i can tell your heart’s in the right place in that you want to stand by your beliefs to the point that you’re committed to risking your life for them, especially because clearly you are encouraging people to fight fascism which is (the FIGHTING of fascism) the correct side of history. it bums me out that people are piling downvotes on you.
that said, when you do walk as you have talked, and the regime turns you into one of the most principled corpses to ever fall in defense of civil rights, i for one won’t be looking down on you. in the calculus of maximal efficacy, however, most people’s lives are less ‘well spent’ on risky maneuvers than yours. there are many cases in which a person is capable of doing more for their community while alive.
in my case, for instance, and strictly hypothetically speaking, it would be equally as productive for me to physically attack fascists as it would be for me to slash open my own brachial and femoral arteries and simply bleed out in a bath tub. Even though it’s obvious that real life is not any kind of role playing game, it serves illustrative purposes to metaphorically describe me as a unit with an attack power of zero and a defense power of zero. what i do have, though, is a mediocre quantity of disposable income and a vehicle that is very fuel efficient. As long as I am not actually dead, there are logistical purposes I can fulfill (and HAVE fulfilled!)
if i were to be shot by the pigs, of course, my ability to contribute materiel or logistics will abruptly cease.
If one were to believe that it would do more to support the cause by getting me shot in the street and thus depriving people of access to my transportation and resource support, well, we shall simply have to agree to disagree.
may your efforts on the front lines bear fruit, though!
If you’re encouraging people to act without being part of an organized and disciplined revolutionary party, you’re the one who doesn’t understand direct action, but do go on.
Got an org that’s actually ready to go?
Adventurism solves nothing.
So clearly the best thing to do is shit-talk and distance yourself from those who understand direct action
i can tell your heart’s in the right place in that you want to stand by your beliefs to the point that you’re committed to risking your life for them, especially because clearly you are encouraging people to fight fascism which is (the FIGHTING of fascism) the correct side of history. it bums me out that people are piling downvotes on you.
that said, when you do walk as you have talked, and the regime turns you into one of the most principled corpses to ever fall in defense of civil rights, i for one won’t be looking down on you. in the calculus of maximal efficacy, however, most people’s lives are less ‘well spent’ on risky maneuvers than yours. there are many cases in which a person is capable of doing more for their community while alive.
in my case, for instance, and strictly hypothetically speaking, it would be equally as productive for me to physically attack fascists as it would be for me to slash open my own brachial and femoral arteries and simply bleed out in a bath tub. Even though it’s obvious that real life is not any kind of role playing game, it serves illustrative purposes to metaphorically describe me as a unit with an attack power of zero and a defense power of zero. what i do have, though, is a mediocre quantity of disposable income and a vehicle that is very fuel efficient. As long as I am not actually dead, there are logistical purposes I can fulfill (and HAVE fulfilled!)
if i were to be shot by the pigs, of course, my ability to contribute materiel or logistics will abruptly cease.
If one were to believe that it would do more to support the cause by getting me shot in the street and thus depriving people of access to my transportation and resource support, well, we shall simply have to agree to disagree.
may your efforts on the front lines bear fruit, though!
It’s almost like it requires more than one person
That’s literally how you started this thread
If you’re encouraging people to act without being part of an organized and disciplined revolutionary party, you’re the one who doesn’t understand direct action, but do go on.