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    13 days ago

    These things don’t happen all at once, or all organically. The conditions make it easier to get through to people on a point like this, but they will still benefit greatly from guiding voices. The media apparatus is practiced at redirecting people’s ire in various wrong directions, so part of our task is getting past that to make sure people are not being led astray.

    The other thing to keep in perspective is that “the majority” is a lot of people. It would be unreasonable to expect that outcome in any country, while the various state apparatuses and inertia are in place. What is most needed as a foundation is people who can build an alternative. It’s not as though western countries are going to pass a threshold of disliking the government and then automatically press the revolution button. Probably what would happen if the majority saw it as fundamentally awful, is the exploiting classes would sell them on the idea of reformists in office and some people would fold on their views if/when they see the system reforming at all.

    Point being, popularity/unpopularity only goes so far. Organizing and tactics are what turn potential into substantial change.