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[โ€“] haui@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I have just finished reading washington bullets by vijay prashad, have read some articles by ulrike meinhof and have just today started fanons wretched of the earth.

So far, I have the feeling that the theme becomes very clear. After reading black shirts and reds, multiple works by stalin, multiple works by lenin and marx, the common denominator is abundanly clear. We are subject to a psy-op by the owner class of unprecedented size. There is no place where you dont meet drones that are completely devoid of all empathy towards the oppressed, some are ignorant, but most just dont care.

The most interesting part is that the people you actually see and hear are the abundandly privileged as the others work their lives away in factories and logistics centers. The privileged still have to deal with rising debt and rent but they can manage, albeit barely. But the situation is dire, dire indeed.

Of course we need to keep revolutionary optimism and need to accept that there is a time for revolution and that is when sufficient parts of the working class have developed class consciousness which currently is not the case, at least where I live.

So much from me and my update.

[โ€“] darkernations@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

If you haven't already, please read Kyle Ferrana's Why the World Needs China: Development, Environmentalism, Conflict Resolution & Common Prosperity for some revolutionary optimism.

[โ€“] haui@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Thank you! Will save this and read it. :)

[โ€“] darkernations@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)