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"As revolutionaries, we don't have the right to say that we're tired of explaining. We must never stop explaining. We also know that when the people understand, they cannot but follow us. In any case, we, the people, have no enemies when it comes to peoples. Our only enemies are the imperialist regimes and organizations." Thomas Sankara, 1985

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not even Jeffrey Eipstein could make people form class conciousness (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 3 days ago by opiumfree@lemmygrad.ml to c/thedeprogram@lemmygrad.ml

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I decided to not be bitter and i followed a liberal influencer for like a week (they dont make political content usually) but today they posted that BULLSHIT about how trump is causing wars as a cover for the files and i had to unfollow. nobody is starting wars over that, theyre starting wars for capital and resources.

what the fuck is a ”eipstein class”? just those guys on the files? are the billionaires who refused or were not invited alright with you?

and of course the religious zealots doing the bit about how eipstein was satan incarnate while churning out money for their pastor to buy a new mansion.

the prolecattleiat is not being elevated to sapience by this situation alone. people have to read theory which is why i encourage them to do so. libs, anarchists and conservatives have the balls to talk about how mao, stalin and other leaders were also pedophiles or ray peests so communism is not worth it either so we just need a matriarchy as if a capitalist system would be fine if women were in charge.

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[–] GreatSquare@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

These experiences are radicalizing people. The fact we benefit from imperialism isn’t being felt; we cannot feel or perceive it. The privilege might be there but you’d be hard pressed to find an American struggling to survive who feels like they got it better than somebody else in the world.

They may not perceive their advantages but the advantages exist. If the advantage of the USD value went away, they would be even worse off than they currently are. So it is AGAINST their material interest to lose the power of the USD.

Because of that, the path towards a socialist revolution in the US is not straightforward.

It's actually not in the world's interest to see a USD collapse either. Some sort of black swan event could cause that and then everyone worldwide will have no choice but deal with it.

[–] pyromaiden@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

USD value doesn't really matter. The U.S. is obscenely wealthy in many ways that go beyond just the value of our currency. Conditions might worsen immediately but the infrastructure exists to negate that effect relatively quickly - more so than many other countries could. We have a vast territory with extensive resources and a large agricultural sector. The biggest hurdle is rebuilding domestic industry, but we're still starting off from a far better position than China or Russia did.

Obviously the shape of an American socialist revolution is going to be shaped by its conditions and will likely not resemble what happened in China or Russia as a consequence. The initial shape might look more like modern China and Vietnam than, say, the USSR at any point in its history. But we will still require a revolution to make this happen. It's not something we can just vote on a ballot for.

[–] GreatSquare@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 days ago

USD value doesn’t really matter. The U.S. is obscenely wealthy in many ways that go beyond just the value of our currency.

The world operates on a global market especially for commodities like crude oil, fertilizer, natural gas, iron ore etc. Even if it is produced domestically, the base price is set based on the world's supply and demand. If the USD falls in value, many resources are inputs to the economy. Fertilizer affects agriculture for instance.