• SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world
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      And the riots in France are effective? All it has done is create campaign material for Le Pen’s political ads for the presidential election next April. These Nazi are already spinning it as a migrant problem. Le Pen will certainly win now as she surges in popularity.

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        Same thing happened in Germany when they let bankers run the country, same thing happening in ALL of Europe now.

        When you make grassroots socialist populism impossible you make faux-populist fascism inevitable.

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      You can’t judge the effectiveness of any action only by its immediate measurable effects. The working class of the US is in a long period of finding their courage and strength and solidarity after decades of propaganda hid it from them. Every peaceful protest encourages bigger peaceful protests and they encourage more disruptive protests. Every protest that gets tear gassed all to hell by the police pisses people off more and encourages more and bigger and even more disruptive protests.

      I hate how slow this is all going too and I have been ready for and advocating for direct action for a long fucking time now. I have taken direct action when the scale is small enough that I can do it alone. It takes time to rouse a population and it is embarrassing to our country that it’s taking so long but it is absolute bullshit to say that what we’ve done has been ‘nothing effective’. Class consciousness is higher than I’ve ever seen it in my lifetime and it’s only growing. The amount of people ready for direct action and the amount of groups organizing is greater than I have ever seen it. That’s all progress. It’s happening. Instead of being a doomer go out and organize and you’ll see what is growing.