You Say You Want A Revolution.
It seems like people are really afraid of or cringed out by the word “revolution” and I think that is conditioned into us purposefully by the ruling class and the algorithms they create (X, meta, Etc.) in order to maintain the status quo.
I was doing research last night and came across a conservative argument which I thought was almost funny. He said “capitalism isn’t going to end” because of two reasons:
1) the wealthy will do whatever they possibly can to maintain their wealth. (I agree there)
2) material conditions are too good in developed nations to warrant the majority gunning for revolution (revolution being the forceable overthrow of a government or social order, in favor of a new system). (I disagree)
I agree that the wealthy will do whatever they possibly can to maintain their wealth. I disagree that conditions ‘aren’t bad enough’ to warrant a majority revolution. Just because they ‘aren’t bad enough’ for you, doesn’t mean they aren’t for the majority or a large percentage of people. That’s privilege.
And I think the coming together of the left and right since the shooting of UHC’s CEO proves we are in the final stages of capitalism. Class consolidation and then more class consolidation and then more class consolidation and then revolution. Don’t let anyone distract you. It’s not Left vs Right. It’s Up vs. Down.