And not in a condescending way either. But in their honesty, their believability, for their hardships, for the massive epiphanies that they’re on the cusp of having.
I’m in a NE city. And I’d rather hang with these motherfuckers than the smug and superior, insufferable Neoliberal dupes listening to NPR and watching MSDNC, waving blue and yellow Ukraine flags and thinking Hillary lost because of misogyny and Russia.
Yeah, the one guy sits and plays Call of Duty with his wife, and the obsessed Trump gear-wearers and flag wavers are pathetic. There’s some outrageous cognitive dissonance going on. But at the heart of it they really get it that fundamentalists this thing is Wall St Economic Terrorism and capitalism, though they’ve been conditioned to never call it the latter. Having one dialogue in simple, direct language that we can all understand, as Malcolm put it, would certainly make it plain for people.
This thing has enormous revolutionary potential. And it’s also gonna take people getting out of their alienation silos to become cooperative members of a mutual aid society. It’s also gonna take them getting involved in constantly questioning and monitoring all govt and corporate action there, as well as civil disobedience and subversive acts. I hope they have it in them (I keep thinking that some brave protesters shutting down, tying themselves to, the rail tracks would be a good salvo to Norfolk Southern and the government that they’re serious about not letting them get away with this).
I don’t know. Is this just naive idealism?
What are you talking about? Of course these people are people and they're "worth" knowing and talking to.
What does do not tie yourself to a railroad for anyone even mean? I interpret that as a "I got mine, I'm not going to do anything for someone else" kind of statement. That's messed up.
These people are people who deserve to be listened to, understood, made friends with, made into comrades - helped to become class aware.
You sound like you're promoting division, and I don't get it.
This is in the post that I wrote my comment too. It’s a bad idea. The train would run someone over and there would be 0 evidence that they were even protesting. Doing a live stream of turning yourself into jello will not end the way they think it will. That is what I am saying. Did you even read the persons post?
As to everything else, I am saying the claim rural people are more revolutionary than urban people is wrong. Their preference for white rural masses to their urban community is because they are just hanging out with the wealthiest people in urban areas. they can’t reflexively think white rural areas are therefore a stronger revolutionary base than the urban masses or undocumented populations in any area.
I skimmed it. I dont think anyone is saying the rural areas are more revolutionary. Unless I missed that part too.
Thanks for the explanation, your comment makes a lot more sense
I took this to mean rural is greater than city. They likely just mean PMC libs, but they do not make the majority of the urban population.