Resistance at this stage doesn’t look like the People™ taking to the streets and getting into fire fight with federal troops. That would be over and crushed in a matter of days. At this stage resistance is about building the necessary community connections to strengthen your position. Look into prefigurative politics and how they’ve factored into virtually every revolutionary project.
I used to think that Obama would just call us all up and have us storm the White House.
I have since learned, resisting fascism isn’t like a movie. It’s more like dealing with an ant infestation. It’s gross, it’s all in your food, and when you improve one area they’ve infested another. But eventually if you keep going at it, things improve and you do get your house back.
Resistance at this stage doesn’t look like the People™ taking to the streets and getting into fire fight with federal troops. That would be over and crushed in a matter of days. At this stage resistance is about building the necessary community connections to strengthen your position. Look into prefigurative politics and how they’ve factored into virtually every revolutionary project.
I used to think that Obama would just call us all up and have us storm the White House.
I have since learned, resisting fascism isn’t like a movie. It’s more like dealing with an ant infestation. It’s gross, it’s all in your food, and when you improve one area they’ve infested another. But eventually if you keep going at it, things improve and you do get your house back.
That’s a really elegant analogy. I’m going to use that in the future while trying to explain this concept to people. Thank you