PotD can be effective, but only if enough conditions get bad enough for the majority of people are hurting bad enough. The pressure has to be built-up to the point that the normally “I’m not a political person” types have personally been fucked over badly enough. Otherwise they are able to be kept in line by corpo propaganda about how “evil” the person(s) are for being violent. Law and order and all that.
Anyone who said “nothing will come of this” has been proven wrong, infinitely so when you, yknow, think about how propaganda works and realize 90% of the country simultaneously going “yea yknow what kill those fuckers” is obviously in and of itself something momentous
If there are copycats, it still needs to be shown that it actually is effective in terms of political change. Likewise, if change does happen in the near future, it would be unclear whether it was already in the course of its own development with or without Luigi
Gotta give it a few years, but I am currently preparing a “Dear Anarchists, I was wrong. Propaganda of the deed can, indeed, be effective…” post.
PotD can be effective, but only if enough conditions get bad enough for the majority of people are hurting bad enough. The pressure has to be built-up to the point that the normally “I’m not a political person” types have personally been fucked over badly enough. Otherwise they are able to be kept in line by corpo propaganda about how “evil” the person(s) are for being violent. Law and order and all that.
Preparing to submit my new pamphlet to marxists.org
I’m ready to be there with you comrade.
Please anarchists, I want to be owned.
sorry we don’t believe in ownership
Anyone who said “nothing will come of this” has been proven wrong, infinitely so when you, yknow, think about how propaganda works and realize 90% of the country simultaneously going “yea yknow what kill those fuckers” is obviously in and of itself something momentous
(*western) anarchists themselves abandoned it after getting socdem benefits
(aside from space program in spain, but they’ve had franco)
raf and 17n didn’t, with not a lot of success as a propaganda (vdl miss to the l column)
If there are copycats, it still needs to be shown that it actually is effective in terms of political change. Likewise, if change does happen in the near future, it would be unclear whether it was already in the course of its own development with or without Luigi
It won’t change the class relations of society but it may raise class consciousness slightly. Hating the bourgeoisie is an excellent starting point.
Khamenei apology form but for the abstract notion of just killing a guy.