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[-] JeSuisUnHombre@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

My impression of what she's saying here is, vote for Harris now, but don't wait 4 years to be politically active again so we can try to actually get someone better. Which I completely agree with. Getting Trump elected doesn't help anything and might make some goals less achievable, and right now Harris is the only one who can beat him. But the more important part is to not stop critiquing her ideology. Don't let her forget about Palestinian children, don't let people be complacent with capitalist hegemony, do the ground work necessary to move our government to the left. That doesn't mean waiting four years to try and stop her reelection, it means continuing to talk in real life with people about what we should expect from government. It means trying to build momentum behind some candidates to get them elected in 2 years, and don't wait for election season to do so. This work doesn't stop.

And a brief aside for those that just want a revolution to be done with it. 1, most of the same still applies, especially the building momentum part. And 2, there haven't been any successful revolutions without some connections to those in power, so we'll need to elect some sympathetic candidates before that possibility has any chance.

[-] TheDoctor@hexbear.net 48 points 2 months ago

there haven't been any successful revolutions without some connections to those in power

Gonna need some examples of what you’re talking about here

[-] EllenKelly@hexbear.net 17 points 2 months ago

Sankara was appointed Minister of Information in Saye Zerbo's military government in September 1981.

After a coup (7 November 1982) brought to power Major-Doctor Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo, Sankara became Prime Minister in January 1983. But he was dismissed a few months later, on 17 May.

A coup d'état organized by Blaise Compaoré made Sankara President on 4 August 1983 at the age of 33

See? There are many examples!

[-] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 12 points 2 months ago

Also important to note that it was a revolution that was tossed out the window in like five years because the guy who organized the first revolution wanted a new one.

[-] EllenKelly@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago

Yeah I shouldnt take for granted that people know this, and the cia likely had a lot to do with it

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