Fucking right. We're beyond the change the decor thing that everyone is trying to do or pretending if we just elect so and so everything will be fine. We need to organize ourselves instead of being subordinate to the power structures that already exist.
I far too often find myself trying to convince folks that you simply cannot fix something that isn't broken, but is in fact operating precisely as intended. The only recourse is to go back to the drawing board, and start over with a different approach...
They're going to continue to desperately slap Band-Aid brand bandages along the hull of the Great American Trash Barge until the whole thing cracks in two, and then we'll have to be there to get everyone off and start building the new boat.
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