https://twitter.com/Mateba_6/status/1541449829683011586

From the book Revolutionary Social Democracy: Working-Class Politics Across the Russian Empire (1882-1917)

  • captcha [any]
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    2 years ago

    I have a personal theory that the state needs to fuck up for revolutionaries to ever win. Like for every action a revolutionary force could take, there's an appropriate counter strategy the state could take which the revolutionaries cannot counter. The question is if the state will take that counter strategy.

    One of the reasons why BLM gets traction is because the police always instinctively brutalize the protesters even when the correct strategy is to feign sympathy and let them carry on.

    • GreenTeaRedFlag [any]
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      2 years ago

      I think it depends on the relative power of the state compared to the revolution. Like, couple of socialist groups, let's say 7 centered on the big cities of the US versus the government gets owned easily of the government doesn't slip,, but if the military, at least a good chunk like 35-40%, joined a revolution it would be pretty even.

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        2 years ago

        but if the military, at least a good chunk like 35-40%, joined a revolution

        I would say allowing that to happen would be a fuck up on the state's part. For the Tsars that was keeping a massive conscripted standing army because volunteer armies were gay-satanic-judeao-liberalism.

        • GreenTeaRedFlag [any]
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          2 years ago

          Yeah that's fair. I guess I'm looking at mistakes once things are underway, you just mean in general.

          • captcha [any]
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            2 years ago

            I mostly meant before things are underway. Before the shit hits the fan the state has to think it's a good idea to throw shit at the fan.