Incredible article, I'm sharing with multiple comrades now. Utilizing the early Soviet Union to compare contrast with the U.S. was an excellent choice. I think a lot of Americans on the left don't realize how imperfect socialism will be once we put it into practice, that we will continually have to fight and dismantle white supremacist law and logic even after the fall for capitalism because it's been mentally internalized, and that it will be HARD WORK! Reading about the immediate aftermath of revolutions where communists won brings me a lot of hope, because you see how they actually implemented theory into practice, and how imperfect it was, but through struggle was improved. In the second half regarding America, you did a great job simplifying complex ideas. It's unbelievable that to this day CPUSA still holds that line, I think they have some weird ideas about Israel too if I'm not mistaken? Regardless, the route to revolution in the U.S. is clear as long as people are willing to abandon liberalism and white supremacist logic, that of course is easier said than done.
How about focusing on states being allowed to secede from this "union"? (Yes, that would probably need a civil war for the Constitution to be changed).
California (and potentially Texas) would go their own way, and other states might even decide to join Canada (either as shared affinities like Vermont, or as logical geographic and Indigenous extension like Alaska).
If allowing states to secede shows that a large part of "Americans" actually do not want anything to do with this "union", it would then make the "United States" a better reflection of what it is: a bunch of different states with not much in common (for example: show me another country where the death penalty is allowed in one region but not in another).
This reminds me of how in the case of some Latin American Countries in the last years, or decades there has been such a recognition of nations within the nation state but that, at the beginning of the 20th century there was more of a unifying talk under one specific identity which excluded or even denigrated others. Of course, for the most part even today, most of these countries are not socialist but not for a lack of trying.
As always wonderful analysis and equally wonderful style. But more importantly, wonderful analysis. @all : infrared
Really appreciate your writing!
Incredible article, I'm sharing with multiple comrades now. Utilizing the early Soviet Union to compare contrast with the U.S. was an excellent choice. I think a lot of Americans on the left don't realize how imperfect socialism will be once we put it into practice, that we will continually have to fight and dismantle white supremacist law and logic even after the fall for capitalism because it's been mentally internalized, and that it will be HARD WORK! Reading about the immediate aftermath of revolutions where communists won brings me a lot of hope, because you see how they actually implemented theory into practice, and how imperfect it was, but through struggle was improved. In the second half regarding America, you did a great job simplifying complex ideas. It's unbelievable that to this day CPUSA still holds that line, I think they have some weird ideas about Israel too if I'm not mistaken? Regardless, the route to revolution in the U.S. is clear as long as people are willing to abandon liberalism and white supremacist logic, that of course is easier said than done.
How about focusing on states being allowed to secede from this "union"? (Yes, that would probably need a civil war for the Constitution to be changed).
California (and potentially Texas) would go their own way, and other states might even decide to join Canada (either as shared affinities like Vermont, or as logical geographic and Indigenous extension like Alaska).
If allowing states to secede shows that a large part of "Americans" actually do not want anything to do with this "union", it would then make the "United States" a better reflection of what it is: a bunch of different states with not much in common (for example: show me another country where the death penalty is allowed in one region but not in another).
Thank you, Lukas. Excellent analysis, translated in French
https://zanzibar.substack.com/p/etats-unis-prison-des-nations
This reminds me of how in the case of some Latin American Countries in the last years, or decades there has been such a recognition of nations within the nation state but that, at the beginning of the 20th century there was more of a unifying talk under one specific identity which excluded or even denigrated others. Of course, for the most part even today, most of these countries are not socialist but not for a lack of trying.