the decision of what’s possible or impossible shoudln’t be done through ideological discourse but through empirical practice
I agree with this. However, It has now been almost two hundred years of empirical practice, and the data is in.
“People who do real world organizing aren’t concerned with niche ephemera such as which organizing techniques actually work in the real world.”
So that there can be any kind of substantiative conversation at all
Absolute spineless follower shit, you would 100% have done nothing to oppose slavery
In short, it’s like trying to solve the problem of an overflowing septic tank by hooking up your house to a second, identical tank: you have not actually solved the central problem, only delayed and worsened it’s consequences.
It’s a lot closer to what you said than this:
So your all proposing we purge every other year
is to what anyone said.
“Hey we need to build proletarian organizations to channel political energy in a non-dead end direction”
You:
Honest question, why can you guys never go five seconds without proving the adage that all reactionary politics is sexual pathology
“Sure the game is rigged and the stack of bottles is glued together, but we just have to throw the ball really hard.”
They’re in the Epstein files
Yes
The difference is not a matter of moral fiber but strategic positioning. The western part of Russia is surrounded by NATO countries over land borders. The capitalist bloc simply can’t threaten China in the same way, and if they could then we would be seeing a similar response.
More like the flu for you or cancer for two million other people. Given the choice, we know which you prefer.
You just said “at least some democrats have the decency to lie to my face before doing the same things I would rightfully see republicans dead for doing.”
And all that lost progress, all those minds that could have changed the world consigned to a lifetime of stocking shelves or stitching T shirts.
You should release a Netflix stand-up special where the promo image is you doing the Dreamworks Face with caution tape over your mouth