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At this stage though I can't really condemn it, I've seen class consciousness only evaporate more and more over the course of my lifetime across the general populus, while concentrating in a few unions, which isn't bad of course as it gets workers better material conditions, but it's a far cry from a revolutionary movement. At this stage I feel all that's left is individual actions, though perhaps I'm dooming.
I think prolewiki is a bit overly critical there, nobody thinks tagging a wall like some teenager is going to spread class consciousness enough to lead to anything, though a good art piece or slogan may make people stop and think, we'd be overwhelmingly closer to any kind of lefty utopia if the guy shooting trump didn't miss.
I don’t see how. He’d just be replaced by Vance or some other clown. Trump isn’t some unique villain, his rise is a product of late-stage neoliberalism. Fascism isn’t on the rise all over the Western world for no reason, it’s because of grinding neoliberalism throughout the imperial core.
Bruh I know what the imperial core is.
Yes trump would be replaced, that much is obvious as there is a league of even shadier mfers behind him, but whether his replacement would have the charisma to actually succeed in getting enough people energised to suceed is a different question entirely.
Yes there is a global rise in the far-right and yes it is in large part due to the decay of brief prosperity for the imperial core countries due to the failure of neoliberal policies, in many ways failure that is created by inherent contradictions within capitalism as described by Marx, but this rise is also tied together by strong charismatic leaders who are able to seize the moment in ways the left can't counter because we cannot offer the simplicity of lies.
So to avoid the pendulum swinging to the right, keeping those individuals out of power is our only option and is a shared want between us and the establishment.
I see no reason not to seize the opportunity and utilize electoralism to our advantage, even in the absence of meaningful change, a rightoid passing legislation means a press environment even worse than typical neoliberal press, and that makes it that much harder to organise, to do mutual aid, talk about theory or spread solidarity.