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I understand what you're trying to do with the 'class is the only thing that matters', but I don't think that is going to fly well in the US, specifically and especially when trying to get groups with troubled histories between one another to work together.
Trying to unify people by ignoring or erasing their personal or communal identities and histories is not going to be effective at unification IMO.
You sound like a Russian propagandist. It's us against billionaires trying to eat our planet. It doesn't get more complex than that.
1 person does not get to decide how 99% of the resources are spent.
I can assure you i'm not a Russian propagandist. You can look through my post history if you don't believe me. I'd argue right now it's pretty clear that the comment I'm replying to is unapologetically the propaganda here. It's not even that I disagree with the sentiment. It's just a bad argument for winning over folks in the US, which is full of division, and diversity of culture and opinion.
Just, like, think for even a second about who you are trying to unite against billionaires. It includes black communities, and the police who have often terrorized and weakened those communities. It includes both those who are homeless and NIMBY communities who've constantly lobbied to deny those homeless any type of help. It includes immigrants, and blue collar workers who've constantly attacked immigrants.
Regardless of whether this violence was motivated by the oppression of the ruling class, these are still actively ongoing acts of violence between working class individuals and groups. That bad blood shouldn't be ignored. The tagline " the ruling class is our only enemy" rings hollow for those actively being attacked by other groups within the working class. The solution should not be to hand-wavingly say "let's all just get along and unite forces". It needs to be actively engaging with these groups, and winning people over by actually stopping the violence they experience locally.
BuT MUh ViolEnT RevOlUtiOn!!!
Well said. Some of the people who post here are just nuts. Or edgy teens. Keep fighting the good fight for actually having nuance and common sense.
We're not going to vote our way out of this. Violent revolution should not be the first step, however working within the system has done fuck all to stop the accumulation of wealth at the top. There is no war but class war means all of us that aren't billionaires are in this together.