
@zkat__ ("tired but ❄️festive🎄 gay") retweeted:
@BlackSocialists ("Black Socialists in America") wrote:
Revolutionaries all around the world wrestled with pure electoralism/parliamentarism over a century ago so you wouldn’t have to, and yet here many of you still are.
It is well past time to move beyond just discussing politicians and legislation.
Let’s talk self-organization.
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@BlackSocialists ("Black Socialists in America") wrote:
"I used to think [...] ‘if a majority of the seats in parliament are occupied by our comrades, then socialism can be put into effect....’
[...]
My speeches and articles were full of this, but I now think of it as an extremely childish and naive idea."
– Shūsui Kōtoku (1907)