From a German perspective let me tell you this: Your grandkids won’t give a rat’s ass who you voted for. They’ll ask in what ways you personally opposed the regime. Revolution isn’t just your right, it’s also your duty. Find your courage and go to that protest.
But cover your identifying features and make sure you have a means of self-defense.
PSA : Victor Hugo was a huge PoS. And it saddens me because boy do I use to love his writings.
Could you elaborate on that ? I am genuinely curious
I tried to find a translated version but didn’t found one. Being told how great a humanist Hugo was, I was genuinely angry no one told me until univ about his views on colonization and racism.
It’s not the average XIXth century politician vaguely colonial and racist prejudices. He’s one of the main advocates of colonialism, even among his peers.
You can try to translate his Discourse on Africa to get an idea of where he stands. Here’s a mtl excerpt :
"What a land this Africa is! Asia has its history, America has its history, Australia itself has its history; Africa has no history; a sort of vast and obscure legend envelops it. […]
Already, the two colonizing peoples, who are two great free peoples, France and England, have seized Africa; France holds it by the west and the north; England holds it by the east and the south. Now Italy accepts its share of this colossal task. America joins its efforts to ours; for the unity of peoples is revealed in everything. Africa matters to the universe. [I] limit myself, and this will be my last word, to noting this detail, which is only a detail, but which is immense: in the nineteenth century, the white man made a man of the black man; in the twentieth century, Europe will make a world of Africa. […] Come on, Peoples! Seize this land. Take it. From whom? From no one. "
Huh interesting (no need for a translated version i am french)
Lafargue’s essay on Victor Hugo is pretty entertaining.
Looking forward to talking with people tomorrow and learning why they are there. There’s an entire dartboard of shit to be pissed off about, and I’d bet it often differs from my grievances or what you hear most on Lemmy.
Is this a road block? Why are some of the markers at an intersection
The big ones are at state capitols. For those that can’t make it to their capitol, there are smaller protests in places of high traffic…so yeah, intersections and bridges.
People like you are the reason others stay away from these protests. We have a dog in this fight, if you want to tear down the Trump admin you should be making their opponents your allies not your enemies.
How is protesting against Trump making Trump’s opponents your enemies?
Accelerationist Tankies and Anarchists sometimes reject the DNC and Independents, current and future, as an avenue of change and reform. They tell you to burn down the fire station, to barricade the building that signs checks to hospitals, etc.
We need the DNC and tbeir supporters to work with us to achieve change.
Why not both? You can protest and organize at the same time. In fact it’s there are usually better outcomes when both happen simultaneously.
Read the post inner caption. It is explicitly anti-political-action. “Politicians won’t save us.”
What’s wrong with that statement? I read that as : “Don’t sit idle and expect your elected leaders will do everything for you. Your involvement is necessary for the change you want to see”.
How are you reading it?
“Politicians won’t save you, revolution is a right”
Can equal
“Trust no one, tear everything down.”
I suppose it could be intentionally vague or open to interpretation, but I would prefer a more unifying message like “take back the power” or “together we can fix things” rather than “none of them will help you”
“Politicians won’t save you, revolution is a right”
The “politicians won’t save us” was part of the OP poster’s quote. The part about “revolution is a right” is part of a Victor Hugo quote.
It looks like you’re gluing two pieces together as one that never existed in the original to take issue with it. Read some Victor Hugo for the context of his quote to gain a better understanding of its origin in history and how it relates to today.
I suppose it could be intentionally vague or open to interpretation, but I would prefer a more unifying message like “take back the power” or “together we can fix things” rather than “none of them will help you”
You’re changing the entire message. The original is calling out the need for change, but not advocating what or how that change is enacted of affected. You’re prescribing the solution with your “take back the power” or “together we can fix things”. You’re welcome to do that with your own messaging, but that is very different than the OPs. What OP’s is doing isn’t wrong, it just isn’t where you want it to go.
Oh my apologies, is the literal message being shared not the message you think is intended to be shared? Wow. Incredible.
