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It's wild how many people seem to think that winning a revolution would somehow be easier than winning an election.
This is what I'm saying!! People keep being like "we can't possibly solve things through voting! That would involve massive organizing, getting everyone on the same page, making compromises and settling for less than perfection, and it would be subject to the influence of mega-wealthy donors and an opposition-controlled media environment! We just have to have a revolution so we don't have to deal with any of those things!"
And it's like. I'd be less annoyed about what are obviously people who are hurt and frustrated lashing out if they didn't act like I was a fucking fascist for saying "I don't think massive amounts of death and violence will help this situation, actually"
What is to be done by Lenin. Haven't read it yet tho. Conquest of Bread by Kropotkin is pretty good, but it's more after the fact. Mostly just gotta look at what folks have done before in moments like this and adapt it to your specific circumstances. It's why I regularly point towards the work of Lucio Urtubia during the Franco regime.