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It feels like nothing because the ~~release valve~~ Democratic Party was able to co-opt it into voting for Joe Biden, now he and Kamala lost an election and the same piggie that (explicitly) encouraged unadulterated and premeditated police violence is back in office.
So when we say the Left does nothing, it’s because it doesn’t capture the revolutionary energy in any way except chants, marches, and some arson; which if anyone remembers the 2020 riots, there was a weirdo with an umbrella walking around setting fire to things. An organized revolutionary movement could/should have seized the police precinct, escaped with guns and armor, and released all the investigate files, missives and software that the police own.
2020 Uprising was a moment of revolutionary potential, where many things could have happened, but didn’t. They were feet, or yards, away from the White House; Trump was even escorted to shelter like a scared little fascist. So yeah, the potential was there.
I’ll say this. The ruling class reaction has been to shore up their attack dogs through cop cities all over the country (because of race and climate change) they expect this country to catch on fire. So it’s very obvious they are scared of the people. So it’s not nothing.