There were a lot of first-time protesters at these protests. The material conditions are such that the number of "non-political" folk will be shrinking and they will be looking for something to do and get coopted by these events.

A lot of protests, riots, and strikes started organically in other revolutions (like the French or Russian one). The Bolsheviks were able to take advantage of the Russian ones even though they didn't organize them initially. I'm wondering if an organized left can eventually do something like that if these kinds of things continue to happen as US economic conditions break down.

[–] Lemister@hexbear.net 6 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Yes the destruction of american SoL will give rise to larger grounds for marxism to flourish. This is inevitable and logical. And with "non-political" folk I didnt mean the suburban "we are comfortable" types, I meant the lowest classes. All the poorest and most miserable people I know are very apolitical and alienated from political action, they also blamed poor people (including themselves) on ideological reason.

[–] SevenSkalls@hexbear.net 2 points 12 hours ago

Gotcha. Ya, makes sense because politics has never helped them no matter who's in power. Some of them joined Trump sadly but a lot just stayed out of politics still.