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   Abolisyonista (abolisyonista@ni.hil.ist)'s status on Monday, 02-Feb-2026 22:55:55 JST Abolisyonista

   “Occupy the factories” is the new “don't siege Stalingrad, just take it immediately.” I'm tired of phrasemongering. Why won't and why can't we occupy the factories? Should we even? Let's start with that.

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     Rich Puchalsky ⩜⃝ (richpuchalsky@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 02-Feb-2026 23:29:53 JST Rich Puchalsky ⩜⃝

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     @abolisyonista

     Every contemporary protest in my society interrupts circulation / commerce, not production. Is everyone wrong? Possible but not that likely.

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     Rich Puchalsky ⩜⃝ (richpuchalsky@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 02-Feb-2026 23:29:54 JST Rich Puchalsky ⩜⃝

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     @abolisyonista

     "Can people actually do it or not" is far down the chain of questions about why this might not be good. Another one is "do factories even matter in this society, are they actually more than a marginal source of power for the ruling class".

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     Abolisyonista (abolisyonista@ni.hil.ist)'s status on Monday, 02-Feb-2026 23:29:55 JST Abolisyonista

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     At least people CAN call their representatives, precisely under the delimitations imposed by normalcy. “Just do thing”—the thing people can't do, many saying people should do thing don't even know why people can't or won't do thing. At least insurrectionary nihilists are honest people can't do thing.