revolution always only happens because of the violent repression of peaceful protest or disruptions. the violence of revolution is much vilified by those in the West, even those on the left. in reality, the violence of the state is almost always 1. first and 2. worse.
the origins of modern policing were slave-patrols. the police exist to repress the working and enslaved classes and protect private business interest. in this way, the police are performing their primary function by beating up college students sitting on their college campuses writing signs about how we should stop bombing kids. if you still think the police are for deterring crime then you've bought into a lie. police never arrest white collar criminals, they never arrest war criminals, they never enforce the laws when the laws are inconvenient to the interests of the ruling class.
the violence of counter-revolution, and indeed the violence of simply maintaining the status quo is plain to see. at what point does calling for change become the less violent alternative? how much blood must be spilled? how many conscientious people's lives upended?
ok so can we stop having prepper be a dirty word now that Mark fucking Zuckerberg has a prepper bug out compound in Hawaii? like shit, I'm not fucking crazy for having a bunch of canned goods, you're the fucking crazy one if you haven't damn well noticed the entire ruling class building houses in the wilderness like bunkers and buying bulletproof cars
maybe I am a bit of an accelerationist in that I really think that it's gonna take things getting much worse before they get better. people are too complacent, they'll be Voting Blue even as they know capitalism is the problem. An alternative economic and political system is what we need to begin building and spreading so we have higher numbers for when the moment is right. I don't know what qualifies the right moment, but it will likely be yet one more atrocity.