A Shock to the System: Can an All Encompassing Revolution Sustain Itself?

by Don Hall

H/T to Joe Janes and The Minutes of Our Last Meeting

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A black man is murdered in the street by a police officer and it is filmed by a bystander. Eight million views later...

#BLM
Black Lives Matter! Let’s go out and demonstrate in the streets to push for substantial changes in America’s policing!

WHITE ZOOMERS #1 - #5
YEAH! Black Lives Matter!

WZ #1
Also, Trans Lives Matter, too!

WZ #2 - #5
Yeah!

WZ #2
And I posted on Twitter a lot about Bernie Sanders but my not showing up to vote for him in the primaries meant Biden got the nod but the System is still rigged and I want to vandalize local businesses as a way to stick it to the Capitalists!

WZ
FUCKING A! Antifa!

WZ #3
Fuck TRUMP!

WZ
Yeah! Fuck TRUMP!

WZ #4
What about disabled actors? And undocumented immigrants? And you guys remember rape?

WZ
RAPE!

WZ #5
The pandemic canceled my job, my sex life, and Coachella! I’m fucking bored and horny!

WZ
BORED AND HORNY! YEAH!

#BLM
What about police reform? Hello? Seriously?

WZ
AAAAAAAAGGGGGGGHHHHHH! BORED AND HORNY! FUCK TRUMP! FUCK THE SYSTEM! CANCEL RENT! NO MORE GRADES! CANCEL SOMEONE FAMOUS! CANCEL SOME ELSE! BURN STARBUCKS! STATUUUUUEEEEESSSSS!!!

Another video of a black man being murdered by a cop surfaces on social media.

#BLM
Black Lives Matter! This time for real!

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