Shock new poll shows that adults increasingly think political violence is necessary to ‘get country back on track’
U.S. increasingly thinks political violence necessary to fix country: poll
Majority of those surveyed still disagree with political violence
Whether people think it's necessary or not is irrelevant.
Fascism is an open expression of political violence. It needs violence, it creates violence, it supports violence, it thrives on violence.
Political violence is already here. It just may not have reached you yet.
Sadly, I have to agree with this. It does not necessarily follow that the response must be violent, but we need to be honest about what's happening. Trump is already using violence against us, it's just a matter of who has and hasn't been affected by it yet.
Also, when people talk about opposing political violence, in reality they're mostly opposing political violence spreading to the elites responsible.
Notice there was no mainstream discussion of political violence until an elite who encouraged violence got shot.
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants
-Thomas Jefferson
Not exactly a new concept.
The founding fathers were a murderous bunch who tortured and killed colonist that did not agree to their hostile takeover. They engaged in terrorism and created massive propaganda campaigns full of lies and manipulation.
A broken clock etc
TFW the people who support genocide try to lecture you about supporting violence.
Right, because protest voting against Harris has made everything better.
Stupid dumbfucks invited the Nazis to take unilateral power and still don't get it through their lead brains.
I have never voted against Harris actually, I don’t know what you mean…
We need a general strike. The country would be brought to its knees if deprived of profit and labor. That tactic was extremely effective in Chile in 2019, and had they not fallen for the trick of liberal reform, they would've had a successful revolution on their hands with virtually no bloodshed.
If you aren't in a union (or even if you are, it's worth dual-carding), please consider joining the IWW to unionize your workplace (bonus: you'll get higher wages, better benefits, and more time off if you succeed!) to strengthen a general strike if we finally manage to enact one.
The UAW is planning one for May 1st 2028, but it could happen sooner.
And for our international friends, you should join one as well, as fascism is gaining momentum globally. If your country isn't listed below, just contact the IWW directly in the link above.
Been looking into dual carding myself. Recently moved to a new city but would love to keep my home card if they let me
Part of fascism — consolidating power in general — is ensuring that your opponents have no peaceful option left to regain power. If they resort to violence, it’s an excuse to destroy them. If they don’t resort to violence, there are still many ways to craft a casus belli to justify the purge.
We on the left spent decades trying to warn people about the fascists, but people are so incredibly stupid and hateful that they cheerfully handed over all the power to those monsters. Now it’s too late and violence is inevitable.
You don’t have to be “on the left”. It’s not left versus right, it’s fucking psycho idiots versus sensible, reasonable people. The “right” is just a polite way of saying “fucking psycho idiots”.
Lol, the good old left is good and right is bad... :)
You actually think it works like that... People who vote left are wise loving human beings dedicated to saving the planet, while the right side is responsible for all the evil..
I guess thats what politics does to your mind. You actually think left vs right is good vs evil.
The "majority" in the survey only think this because it hasn't impacted them yet. Once it does, they'll slowly come to terms with reality.
EDIT: I am of course, advocating for more Luigis. Just wanted to make that clear.
This is why we need every person on the right who's not too far gone to join us. Civil War will accomplish nothing accept hurting ourselves. It's us versus power not left vs right
I do think it's possible to vote your way into a situation you cannot vote yourself out of.
Like, for example, the way the system is currently setup gives much more representation (and therefore power) to smaller states. To change that, we would need to amend the constitution which would require a super majority. When have institutions willingly voted to give up their unearned power?
This reminds me of how much I hate the US's voting system. It's almost as much as I hate how complacent the general American population is about it as if it's somehow fair.