Can I push back on the idea that the US is the most important country to have a socialist revolution in? I’d argue it’s more important to have socialist revolutions where the global proletariat are. Where is that; Where do you find slave and semi-slavery conditions forced up hundreds of millions of women and children? Places that you don’t hear about in the news (e.g. large parts of Africa, parts of Asia, etc). These are the workers that run the global economy and generate the profits.
By comparison, many white Westerners are highly overpaid compared to the work they contribute. This is why capital can so easily import foreign workers at a fraction of the cost. The US is already busy changing. It’s got a cultural war between one faction that wants to rebuild the white settler nation (e.g. by limiting access to birth control, importing white “refugees”, creating “trad”-wives, etc) and another that wants to reduce the privileged white sub-nation and build an alternative “privileged” class (special males, in specially male-gendered industries that pay well but contribute little to society – cars, weapons, computers) and that can police a new underclass (women and children, worldwide, working in low pay situations in socially-vital but very under-payed jobs designated for them). The capitalist class is happy to let these two sides duke it out, but either way, I think the US and its allies are busy, occupied with trends that will eventually make them more fertile ground for revolution.
I also think it’s worth considering that if you want to organize and build alliances you’ll have to show up for friends and their causes (by this I mean good causes, and I’ll assume you’re weighed the benefits vs risks) – being an accelerationist is going to often position you against these allies. I’d worry that being an accelerationist combined with the strategy you’ve proposed is going to look very much like being a regular capitalist (at least until the very last moment). I’m reminded of “effective-altruism”, which I don’t believe has a good track record of successes.
Can I push back on the idea that the US is the most important country to have a socialist revolution in? I’d argue it’s more important to have socialist revolutions where the global proletariat are. Where is that; Where do you find slave and semi-slavery conditions forced up hundreds of millions of women and children? Places that you don’t hear about in the news (e.g. large parts of Africa, parts of Asia, etc). These are the workers that run the global economy and generate the profits.
By comparison, many white Westerners are highly overpaid compared to the work they contribute. This is why capital can so easily import foreign workers at a fraction of the cost. The US is already busy changing. It’s got a cultural war between one faction that wants to rebuild the white settler nation (e.g. by limiting access to birth control, importing white “refugees”, creating “trad”-wives, etc) and another that wants to reduce the privileged white sub-nation and build an alternative “privileged” class (special males, in specially male-gendered industries that pay well but contribute little to society – cars, weapons, computers) and that can police a new underclass (women and children, worldwide, working in low pay situations in socially-vital but very under-payed jobs designated for them). The capitalist class is happy to let these two sides duke it out, but either way, I think the US and its allies are busy, occupied with trends that will eventually make them more fertile ground for revolution.
I also think it’s worth considering that if you want to organize and build alliances you’ll have to show up for friends and their causes (by this I mean good causes, and I’ll assume you’re weighed the benefits vs risks) – being an accelerationist is going to often position you against these allies. I’d worry that being an accelerationist combined with the strategy you’ve proposed is going to look very much like being a regular capitalist (at least until the very last moment). I’m reminded of “effective-altruism”, which I don’t believe has a good track record of successes.