Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search
 

forjusticethunders

(1,151 posts)
71. The Revolution will be LARPed
Tue Apr 19, 2016, 10:16 PM
Apr 2016

Just like it has been for the past 50 years. A tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

Protest votes and protest candidates have been running for decades, and they've done nothing to stop the corporatism most of us decry because making a lot of noise and play-acting the rhetoric of "revolution" like it's 1917 doesn't actually resonate with real people anymore.

Revolutions generally *aren't* televised, tweeted or anything else, they take years, often decades of effort, time and organization that the Left has neglected because of the mistaken belief that we're just "one crisis" away or something. It took the Right 2 election cycles after World War II (where Eisenhower basically said any party that tried to roll back the New Deal would be politically irrelevant) to get their extremism to the General Election, and 2 more after that to win, and several crises on top of massive corporate funding and religious institutional backing to push it along. I may not be super excited about Hillary, but it's clear that her base is closer to a "revolutionary" one than Bernie's, and has the support of the groups and organizations and entities that have fought the grass roots fight, rather than making noise.

What have you got against social media? polly7 Apr 2016 #1
Who says I have anything against social media? MineralMan Apr 2016 #5
MMan, that is a GREAT comeback. kstewart33 Apr 2016 #7
As 'you' believe it deserves. polly7 Apr 2016 #8
I see. So, you see social media as a news source? MineralMan Apr 2016 #11
Absolutely! polly7 Apr 2016 #14
Well, that explains a lot. MineralMan Apr 2016 #18
You're welcome! polly7 Apr 2016 #20
Lol. Polly, are you sure, absolutely sure, Hortensis Apr 2016 #31
Wtf? polly7 Apr 2016 #33
I'll take that as meaning it was a new unpleasant idea. Hortensis Apr 2016 #41
Your post was certainly unpleasant and completely fucking strange. nt. polly7 Apr 2016 #42
Umhm. Sorry to hear that. Hortensis Apr 2016 #45
You post blabber. nt. polly7 Apr 2016 #49
Polly, calm down. kstewart33 Apr 2016 #57
Quite calm here, thanks. Best look in a mirror. nt. polly7 Apr 2016 #58
I am, and right now, I'm smiling. kstewart33 Apr 2016 #61
What did I miss, why are you talking about social media in this way? Jackie Wilson Said Apr 2016 #27
You are way behind the times nadinbrzezinski Apr 2016 #25
Most see social media as a news source. Revolutions have been fought using it pinebox Apr 2016 #65
If we could vote on machines that we could trust to record the vote properly, who knows what might Skwmom Apr 2016 #2
What on Twitter brought about this post? NWCorona Apr 2016 #3
Boredom and ennui. MineralMan Apr 2016 #4
Me neither even though I have an account NWCorona Apr 2016 #9
No longer so confident Mike__M Apr 2016 #6
Maybe. But he knows the difference between a win and a loss. nt kstewart33 Apr 2016 #10
My family survived and are refugees from a bloody Revolution Sheepshank Apr 2016 #12
Most Americans have no idea what a Revolution is. MineralMan Apr 2016 #15
yes, thank you!!! Sheepshank Apr 2016 #17
You're more than welcome! MineralMan Apr 2016 #19
Destruction is the appeal, of course. But the reality Hortensis Apr 2016 #39
Well, see, that would require actually thinking it through. MineralMan Apr 2016 #47
No, everything is a war timmymoff Apr 2016 #46
Yes. 'War' is also often misused. MineralMan Apr 2016 #51
Tell me about the violence of the industrial revolution. timmymoff Apr 2016 #53
Most Americans think of the American Revolution when hearing the word, we had a Revolution that Bluenorthwest Apr 2016 #21
and your attempt at promoting Bernie as a noble cause is completely lost..... Sheepshank Apr 2016 #24
Peacefull revolutions equal elections nadinbrzezinski Apr 2016 #26
Clearly there is no need to try and building up anger and resentment by Bernie Sheepshank Apr 2016 #34
Read what JFK said in his inagural nadinbrzezinski Apr 2016 #35
no...I'm talking the here and now and Bernie Sheepshank Apr 2016 #36
And I am talking in reality nadinbrzezinski Apr 2016 #37
No, Bernie and his surrogates are waging a war with reality Sheepshank Apr 2016 #43
I find the "voter suppression!! Voter suppressIon!!1" screams equally as revolting Number23 Apr 2016 #62
You are correct. And it's a major disappointment Sheepshank Apr 2016 #70
The revolutions will all be livestreamed now.... Bluenorthwest Apr 2016 #13
There's nothing fun about any revolution. MineralMan Apr 2016 #16
The word has many meanings and don't even try to pretend that it doesn't. Bluenorthwest Apr 2016 #22
Oh, dear. I don't pretend anything. MineralMan Apr 2016 #23
When John Lennon said "You say you want a revolution" Jackie Wilson Said Apr 2016 #30
Excellent post! Punkingal Apr 2016 #63
Thanks, and remember Jackie Wilson Said Apr 2016 #66
a bunch of folks sitting behind keyboards would be quite boring anyway DrDan Apr 2016 #28
Also, get off my lawn. frylock Apr 2016 #29
I think you have posted that to me before. MineralMan Apr 2016 #32
I can't think of anything I'd rather do less, thanks. frylock Apr 2016 #38
Your loss, then. I'll leave he invitation open for you, though. MineralMan Apr 2016 #40
Always the gentleman (or gentlelady?), Frylock. kstewart33 Apr 2016 #59
Evolve... HumanityExperiment Apr 2016 #44
As often as they have been wrong this election cycle timmymoff Apr 2016 #50
You let me know when this "revolution" begins, so MineralMan Apr 2016 #52
And there it is.... confirmation HumanityExperiment Apr 2016 #55
You already locked your brain timmymoff Apr 2016 #56
This is just one of his recurring themes... Punkingal Apr 2016 #64
Someone posted the other day ... "The Revolution will be Fantasized" NurseJackie Apr 2016 #48
Well, when it doesn't happen, one can dream. kstewart33 Apr 2016 #60
Tweeted, not Twittered. merrily Apr 2016 #54
Oh, dear. That was a deliberate word choice. MineralMan Apr 2016 #67
I have no clue what you know. Why would I? merrily Apr 2016 #68
Why would you have a clue? MineralMan Apr 2016 #69
The Revolution will be LARPed forjusticethunders Apr 2016 #71
Latest Discussions»Retired Forums»2016 Postmortem»The Revolution Will Not B...»Reply #71