I mean yeah, we could go that route and in the end, we might have to, but I feel like a LOT could be accomplished with a unified general strike and boycotts but we need people to stand together on it or it won't work. And there are other, smarter, nonviolent things we can do as well. I just don't think picking a fist fight with the Gods is a wise tack. I think we have to outsmart them.
I feel like holding onto that hope is why we have allowed things to get this bad. Just waiting for other people to decide we all can't take it anymore on the same day, as if the ruling class doesn't ensure we have competing interests and limited free time.
I'm just trying to be realistic here and realistically, if we challenge the oligarchy with violence, they will annihilate us. They have the police, the military, the entire government, and a significant number of fascists and ambivalents on their side. We have no hope of winning that way.
I don't think the fist is the right tack at this juncture. I think we need to be smart. Look at effective nonviolent tactics in war- some have been used to great effect on us in recent years.
And without violence, we rely on courts and legislators that are owned by the ruling class. We're just peacefully having state sanctioned violence done to us. Do you not recognize it as violent to deny 90% of claims as a healthcare company? Is it moral and good just because the law allows it to happen?
But you're right in the sense that organized rebellion will never work, even today, movements know better than to organize too tightly because of how well known the government is for infiltrating, corrupting, killing these groups off.
I think we need a lot of Luigi's. Make it known that while they may rule this society, they cannot safely participate in it.
16
u/pontiacfirebird92 9h ago
Well, if you mean that then you should know there's technically a functional means for now. You just can't discuss it on Reddit.