Salem [he/him]

can you recommend one? I really only used Podbean and Patreon

The speculation on the reddit thread is that the Chapo hosts got upset at the subreddit dunking on their 1000th episode.

I don’t understand how to use this.

The weakness of the proletariat is that they are divisible and manipulatable enough to redirect them away from revolutionary activity. This was remedied by Lenin’s vanguard strategy in Russia and parties who adopted this strategy in the developing world, but it does take leadership to pull and push the masses to action.

The caveat is that despite this weakness, communists & socialists only need a segment of the population since segments of the proletariat also adopts the “go-along-to-get-along” and has a wait-and-see approach to new policies and states of governance.

the big secret is movements are not majoritarian campaigns but pressuring society and the state (ruling class) to concede or make it too costly to continue w/ status quo.

Most Americans are go-along-to-get-along and don’t have political agency outside a voting bloc.

Why are conservatives latching onto the Jonathan Ross bodycam footage like it exonerates his murder of Good?

ICE created dangerous situations, “fear for their lives” , brandish weapons and disguise their identities through facemasks, and now feel free to kill with impunity in such a brazen manner but to the conservative mind disrespect = alienation from humanity = okay to kill.

They just want life to return to 2014 again.

I think I once read a comment in Hexbear that “tankie” is usually a pejorative used by western leftists against other western leftists as a disciplining rebuke.

These sorts are social chauvanists. They do not really engage in political, labor, or social activism outside of their desktops/phones. I think they’re just embarrassed & disillusioned Democrats, perhaps as we all once were, but still side with the nation state as a pillar of identity and moral North star.

The days after October 7th, Israel announced its genocidal intent. From Herzog, Netanyahu, to the cabinet of ministers, the Knesset, Israeli media and Israeli luminaries/society.

Israel taught the US and the world that it could just rule through fraud and act with impunity. The masses mobilize to protest but do not stay on the ground in such a degree to actually force a rescindment of support or policy change. They don’t do much economic resistance or sabotage; taking to the streets is now ignored and managed and liberal democracies can delay and obfuscate responsibility indefinitely.

Genocide, brazen, transparent and open in deed and intent was not enough to evoke significant reaction or organize the masses to pressure governments to change course.

The ruling class believes that it can rule as it wishes, through fraud, violence, and decree, and it is because political activists, organizers, socialists & communists, don’t really confront power as it did ages ago.