about so no comment), the biggest protest in American history was the 2017 women's march. The difference between those in just 3 years is immense
I was at both the Women's March and BLM. BLM definitely had clear tensions between the Liberal and Radical elements that I didn't see in the Women's march. It also felt way scarier because you know how mad the police were at the BLM.
That's exactly my point, we've become a lot more radicalized, and the amount of BLM protesters were triple that of the women's march
My small mountain town still has BLM and communist graffiti in the alley ways from last summer.
Everyone I talk to understands the need for changes and it's to the point that I can just openly describe communism and lots of people that aren't die hard PMC libs generally agree with me.
the system has paid enough of the population to be engaged in it's preservation and with enough technologies of control that a movement can never win.
It feels that way for sure. But it can be done, it must be done, it will be done. Black lives are worth fighting for and the people of Minneapolis have a right to live without fear of being killed by cops and have a right to get true justice and real peace.
I’ve been asking myself this same question since last summer.
Americans generally approve of Biden’s handling of COVID and have a more favorable view of the police than they did prior to George Floyd’s murder.
The answer to “what more has to happen before people get radicalized” is “I have no idea, but a hell of a lot more than what’s currently happening.”
It looks like this is from June 17? Is there more recent info about whats going on?
Yeah I hate how TikTok shows you such old stuff. The tone of everything is so conversational so stuff ages weirdly
A lot of people in Minneapolis don't really care. General consensus was among people in the city is that the Winston Smith shooting was justified based on the claims of the Hennepin County Sheriff (whom I personally don't trust), and the BCA. In general, I think that Minneapolitan opinion turned against protests in general after the shooting at George Floyd Square on the 1 year anniversary of Floyd's murder, some people also are concerned about gang members running security of the square (though that claim is disputed). I think that people are just tired of everything that's been going on in the city.
damn, feel bad I hadn't heard about this. First google of national guard being deployed leads to a Foxnews link describing how misinformation regarding a suicide lead to unrest. Obviously, that's probably BS and the cops took this guy out, but is there any more info?
found what seems to be the wiki about this (though I'm not positive): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Winston_Boogie_Smith When did the TikTok video come out? Is it getting bad again or is this from a few months ago? I'm not up to date on using TikTok and cant find a date associated with the video...
helicopters circling every night
I live in NJ and helicopters pass over my house almost every day. If I disappear from this site, well, you'll know what happened
