I’m reminded of one of the things that radicalized me. It was Angela Davis explaining how violence in service of black liberation wasn’t becoming violent but rather returning fire after decades and centuries of a one sided race war.
The rich decry class war when the working class step out of line, but every poor family struggling to meet their needs is a victim of a class war. Every hungry person, every homeless person, every person relegated to the criminal class is a victim of class war. Every worker struggling with any or all bills needed to keep their life together is a victim of a class war. We’re taught to sympathize with the rich, expected to see their success as necessary, taught to not demand too much of them, taught to forgive any evil of theirs. They have been waging a class war on us for a very long time. We can continue to suffer or we can strike back.
They can join us on an equal footing or they can find the final equalizer.