The DNC has had multiple opportunities to tax the rich, raise minimum wage, and fund social programs during my lifetime and they have not done so once. I don’t believe them anymore when they say it’s their platform.
Being anti-Republican isn’t enough anymore. This shit will keep happening for as long as we allow private ownership of the means of production.
Imported canned tomatoes were cheaper than domestic versions at my grocery store last week. Soon, it may even be possible to boycott America from inside! 🤣
Capitalism is a mode of production where the means of production (ie. capital) are owned by individuals who then use that ownership to exploit workers for their surplus labor value to turn it into profit.
Contrary to popular belief, “true capitalism” does not require free markets.
Few elected officials seem to care, but plenty of ordinary people are waking up to the fact that political power is not something you can give away in a vote, it’s something you have to take.
So it sounds like what you're describing is acts of resistance while living under the capitalist world order. What I'm talking about is what happens after a successful revolution and you are trying to maintain control in the face of capitalist wealth and power.
Obviously, yes, organize and form resistance coalitions and use direct action to stop the fascists. Revolution is not possible without all of that. But IMO neither is revolution possible solely through those things. By design, a decentralized network of coalitions is not as effective at wielding power as a centralized state, which is a serious handicap in a war.
Honestly though, I would have no qualms with adopting an anarchist strategy if it seriously seemed like the best approach given material conditions at the time. At all times, Power to the People.
It’s not inevitable, after all we want the same end result - a classless, stateless, moneyless society.
If it has truly gotten to the point where every last billionaire is gone, then I would argue that is pretty good evidence for the end of the hegemony of capital. I’m not sure that the material conditions of a world like that would require a dictatorship of the proletariat, and much more alignment with anarchists could be reached.
Of course, if we are talking about a more realistic scenario like a revolution in a single nation, then absolutely a central state is required to protect the revolution from reactionaries.
The US has never had a non-evil president from any party.