Marx and his permanent revolution.
this post was submitted on 17 Apr 2025
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It's only a rebellion if you lose.
"Rebellion" used to be a positive term (think Star Wars but in real life).
That's a feature not a contradiction
Is there some reason this looks like a photocopy of a faxed photocopy? And no alt text or link to source: is OP just trying to break accessibility out of perverse joy? I wonder what they did to OP to deserve that.
Yes. A quite recent example from Germany:
Letzte Generation (Last Generation) a group of climate activists which glued themselves onto streets, usually carefully planned, organized and communicated with emergency services (such that ambulances can pass). They just got all of the hate and achieved not really much.
Then there were some farmers who were unhappy about governmental advances to reduce or remove the "agricultural diesel" subsidies. They've blocked highway entrace ramps with burning car tyres and dung, went really hardcore compared to the Letzte Generation, and finally got what they wanted.
The issue with peaceful protests is that they usually don't go far enough.
In your example, the farmers went two steps further and it made the difference.
"A Riot is the Language of the Unheard"
-Martin Luther King Jr.
Some dorks in this thread are the perfect example of who potential protesters need to ignore.
I brought up "truckers blocking highways and important intersections" to my very good (but desperately clueless) friend. Violence free, requires few bodies, historically effective.
He said "but what about the people they inconvenience?"
I'm like dude. Inconvenience to power is. the. point.
I love him but he's a fool, guy thinks protests are people smiling and holding clever signs.
Sad thing is he's representative of a lot of people.
They'll be happy when things are better but idgaf about asking their advice. They don't read history, the closest theyll get to a protest is the news coverage, and they'll never be satisfied with less than some impossible dream of a "immaculate ~~conception~~ protestation"
So like, fuck em
Not to sound elitist, but most people are ill-informed from what I observed. They mean well, but they form their views and opinions from sources that aren't great. It doesn't help either that we are inundated by pleasures from all sorts of media, which distracts us from paying attention to what matters more.
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