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How will we start a revolution in the United States (lemmygrad.ml)
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The left is far to divided and needs a central leader. The advantage the liberals and conservatives have are that their parties are not fractured. The two party system also prevents any way to win democratically so the only way to do this would be a revolution. But to have a revolution you must have the people on your side and Americans tend to look at a central leader like a president as the representation of a movement. How should we unite all of the different leftists under one leader so that there can be a united opposition. We also need to get more people to understand that currently America is not a true democracy and that the only way to fix this is with violence. Currently we need far more comrades like Luigi to remove the bourgeoisie with violence. If there are people with nothing left to lose some brave comrade should give them a weapon so they can do something.

For those of us living in the USA discussing theory won't change anything. Only action will. United we will win, fractured we will fall.

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[–] honeyontoast@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 1 week ago (3 children)

There's a really good reading guide in the sidebar of this community, and Cowbee has their own here: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/6218252

I recommend reading through them, because they will cover everything you're thinking about.

As a quick answer, though:

For those of us living in the USA discussing theory won’t change anything.

Marx himself said "The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it." and virtually everyone here will agree. However, if you don't understand the theory then how on Earth can you challenge capitalism? You will be doomed if you do not understand how to apply dialectical materialism to your own country. Marxism isn't a dogma, that's why theory is so important.

How should we unite all of the different leftists under one leader so that there can be a united opposition.

You will never get everyone to agree fully, but you can get most people on board by talking about the problems and showing how Marxism can be a solution. If you want to unite people, go spread the word.

Currently we need far more comrades like Luigi to remove the bourgeoisie with violence.

Randomly popping off a capitalist doesn't actually fix anything you know? They're just replaced by another capitalist. The system itself needs to be removed. That can only happen when the working class achieves sufficient class consciousness.

[–] Comrade1917@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Yes randomly killing capitalists changes nothing if it is just one. If enough people did what Luigi did there would be no capitalists to control the government. I agree that this alone is not enough but the fact that many people agree with Luigi shows that people are willing to use violence as a solution but are not yet willing to do it themselves. it is up to us to convince them that we can rise up and overthrow the capitalists. .

[–] honeyontoast@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 1 week ago

@cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml gave an excellent reply so rather than reiterate what they said, I recommend their comment to understand why you can't just pop off capitalists and expect change.

Really truly, although it might feel counterproductive the best way forward is to sit down and read.

[–] haui@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 week ago

Not if they dont know how, aka read.