▲ 354 ▼ Sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln have tried to jump overboard amid an extended Middle East deployment. Families sound the alarm over mental health struggles, exhaustion and food shortages (www.militarytimes.com) submitted 2 weeks ago* by Oarel@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 78 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world -3 points 1 week ago* (1 child) I hope your accelerationism predictions pan out otherwise everyone loses… permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] wheezy@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago This is not accelerationism. Accelerationism would be actively working to make the conditions of the working class worse in order to bring about the material conditions that would result in revolution. Even an accelerationist should understand that the level of class consciousness in the masses would not result in a socialist revolution, but further scapegoating and fascism. Well, at least an honest accelerationist would. I do not believe in that and you're confusing simple material analysis with accelerationism. You might want to at least read about what accelerationist believe. I am not one. But I'm not gonna pretend it just means anytime someone points to Americans being affected by the consequences of its governments foreign policy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wheezy@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago This is not accelerationism. Accelerationism would be actively working to make the conditions of the working class worse in order to bring about the material conditions that would result in revolution. Even an accelerationist should understand that the level of class consciousness in the masses would not result in a socialist revolution, but further scapegoating and fascism. Well, at least an honest accelerationist would. I do not believe in that and you're confusing simple material analysis with accelerationism. You might want to at least read about what accelerationist believe. I am not one. But I'm not gonna pretend it just means anytime someone points to Americans being affected by the consequences of its governments foreign policy. permalink fedilink source parent