‘That's not the way the world really works anymore,' .....

[StarmanSkye]

I think the statement may be both, insane AND real -- Insane for the Imperialist 'makers' of history to think they are all-powerful, that their hold on the dominant narrative is absolute. Their arrogant conceit leads them to disconnect from the million-and-one nitty-gritty details and facts of the real world, as they take the easy-out short-cut of manufacturing a paper-thin reality facade that reflects their 'vision' and by which to consolidate their power. But eventually the dichotomy and contradiction between the REAL world and their manufactured reality will cause small cracks to appear in their system, growing to larger and larger cracks until the underlying flaws of the facade cause the whole system to collapse -- which, if its large enough, could be the catalyst for a major paradigm-shift.

And the public is left trying to pick-up the pieces -- that is, if any public survives.

[populistindependent]

"The actual fighting..."

I'm sure you don't mean the "home-grown terrorism" that the Thought Crimes Bill is planting as a meme to justify snuffing return of 'the sixties.'

Personally, I don't say "fighting."
I say "resisting fascism through education," about history and psy-ops.
Non-violent as Jesus, Ghandi, and Martin Luther King.

That's the real (r)Evolutionary tack, providing therapy and education to people.

Yes, words like "fighting" and "struggle" and "tyranny" offend the delicate sensibilities of the mostly upper middle class white suburban "opposition leaders."

Bhagat Singh was asked during his trial in the Lower Court what he meant by word "Revolution." In answer to the question, he said:

REVOLUTION does not necessarily involve sanguinary strife, nor is there any place in it for individual vendetta. It is not the cult of the bomb and the pistol. By "Revolution" we mean that the present order of things, which is based on manifest injustice, must change.

Producers or labourers, in spite of being the most necessary element of society, are robbed by their exploiters of their labour and deprived of their elementary rights. The peasant who grows corn for all, starves with his family; the weavers who supplies the world market with textile fabrics, has not enough to cover his own and his children?s bodies; masons, smiths and carpenters who raise magnificent palaces, live like pariahs in the slums. The capitalists and exploiters, the parasites of society, squander millions on their whims. These terrible inequalities and forced disparity of chances are bound to lead to chaos. This state of affair cannot last long, and it is obvious that the present order of society in merry-making is on the brink of a volcano.

The whole edifice of this civilisation, if not saved in time, shall crumble. A radical change, therefore, is necessary and it is the duty of those who realise it to reorganise society on the socialistic basis. Unless this thing is done and the exploitation of man by man and of nations by nations is brought to an end, suffering and carnage with which humanity is threatened today, cannot be prevented. All talk of ending war and ushering in an era of universal peace is undisguised hypocrisy.

By "Revolution", we mean the ultimate establishment of an order of society which may not be threatened by such breakdown, and in which the sovereignty of the proletariat should be recognised and a world federation should redeem humanity from the bondage of capitalism and misery of imperial wars.

This is our ideal and, with this ideology as our inspiration we have given a fair and loud enough warning.

If, however, it goes unheeded and the present system of government continues to be an impediment in the way of the natural forces that are swelling up, a grim struggle will ensue involving the overthrow of all obstacles and the establishment of the dictatorship of the proletariat to pave the way for the consummation of the ideal of revolution.

Revolution is an inalienable right of mankind. Freedom is an imperishable birth right of all. Labour is the real sustainer of society. The sovereignty of the people is the ultimate destiny of the workers.

For these ideals, and for this faith, we shall welcome any suffering to which we may be condemned. At the altar of this revolution we have brought our youth as incense, for no sacrifice is too great for so magnificent a cause. We are content; we await the advent of Revolution. "Long Live Revolution!"

(The text of Bhagat Singh and B K Dutt's statement was read in the court by Asaf Ali on June 6, 1929.)

[Et in Arcadia ego]

Non-violent as Jesus, Ghandi, and Martin Luther King.

"I come not in Peace, but with a sword.."

Jesus Christ

[IanEye]

Do we have too many people who have spent too much time watching movies and television and who use that as their filter for viewing reality rather than the other way around?

an informed viewpoint from a source you can trust!

You Are What You Watch

http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2007/10/judging-based-o.html

PopWatchers, what does your favorite show say about you? Can a person be judged by his or her DVD collection? Is it normal to watch graphic, ultraviolent horror films during a 6:30 a.m. train commute?

[Luposapien]

"I come not in Peace, but with a sword.."
-Jesus-
"He who lives by the sword, shall die by the sword"
-Jesus-

Hmmm.....

[Hugh Manatee Wins]

Yes, words like "fighting" and "struggle" and "tyranny" offend the delicate sensibilities of the mostly upper middle class white suburban "opposition leaders."

That they do. We must know our target (ha) audience.

Agit-prop and red meat for the police-state is counter-(r)Evolutionary.

Denormalizing violence as an expression of morality is the goal, making 'Vietnam Syndrom II' permanent instead of allowing the War on Terra to be permanent.

[populistindependent]

We must know our target (ha) audience.

I think we are targeting the wrong audience myself, and predicating all of our arguments on that audience. That is why it is so difficult and frustrating. The demographic we are speaking to is relatively small, which severely limits the number of potential recruits. This certainly precludes the formation of anything resmbling a mass movement. We are also talking to the people who are most resistant, and most effective at resistance to the message, and to those who are the most skilled at obfuscating and co-opting messages.