like, how do you really approach the average american and just like, empathetically convey that they need to raze this fucking barn
i mean especially the groups out there who historically had some level of buy-in to the system and are in denial about their exclusion - like what is the metaphorical eye-piece nada can force onto their eyes to see the basic truth: we gonna have to do something unpleasant to change this sitch
The chronic crisis of American democracy: the way is shut by Benjamin Studebaker goes in depth on how every political movement from Bernie to Trump is structurally incapable of making any meaningful positive reforms to the American system. The book is also a bit cynical on the efficacy of revolution but if you want to convince someone that the system is unsalvageable this is the book for you