Originally Posted by
DigitalChaos
I invest significant portions of my time, energy, and other resources towards things that facilitate that allow for successful movements. Some of which have already succeeded.
It's not about me. It's about you. It's about what YOU are going to either waste your time on or succeed with. You are on you way to repeat the 8 years of ineffectual protest that we saw under Bush. The left has given away most of their power to enact change, both ideologically and in legally. They also can't stick to one foundation long enough for anything to matter. How are those DNC primaries getting fixed? Maybe the caucuses? Maybe the Electoral College? yeah... You've spent years transferring power to government, asking the government to do everything for you. Now that power is in the hands of someone you hate. You frequently justified it with "breaking our groups into individuals through a focus on raw powerful individualism isn't strengthening us, its weakening us" ... Now you see how ridiculous that statement is. The power in groups comes from not only strong individuals but also the group's ability to self-govern, seize power, etc. All abilities that have been stripped down in the name of of supposed "togetherness" controlled by the elite.
The right wingers have now demonstrated more revolutionary power and capacity than the left. It also means that they will be the ones most capable of filling any vacuum that the left could hope to create. So go ahead and emote in the streets and come home feeling good about it if you want. Don't delude yourself into think that its going to "protect insurance."