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Oh but they have a lot to show for it. Ask anyone living in Iran. Or Israel.
Just not in the USA itself.
What a weird concept.
Everybody in the world can see what American money buys, except Americans.
We can see it just fine. There's nothing we can do. If you say take arms and start killing people, you'll get a nice ban. Even if we did that, tye rich would hide in their secret bunkers until we all died and buy our houses for pennies on the dollar, and then they'll be in your country buying all your stuff because it still will not be enough.
Workers can still practice the age-old mantra, educate, agitate, organize. Revolutions are made by the people, but they do not succeed without mass class consciousness and organized leadership. This is where making worker parties come in, by creating educated and disciplined worker organizations, through collective struggle the people come to more correct understandings of the class struggle. The answer isn't to take up arms immediately, because the people aren't unified. This can only come through consistent, deliberate education.
There is consistent, deliberate miseducation, propaganda, and psyops on a mass scale. It will be interesting to see how society adapts to survive it when there are cameras and precrime detection algos everywhere.
I heard Florida banned Flock. Assuming that's not a cover story for giving a contract to someone's other surveillance company, that's decent news. I wouldn't expect such a shitty state to make such a progressive decision.
There are certainly obstacles to organizing. Nobody said the work was easy! The critical point is that it isn't impossible either, though, and that's why it's necessary to retain revolutionary optimism.
I think some did not see it till it was used internally but are waking up. unfortunately some still are blind to it.