or: what makes a genuine revolution

I am going to tell you that all genuine revolutions are built on the same basic foundation, but you shouldn’t believe anyone who makes sweeping generalizations like that.

I am going to tell you that all genuine revolutions are built by local decisionmaking bodies (councils, let’s call them) that then network or federate together to build a larger, revolutionary society.

And I’ll start with the saddest example I can think of.

All power to the soviets.

    • compostgoblin@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Margaret is rad. If you like history podcasts, I highly recommend her show Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff. It’s one of the few podcasts I never miss an episode of.

    • Steve@slrpnk.netOP
      2·
      3 months ago

      Yeah it had a lot of good insight into history and how it applies to the present moment that hopefully inspires some people. I’m glad you liked it. Unfortunately the closest they are to the Fediverse is Bluesky for now but hopefully you enjoy getting their updates.