Back when I was a libertarian (Anarcho Capitalist, but no longer. Loudly a democratic socialist) this concept was called "monolopoly of force".

I don't disagree. But its important to know that individual acts of violence are not helpful.

Violence absolutely is a helpful tool of resistance. But only in a manner that shows the weakness of the fascist state to that organized resistance.

A single act of violence on a state or ruling class leader does not help to organize the working class. This was the idea of "the propaganda of the deed". But has never been a successful means of organizing resistance.

Organized and armed movements that take over factory floors, defend neighbors against ICE, and resist the actions of state violence are the methods that bring about revolution in the masses.

We are at a stage where the monopoly of violence that the state holds needs to be met with violence that gives people MORE protection, more stability, and more safety in the face of the fascist state. This is how that monopoly of violence is removed from the state. When the masses are shown that the violence used to against the state is in their own interest.

Single acts of violence are not personal enough to the masses to connect the "deed" to their own worsening conditions.

An act of solidarity, that protects the victims of state violence, is something that fuels revolution. The masses need to be shown that resistance can work, we can push them back. And every ICE agent that runs away from a group of people with whistles fuels that feeling within society.

We are at whistles now. But we will not be for long. So, save your bullets for protecting your neighbors. Don't waste them on some politician or oligarch. They will be replaced the next day so long as the fascist state remains.

Edit: Not sure why the downvotes. I'm literally just explaining historically how single acts of violence result in no helpful progress to revolution.

What I'm talking about here is not some undocumented thing. The failure of the "propaganda of the deed" has been written about by Marxist, Anarchist, and even right wingers. It has a long history of failure and does not move the masses to a position ripe for revolution. Lenin specifically wrote about how it often times does the opposite by causing apathy in the population as they wait for the next "deed" to occur.

For a moment I wondered if it even belonged here.

starting to be the only free speech people have left

why do you think Luigi is so populsr

Corporations have more money, and money is protected speech. 😞

Hey I won't say good, but how about indifferent? Crocodile tears about his family do nothing for me when his policies are bound to wreck a large portion of his constituents putting out of work and on the streets, on a systematic scale. Not to even mention the environmental catastrophe he's invited in, for a meager $2.5M.

Yeah.. Indifferent. Numb. Sucks for him. Will suck even worse for everyone else soon.

You make good points but when politicians don't listen to people and those people get desperate they also get violent. If politicians didn't want to get shot at they shouldn't have created a world in which that sounds like a good idea to damn near half the population. Actions have consequences and the people in charge have been ignoring problems for a long time. Sooner or later that's going to bite them in the ass in one way or another.

If you honestly believe this way, you have been dangerously radicalized.

Sorry, cheering for political violence is just normal now. The right has been pushing and supporting political violence so hard that its...just not radical anymore.

Sure, this time it might not have been somebody on the right, but it doesn't really matter. Once political violence becomes normal, it becomes normal.

He is killing children right now

"We have to kill AI artist" keeps getting repeated and whenever someone complains the response is "it's just a meme bro." Well, that's a step along the path that leads here. Repeat a slogan long enough and loudly enough and someone ends up thinking it's social permission.

City councillors are not exactly big-name political powers.