AnarchoNinaWrites
I dunno, people keep telling me "you never offer solutions" but the reality is I keep telling you all that the ONLY solution is to topple these fuckers; it's the only solution to climate crisis, it's the only solution to fascism, it's the only solution to capitalist extraction and exploitation when rich people have captured our states.
I never said it would be easy, but it's not *me* who isn't serious or hasn't studied the problems. I didn't build the hellworld but the way out is clear.
AnarchoNinaWrites
The plain truth is that these people, the rich, the ruling classes have made it ABUNDANTLY clear that they do not care whether you live or die. That they have EVERY intention of driving us right off the ecological cliff to maintain their power and wealth. That they are not going to stop no matter how much you beg them to.
So you must make them. Maybe you can do that politically, but it sure as shit won't be through parties that WORK for the rich people. One way or another, you must FORCE it.
AnarchoNinaWrites
Your options look something like:
Seize back your governments
Terrify the rich so much they surrender
Fight to the death
That's pretty much it. It's not my fault you don't LIKE those conclusions, but that doesn't make the reality of our situation any less true. You're not going to drop a ballot in a box once every four years and forget about it. Your leaders have betrayed you and rich people intend to grind you up for pennies on the share; more or less literally.
They're already AT war.
AnarchoNinaWrites
The "Very Serious People" are not going to save you, they're in on the game. You have hit the "smash and grab" stage of our society and it could not be any clearer that the watchmen have all been bought off.
So you're going to have to decide whether or not you want to die for these people, or fight back. And I'm sorry to say, they have no intention of going quietly. Maybe, we build so much power they realize the fight is useless. But this will not be an orderly changing of the guard.
AnarchoNinaWrites
If you want to know what their end game looks like, take a look around you because it's already apparent and the process is happening as you speak. They intend to wax billions of us so they can keep their power, and keep doing capitalism for perhaps three more generations. That's WHY they keep selling you Malthusian overpopulation propaganda, that's why they rig the laws, that's WHY they're installing fascism - they know you won't vote to die for them, so they're taking away your right to choose
AnarchoNinaWrites
They do not have a plan to save you; their plan is literally to kill you, to preserve their power, their wealth, their way of life. I'm talking about the capitalist class here, rich people, the folks who own everything and truly run out society. The plan, is exactly what you see happening now; hell on earth, with a luxury class that lives above and beyond the destruction - the species be fucking damned.
They're not going to change their minds, unless you MAKE them do so.
AnarchoNinaWrites
This is not my fault, I didn't do this, I didn't want this; but you don't get to PICK when someone declares war on you. You don't have a CHOICE when the rich and powerful decide you're surplus to their requirements. They're not going to give you a vote on whether or not you and yours are targeted for genocide. They're dead serious, and by now, on boiling planet, surrounded by nazis, with the capitalist class taking more and more from you every day, you should have no illusions about their plans.
AnarchoNinaWrites
It's a simple problem:
Either capitalism, particularly extractivist fossil fuel capitalism, goes, or a planet that can support 8 billion + people does. There is no third option, and yes, the rich people, including the political class they have bought and own, have already picked capitalism.
Fight, or die. Revolution, or extinction. Maybe you can win without violence, but don't pretend the other team has any qualms about force, fascism, and murder to keep their power. They tell you so every day
AnarchoNinaWrites
Despite what they tell you about me, I do not enjoy this moment. I have not been wishing and waiting for this. I have spent half a lifetime looking for another way. As far as I can tell, there isn't one. The past four years, at every COP summit, I have watched them openly plan to kill billions - to turn vast swathes of the planet into carbon sacrifice zones. When they do that, where will the people THERE go? Right.
You will fight, somehow, or you & people just like you, will be exterminated.
AnarchoNinaWrites
There is absolutely nothing they won't do, to preserve their power, their way of life, their capitalist extraction. Not police states, not political suppression, not fascism, not genocide - they have literally told you this openly, if you know how to read the data/statements/political maneuverings.
Rich people, the states they own, the power they control, are not just planning this now; they're doing it. And if all we bring to the table is begging for our lives, they'll succeed.
AnarchoNinaWrites
As I said above, maybe you can get out of this without violence. Maybe you can leverage the fact that there a billions of us, and only a few hundred thousand of the ruling classes. But they intend to fight, and they intend to win, and they intend to kill billions to do it. Which means at a minimum, you're going to have to scare the shit out of them and topple the capitalists. Come READY to fight, and maybe they surrender. But that won't happen if you're not prepared to actually do it regardless.
AnarchoNinaWrites
Again, I'm sorry. I didn't want this. I know reading this scares you, I know thinking about this hurts you; that's because you have something we call humanity. They have the profit motive and a general disdain for human life. They demonstrate that every day, in every way. I'm not trying to scare you, and if I thought there were other answers, I'd tell you.
There simply aren't as far as I can tell. So I wait for the rest of the species to find their courage. Because I can't fight them alone.
AnarchoNinaWrites
Don't ask me how. There are perhaps a million books on how to build power; read some of them. There are guides on how to organize; learn them. There are already groups of people all over the world doing both of these things; join them. You never needed me to tell you how and you know it. The problem is not "how" - it's will. What you NEED me for, is to tell you there is no other easier way until you believe it enough to act. And I'm trying; I swear, I'm trying. The "how" is the easy part.
AnarchoNinaWrites
There are like 8 billion of "us" and a few hundred thousand of them; perhaps if you want to include class traitors/security forces, they might be able to put a few millions in our way. Asking me "how" is some Dril Candle Math bullshit. This is not an unsolvable problem. The hard part remains the will to fight back. The energy, desire and courage, to take back the world they are stealing from you right before your very eyes. To not go quietly to extinction because "rich man said so." You know it.
AnarchoNinaWrites
You don't need a leader; there are leaders among you already. You don't need an instructor; there are teachers all around you trying to show you how to build power, how to organize, how to fight back, and yes how to do revolution.
You need a spine. And I'm trying my ass off to give you all one, but it's slow going. Half the time I scare you so much you start screaming for the cops. You know the score, you just have to decide if you're willing to die for rich people; they've already decided.
AnarchoNinaWrites
Look you can call me crazy, you can pretend I'm violent, you can say I'm wrong. But I'm not the one planning genocides, plural. I'm not the one openly planning the extermination of billions. I'm not the one purposely turning the planet to ash for profit. I'm not the one installing fascism because it's the only way to maintain the power to do all this while folks like you and I perish violently. Accepting reality isn't crazy, what's crazy is letting it happen to you in the open without a fight.
AnarchoNinaWrites
There are solutions, besides storming the Winter Palace. There are no solutions that don't involve convincing the rich and powerful people killing you for money, that you're prepared to do so. Who is not being serious now?
I'm going to bed now; sleep well, just don't sleep too long.
Andrew
@AnarchoNinaWrites
Great thread. I agree with everything you said.
It's revolution or perish at this point, the choice is that binary. The elites have been at war with the rest of us for decades, just most people aren't actually aware they're at war and so are complacent and apathetic
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