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Fight the oligarchy by supporting my good friends the oligarchy (europe.pub)

submitted 2 weeks ago by K1nsey6@lemmy.world to c/latestagecapitalism@lemmy.world

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[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Says who? Your interpretation of it as such is your own business.

Have you seen how people talk about these protests? Maybe there's a silent majority of people who know they're going to a glorified resistance-themed hangout, but then again maybe there's actually a yeti on Mars and we just haven't seen it yet.

And even if it were "sold" as such, that does not diminish the real value of networking.

Networking only has value if you know it's merely networking; it can never be a substitute for real work.

Each event is a new opportunity for new people to join,

Like I said, there's a fundamental limit on the supply of new people.

it's a new opportunity for repeat attendees to meet even more of each other.

Which they should be able to do in the direct action the first five rounds of No Kings have presumably gotten them started on.

I personally know several people who have become more involved in various direct action groups as an immediate consequence of going to these rallies.

What kind of direct action?

Just because you personally aren't seeing the result doesn't mean it isn't happening.

Sure, but it means there's not enough results.

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Networking only has value if you know it's merely networking;

Says who? Plenty of things work without people understanding their true nature.

Like I said, there's a fundamental limit on the supply of new people.

There's zero evidence that we're anywhere even remotely close to that limit. Every one of these had been bigger than the previous one.

there's not enough results.

How about you start your own multi-million person resistance movement and start getting your own results, instead of griping about how No Kings isn't doing things the way you'd personally do them.

You seem so confident in your assessment of how things should be happening, surely you can whip up a proper direct action movement real quick, and then the No Kings participants will see how superior your movement is.

Let me know when the first event will be.