• moustachio@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    We’re pretty far into the we should get armed, and trained with firearms, and form militias territory / community defense territory.

    Sure voting, but also we need to prepare for the likely scenario our current parasite class will not cede peacefully.

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      2 days ago

      we should get armed, and trained with firearms, and form militias territory / community defense territory

      You should read “What Is To Be Done” and grasp a bit of theory before you start pulling a trigger.

      Adventurism never seems to benefit left wing organizers in the long run.

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        1 day ago

        Things don’t need to be mutually exclusive. Political parties and whatnot can still be formed and built alongside community defense groups and militias. If anything they will both make each other stronger.

        I bring up getting armed and organized because the working class is lacking on that front & being unilaterally disarmed is not productive when the parasite class is more than willing to use violence against us.

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          Political parties and whatnot can still be formed and built alongside community defense groups and militias.

          Sure. But these are large scale long term projects. While the “time to buy a gun and sandbag my front yard” crowd seem to expect some kind of revolutionary action overnight.

          I bring up getting armed and organized because the working class is lacking on that front

          It’s lacking on a whole host of fronts. Just for starters, where do people even meet anymore? Younger people are poisoned against church. Unions are dying out. People don’t just hang out at the bar after work for hours at a time. Where do you go with your coworkers as a group? Where do you go with your neighbors as a group?

          Who do you even talk to about this sort of thing? It’s not like every street has it’s own gun range.

          It seems like any large congregation of people that isn’t a private ticketed event is a crime. Down in Houston, the police got called on a big park because of a "teen takeover " (ie, too many young people in the same place at the same time).

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            1 day ago

            You seem weirdly determined to deter people from obtaining a means to defend themselves and communities.