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Ugh... I wish... But in reality I feel like the oligarchy is pushing for some huge war to cull the herd, and afterwards the only thing that will rise from the ashes will be them and their slaves.
That's why instead of grasping at the existing system until its dying breath and focusing on electioneering* and playing within the rules they've set out for us, and eventually just wait around for them to fight it out for power over us, it's more important to focus on building up our communities and creating alternatives to the existing systems, or "dual power" (from communal fridges and pantries, to libraries for everything from books to tools to sewing patterns to seeds, communal child care, educational clubs, agitprop groups, and so on and on and on) so that when things inevitably collapse (because that's where capitalism concludes), we have existing networks and frameworks and solidarity to build on, from the bottom up.
*Before the libs derail like they always do - I never said don't vote, but focusing the amount of energy that you do on doing the bare minimum within the rules set out to you by your oppressors doesn't make you antifascist freedom fighters.
As someone who is not onboard with dismantling the existing political system without a better system ready to go, I think that dual power sounds like a great idea!
We have the Bolsheviks to thank for it! (E: to be clear, and as will be evident by the links I shared, I am not a Leninist lol)
My summation of the concept is obviously superficial, here are some good places to start getting a better idea of what it is and where we might start:
https://www.weareplanc.org/modules/wtf-is-dual-power/
https://medium.com/@anarchist.environmentalist/an-anarchist-dual-power-e911edf66ad7
https://blog.pmpress.org/2019/09/02/alternative-institutions-or-dual-power/
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/petr-kropotkin-mutual-aid-a-factor-of-evolution
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/the-anarchist-faq-editorial-collective-an-anarchist-faq-full (there isn't a specific dual power bullet point, but it does come up, and in general this document is worth looking through)