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There are some lovely, smart and aware people in that huge country. It's not homogeneous. But overall? It won't get much better without a revolution. And that's a huge ask. It's possible, other countries have managed despite police repression and mass illiteracy, but it's a long journey, and I wouldn't be surprised if the people with the awareness and the means will just try fleeing instead.
Yeah, it would take a particularly competent, wise and self-sacrificial dude/tte or team to wrangle the masses of hateful morons, kindly direct them towards thought, morality and prosociality, and make something new out of country that was baptized in the blood of innocents (and loves taking blood baths!).
Hey, please donβt use ableist slurs. Itβs easy to criticize conservatives without doing so.
Fair enough, I made the adjustments. π
Thank you!
Make no mistake, this is far beyond one dude/ette. You'd need a whole (non-electoral) well-organized party to educate and agitate, and earn the support of many thousands or even millions of citizens through their actions, in order to build the necessary movement.
Again, it's been done before and under more oppressive conditions, but it's a tough road.
Maybe I give up too easily. Let's hope God heard ya and has some plans for the few (?, am I just too negative?) Americans that can still be saved/lay the foundations for a new society. I kinda feel they'll need Him, lol.
Forgive my ignorance but would you be willing to list those more opressive conditions where they were successful?
Could really use some hope right now....
Russia, China, Cuba, etc. Many such cases of successful Working Class revolutions in more dire circumstances.