Slop.

It's easy for us to sit here and sneer at the libs but these are the most reachable people in our communities and it is tiring work and it will be like hearing some of the worst reddit tier or .world tier arguments but we have to do it (those of us able of course).

Don't forget that when engaging with these people even if they disagree on the spot many of them will go on to repeat the exact things you said later. There's a weird pride thing that happens with a lot of people where they refuse to admit being wrong in an argument but take on board the messages and repeat them themselves.

The revolution won’t be uniformly distributed, and it mostly won’t be in the west. A lack of mobilization in one area does not at all prevent history from occurring.

People mostly follow by example. If genuine revolution breaks out somewhere else, it will shift the prevailing discourse even in the slumbering areas. Those who at one moment seemed irrelevant will suddenly make names for themselves as they meet the moment.

In my area the movement is growing. Its also a solid coalition of many diverse orgs, think PSL, PYM, and other decent M-L orgs. The number of volunteers is growing. I saw on PSL Los Angeles (not where I live but I follow their instagram for interest) that there was a line around their block for the organizing meeting, just hours after the march.

People are hungry for getting organized, people are inspired by MN, and in places with strong coalitions involving M-L orgs, I think the movement still has potential to grow at a rapid pace. I don't know when we will get to a true "nationwide general strike" territory, but I am feeling the optimism from being out there today.

In order to illuminate the physical realities that shaped the conduct of medieval warfare, this chapter traces out the military topography of fortifications, along with their associated infrastructure of roads, ports, and bridges, inherited by medieval Europe from the Roman Empire, and then discusses the multifaceted ways in which medieval polities sought to maintain, expand upon, renew, and ultimately transform this physical infrastructure to suit their needs.

It was not, however, only physical structures that the medieval world inherited from Rome, but also legal and administrative practices, practical engineering handbooks, and even patterns of military thinking. Consequently, we draw attention to the ongoing influence of Roman law and institutions, as well as technological expertise on the organization by medieval governments of the human, material, and financial resources that were necessary to construct and sustain their own military topographies.

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lmao yeah same. The old CTH sub did a lot of heavy lifting bullying me to learn and become more principled.

and you would've deserved it. as would past me.

I was bullied into reading theory on the old sub and that's how I became a principled marxist

Saaaame lol

Same tbh

I hope no video survives of me chanting "audit the fed" in 2011...

What? I mean, what is the point in bringing a giant constitution of the US to a protest like this and carrying it around like a sacred artifact?

What do liberals think will happen when they protest in this way? It feels like they are praying to the US civil religion to smite their enemies, rather than organising and working towards specific goals when they do this. This is just pure empty spectacle. And maybe I'm coming across more abrasive than I intended, but I genuinely do what to know what the thought process is behind this, because it makes it easier to understand why they do it and how to direct them towards more effective forms of resistance.

Sovereign Citizenification of the American Liberal