And even if we did get together and tried to so stuff, the average Joe is just going to call the cops on us, or shoot at us or drive a truck into us
in my experience that just isn't true in a lot of places/situations tbh
I've been threatened with a gun (that was never produced and probably didn't exist) and yelled at (ironically the guy thought we were anarchists and shouted about how stalin was right and we should all be shot) and cops called (if you have a large enough group, they won't be able to coordinate a response on short notice very well and may well just leave you alone or come and impotently complain at you before going home), and it's never worked to stop the action (not to say it never will, these were low stakes actions, relatively speaking, but still)
major support for just doing stuff and seeing what happens, you can achieve more than you think before the repression really kicks in, and you'll learn a lot very fast.
I've been on a "political imagination" kick lately. We gotta start trying new shit on smaller scales, to demonstrate to the people watching that we (collectively, individually, locally, and nationally) are competent and trustworthy and can accomplish things. Then we can build up from there
It's probably the only thing keeping many folks from . You gain the political consciousness to want to properly lash out, but realize it's not always the most calculated and effective action.
The main excuse is that collectively, we're like a bunch of cats all spread out
And even if we did get together and tried to so stuff, the average Joe is just going to call the cops on us, or shoot at us or drive a truck into us
I'm optimistic, but it's a measured optimism, knowing that it's a profoundly uphill battle
in my experience that just isn't true in a lot of places/situations tbh
I've been threatened with a gun (that was never produced and probably didn't exist) and yelled at (ironically the guy thought we were anarchists and shouted about how stalin was right and we should all be shot) and cops called (if you have a large enough group, they won't be able to coordinate a response on short notice very well and may well just leave you alone or come and impotently complain at you before going home), and it's never worked to stop the action (not to say it never will, these were low stakes actions, relatively speaking, but still)
major support for just doing stuff and seeing what happens, you can achieve more than you think before the repression really kicks in, and you'll learn a lot very fast.
I've been on a "political imagination" kick lately. We gotta start trying new shit on smaller scales, to demonstrate to the people watching that we (collectively, individually, locally, and nationally) are competent and trustworthy and can accomplish things. Then we can build up from there
It's probably the only thing keeping many folks from
. You gain the political consciousness to want to properly lash out, but realize it's not always the most calculated and effective action.
Yeah, violence is a tool just like any other
It requires the wisdom to know not just how to use it, but when to use it too
:yea: I know it's not as easy as just going around doming off fascists at random until there's no more of them, it's just it'd be nice if it was
Not to
but it would be nice to see some of the more prominent fash get clapped