agamemnonymous

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[–] agamemnonymous 2 points 1 week ago

All the points look like they're on roads to me

[–] agamemnonymous 25 points 1 week ago (3 children)

That's my guess: stop, GPS off, next point, GPS on, GPS off, next point.

[–] agamemnonymous 1 points 1 week ago

It's electoralism that takes too long.

I agree, but all the other wonderful stuff you brought up is also taking a pretty long time to become widespread. That's the only reason I really care about the electoral side.

Widespread unionization of all types would be ideal, followed by a gradual conversion to co-ops. I think that's both reasonably achievable and effective in service of the long term goal. Unless union membership goes exponential real soon though, that's going to take years, if not decades. These protests offer a fantastic time to push unionization. We need representatives out there with clear messages and easily digestible literature.

[–] agamemnonymous 4 points 1 week ago

Vector Calculus. Literally everything taught in that class was covered in Calc 3 or Linear Algebra.

[–] agamemnonymous 2 points 1 week ago

You're not wrong, but a war chest to support strikers is a crucial first step.

[–] agamemnonymous 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The best case scenario outcome for these protests is organization. And unless they grow very quickly and are extremely successful in radicalizing an absolutely massive number of people, a lot of that organizational energy needs to focus on elections.

Viable Presidential candidates come from Congress and state Governorship. Viable Congressional and Gubernatorial candidates come from local offices. We should certainly try to organize more direct action, but that takes time. In that time we should be encouraging every leftist to either run for local office or campaign for someone who is. There's no reason not to promote electoral strategy while we simultaneously build critical mass for direct action.

[–] agamemnonymous 1 points 1 week ago

Yeah but what do Hegelian dialectics have to do with Marxism?

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