Its revolution or revolution
Its gonna be revolution isnt it?
this post was submitted on 05 Nov 2025
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I think this is about as realistic as those, "I'm moving to Canada if Trump wins" polls. It measures, with huge error bars, whether or not the person questioned thinks politics are "good" right now.
what do you all think a trump voter thinks a revolution would look like
Probably some Turner Diaries shit
Not even an exaggeration; I recall someone once asking Kirk-hole when they can finally fight back violently (he used more definitive words) and Kirky got this look of fear and realized his fans were dangerous hillbillies and had to say he doesn't support violence or violent solutions.
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Doing laps around the KFC drivethrough
Probably aryanisation action aimed at minorities. I'm more interested what an average Harris voter would think revolution would look like, pelting Trump with eggs and then back to brunch? Gastric revolution?
99% of those people aren't ready in the least for what that means...
Of course not, but the key part here is that large swaths of the population no longer have faith in the social contract. That number is only going to keep growing because there are no correction mechanism within the system that can reverse the trend of declining material conditions.
"What do you MEAN revolution isn't some pleasant picnic or party where all sides get together to sing kumbaya and set aside our differences for the greater good? What do you MEAN it involves violence? That doesn't align with what people have told me!"
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Nobody here is ready for it, yet we all agree it’s necessary
That's why liberals are so terrified of revolution. It won't happen until the people here are pushed absolutely to the brink, they're terrified of violence (and honestly should be). But the politicians in charge keep pushing the people to that brink.
if only they cared about the daily violence of the status quo
If only lol
The paperwork alone would put anybody off.
Absolutely unsurprising to me. This number is only going to grow and grow.
It's gonna happen.
As it stands: bad guys win 10/10 of the simulations.
nah
:yea:
Now ask them what that revolution means.
Holding a sign above the highway that says "honk 4 veterans"
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I feel like that math adds up to “civil war” which is unfortunate
To my knowledge there hasn't been a successful socialist revolution that didn't include what you would usually call a civil war.
The Russian Revolution was successful at consolidating state power and building a bit of socialism for a few years before the civil war. I think a revolution in the US would resemble the Russian revolution far more than China or Vietnam or most other socialist revolutions that happened in a colonial context.
There’s the couple of places like the GDR that skipped civil war and replaced it with a world war and military occupation, which honestly feels more likely in the U.S. than a civil war leading to positive outcomes
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I don't know what "fortunate" looks like right now. The future is ugly
burgers think that electing obama or trump was the revolution, and then act surprised at their dinner parties.
Bama 'came the prezdent; racim ober
-average MAGA hillbilly
95% of Americans won't wear masks during an active pandemic of an airborne pathogen for which the only legitimate cure at present is prevention. Commiting to a level of hygiene annoyance which is less than a maxi pad was too much for us as a society. Forgive me for rolling my eyes.
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I find the pessimism in the comments here to be pretty disappointing. Yeah of course Americans aren't ready for revolution, of course right-wingers have warped views of the world, but the large-scale view that we need radical change is a completely harvestable one. Even if you disagree and think we're doomed to barbarism/major civil war, basically the only way to help with that is left-wing orgs providing hope, leadership and promulgating real avenues for change.
If your response is anything other than "We need more and bigger orgs to help people and take leadership", then I'm not sure you're respondin' right.
I find the pessimism in the comments here to be pretty disappointing
Ironically, it reveals how disinterested your average Hexbear American is in actually organizing a revolution. If you swear it's impossible despite any evidence, then you have no obligation to do anything. Better just to be cynical online!
It's hard to imagine a bigger coward and worm than someone who swears that they are a revolutionary communist but acerbically mocks the people when they express any interest in that.
Are you still wearing a mask in public spaces? Is anyone in your org? Talk to me about cowardice.
e. to make myself absolutely clear, how seriously do you take COVID, and if prevention via mandatory respirators at any demonstration or meeting is not the expected bare minimum conduct, why not? What world do you think you are building? If this is not up there with climate action on your itinerary, any world you imagine is not equitable. It is not sustainable. It is certainly not revolutionary.
Yeah its very bleak. Im the only masker in my org (and even in 2021 when i joined, everyone was chomping at the bit to start antimasking), and taking precautions means im left out of a lot of the social and community building stuff unless I'm willing to sit masked in a superspreader dinner
I cant stop organizing bc id feed even worse about myself, but fuck its depressing when even communists are just fine with ableism.and eugenics and will swallow propanda whole and endorse the liberal line of covid being over. Me and my family is just acceptable losses to them
Can you clarify your questions? I am wearing a mask at all times outside of my house; generally even in my car so I don't forget to bring one wherever I am going. Is this cowardice or bravery?
It is correct, not cowardly. I made an edit to hopefully clear any further confusion. I very much dislike the "coward" polemic from anyone calling themselves radical or revolutionary (hah!) when I know they all pulled the mask off along with everyone else years ago. That is cowardice.
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Exactly, the solution is for people who have spent the time to educate themselves to start helping others. What we're seeing is that there is a collapse of faith in the current system which makes people open to new ideas. That should be seen as an opportunity to start organizing because more people than ever are actually willing to listen.
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Is this what they call "the iron being hot"?
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