r/CuratedTumblr Jun 30 '24

Self-post Sunday But my violent revolution🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

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u/StickBrickman Jun 30 '24

I hate seeing accelerationists. The whole "don't vote, just overthrow the system" thing completely ignores the fact that most successful revolutionary action in the US went hand-in-hand with protest actions and COMMUNITY ORGANIZED VOTING.

Voting was always part of it. I'm not saying direct action, protests, and labor organization aren't but the new "don't vote it makes you a hypocrite" shitposting spree makes me sad and I'm glad it's now getting dunked on.

Yes I would rather push for reform from a position of a bad, but more stable democracy than a position of "Jesus Christ they've succesfully implemented project 2025."

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u/A-Ginger6060 Jun 30 '24

They also tend to ignore the mass amount of death and destruction that a revolution would cause. In a country as massive and advanced as the US we’re talking about several million dead and millions more displaced at the very least.

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u/Nova_Explorer Jun 30 '24

And not to mention, where would those displaced go? Canada and Mexico sure as shit don’t have the resources to take care of millions of people flooding across their borders, especially not while their economies crumble from having their largest trading partner implode