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The People
"mrpieceofwork"
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Stolen Akokisa land - Houston, TX
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I'll start this off by posing a question...
how can the People best resolve their collective contradictions in order to bring about a world where those same People have effectively rendered the threat of fascism null and void, and used the tools available to Humanity to reverse the destructive and dire effects that capitalism and its "machine" has subjected Humanity to?
Now, an outline of some of the pertinent issues we face
The US State. (this includes the totality of the other "Western" capitalist states which effectively endure as "satellites" of the US State)
Without going too far back into the dark recesses of history, I shall reiterate the KNOWN, TRUE history of how the US State has become the hegemonic nightmare beast of capital exploitation and environmental destruction that it is today (to name the two most pressing issues... each holds a myriad collection of "lesser" issues that fill out the core of each, respectively)
When the feudal states and empires that controlled much of the world gave way to capitalism, through a tumultuous and deadly centuries long process, much of the wealth and power became consolidated into an even tighter group of ghouls... "white", "European", patriarchal, and one can even say... evil... "sons" of royalty and/or merchants who become enriched off the teat of the former imperial power and influence.
At the same time, the religious *world* itself was awash in conflict and change. This led to peoples choosing to escape the conflict (for lack of a better word) and seek out a "better" life through colonies throughout much of the world west of the great expanse of the Atlantic Ocean.
Many of these colonies would become powerful in their own time, due to the immense wealth of these lands, and the relative ease which was found in stealing it from the Peoples who were already there.
There was also the unnerving practice of kidnapping People from far off lands and enslaving them in those "new" lands, as well as the wholesale murders of indigenous Peoples and the slaughter of much of the native faunas.
The mineral "wealth" was exploited at an insane pace, much of it powered by the "mineral' mountains of coal removed from across the eastern 3rd of the North American continent, and the massive pools of oil that literally oozed out of the ground in the south and west.
Through all this, a state was "born", and its ability to consolidate power seemingly "snowballed" into what we see in it today.
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The Other States
Merely mentioning here The (former) USSR, Cuba, The DPRK, The PRC and The SRV (and not to leave out the many, many other "leftist" states and Peoples which continue to struggle to stay "alive", and the many which have not)
"States" born out of the need to protect themselves from the US State.
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The Environment
The aforementioned "carbon fuels", which have allowed the capitalist states, and to a lesser degree, the "Other States", to "move ahead" and "progress" have NO DOUBT become a serious problem. Humanity has not ever, in most of its deep history, been presented with such a pressing threat to it, and the irony of it all is that we Humans are SOLELY TO BLAME for this crisis.
It is a broad problem, at that. All of the "carbon" is extracted from the Earth in extremely destructive practices, and when much of the "carbon" is used, it is then discarded into the greater environment (sometimes not used at all. Literally spilled and/or strewn across the land, and poured into the seas)
Exhaust from burning it and plastics from refining it, then making containers and wrappers out of it. That's the majority of it. There are of course myriad uses for it, but those two make up the bulk of what enters the environment.
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The State Of Humanity
Consider, you who have been born into, and have lived most of your life in, "The US State"...
you have indeed been propagandized, manipulated, distracted, and otherwise made unaware of the hellish dystopia you are trapped in.
Consider that you are only MADE to "feel free"... that you are anything but.
Consider that this "indoctrination" comes from 'The Church", as well. Sometimes even blatantly used BY The US State to further this epic ruse.
Consider "TV", advertising, "radio" (mass media) and the structure of society itself. All of it is USED to keep the People "in the dark". (this includes The Internet, but I'm trying to keep this short)
Consider much of what you have come to understand as "Human Nature" is deeply flawed.
Consider that those with this power will use ALL their power to stay in power.
Consider that it has "broken" your mind.
The US State gains ALL of its power from this arrangement.
"Question Authority"
This is only one side of the coin, as it were...
Humanity in TOTAL consists of People, most of who are subject to this nightmare, either by being trapped in, and being part of the "Imperial Core", or by being the target of the US State.
Consider that you are no different than any other Person on this planet, when you brush away all the "baggage" and superficial aspects of our "being". We ALL have the same needs, live on the ONE AND ONLY planet we "have", and we all will die some day. Nuance that as you will, but you cannot deny those truths.
We are also compassionate. We are also social. We are also all we've got.
No ONE is going to save us... but US.
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Labels (and a short diatribe)
"tankie", "commie", anarchist, an-com, soc-dem, dem-soc, shit-lib, anddd... I'm stopping there.
Scrap all those terms. Stop using them, stop believing them.
Here in the Imperial Core, if you are anti-capitalist in any way, you are anti-capitalist, and that's it. It is impossibly silly to embrace the "state-ism" that is inherent in the term "tankie". That is never going to happen here. The US State is what brought about the "leftist states"... see above.
As well, being an atomized anarchist is folly. At some point The People are going to NEED a "hierarchy" of sorts to move our project forward. A "state" to ensure Humanity stays heading "to the left". Because there ARE "bad" people out there, and obviously many are not going to give up their power. Yet WE must work together to remove that power... take that power FROM THEM. We will never get anywhere by cowering in fear of their power or otherwise ignoring that truth. This is a perpetual struggle. Know this.
"Be ruthless with systems, but be kind to People."
The point is, we get NOWHERE in this struggle by fighting over "how left" each other is, or supposed future events and tactics we here in the Imperial Core are NEVER going to experience or use.
We bring down capitalism by not participating in it. That is a TALL ORDER. Almost impossible. But...
We CAN do this. Together.
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Real tactics, best practices
Education (deprogramming)
Electoral
Yes, it is true the electoral system in the Imperial Core is woefully bought and controlled by capital, but it still remains a fairly necessary layer to the full system. The key is to form parties which can hold power at the local level, and expand that "influence" out, at the same time as...
Dual Power
Literally the establishment of "power" that is without and separate of the US State. Creating all the civil programs * that the US State provides, but fully created and controlled by the People.
Mass Line
Actual Violence
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The More You Do To Help Move The People Forward, The More The People Move Forward
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