https://twitter.com/Mateba_6/status/1541449829683011586
From the book Revolutionary Social Democracy: Working-Class Politics Across the Russian Empire (1882-1917)
https://twitter.com/Mateba_6/status/1541449829683011586
From the book Revolutionary Social Democracy: Working-Class Politics Across the Russian Empire (1882-1917)
This is how you justify covering up a rape case that blows up your organization a few years later.
That would harm the revolution. And be bad. I’m not saying we have to think only in the immediate term. Any long term vision would see the harm in that.
Any long term vision would show that getting your own party members black bagged would harm the revolution. But this mindset isn't about long term vision. It's about holding onto your post because only you will be the true leader of the revolution.
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You see the problem here is you are thinking "enemies" as an external rival group and your own party members, which is what Rosa is accused of doing. Getting your fellow comrades black-bagged by the FBI just so you can hold onto your position isn't good for the revolution. It is the same rape-coverup mindset: "If this rape case comes out we will be outed from leadership and those guys will take over and drive the party into the ground."
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You're assuming with no evidence that she was snitching on reformists and not simply rival revolutionaries. That can all change with specifics of who she was snitching on but I don't know where to find that information. It stands to reason though that mere reformists wouldn't get black bagged.
Saying "snitches get stitches" isn't deontological, it's inherited wisdom of centuries of consequences. It's not absolute, but it's too easy for someone to think they are the exception. Going around saying it's acceptable to snitch is how you end up with zero support from fellow proles and zero trust of your comrades.