The ‘7 warehouse fires’ claim is unverified. Only 2-3 can be confirmed, and accounts like @ProudSocialist are framing unrelated incidents as a coordinated uprising. That’s not journalism, it’s narrative-building.
Abdulkarim said on video: "All you had to do was pay us enough to f*cking live. That’s not revolutionary ideology. That’s a 29-year-old warehouse worker who snapped.
Political violence in the U.S. is rising, that’s documented. It’s reaching levels not seen since the 1970s. Meanwhile, overall crime is actually falling. So what we’re seeing isn’t a general breakdown in society. It’s targeted desperation in a country where working people feel increasingly squeezed.
History shows that sustained, organized labor action (strikes, unions, collective bargaining) has done more to improve working conditions than any fire ever has. The most effective ‘anti-capitalist’ movement in American history was the labor movement, and it won through solidarity, not sabotage."
Accounts on the left are celebrating these fires as class warfare. Accounts on the right will use them to paint all workers as dangerous radicals. Both are exploiting real suffering for engagement. Neither is offering solutions.
You don’t need to fabricate a revolution to prove that working people are struggling. A man burned down a warehouse because he couldn’t afford to live on his wages, and that fact alone should be enough to demand change. But celebrating arson isn’t solidarity. It’s spectacle. And spectacle doesn’t pay rent. If you actually care about the working class, put your energy into the things that have historically worked: organizing, striking, voting, and building collective power.
History shows that sustained, organized labor action (strikes, unions, collective bargaining) has done more to improve working conditions than any fire ever has.
the Haitian Revolution, literally started with enslaved workers burning hundreds of plantations to the ground.
The American Revolution (torching the HMS Gaspée)
The French Revolution (burning the Paris toll barriers).
Pretending that literal fire and sabotage haven’t historically been the exact sparks that destroy oppressive systems is just painfully naive.
Accounts on the right will use them to paint all workers as dangerous radicals. Both are exploiting real suffering for engagement. Neither is offering solutions.
The right is already putting people in camps. This event doesn’t give them an excuse to hurt workers. They already are.
The solution is socialism. The workers must own the means of production. Having a few private individuals own and control so much of the wealth is the problem and ending it is the solution
I also find the idea that the left is exploiting real suffering because of the celebration of these fires, so silly its laughable.
But celebrating arson isn’t solidarity. It’s spectacle.
What do you think working class people bonding over celebrating these fires leads too? This doesn’t hurt class solidarity but you know what does? Comments lecturing people that liking it is bad.
put your energy into the things that have historically worked: organizing, striking, voting, and building collective power.
Definitely agree with organizing/collective power and striking which is just an exercise of that power but voting? Source needed lol.
Summary: your comment was silly and you should feel silly. 🫳🎤
The ‘7 warehouse fires’ claim is unverified. Only 2-3 can be confirmed, and accounts like @ProudSocialist are framing unrelated incidents as a coordinated uprising. That’s not journalism, it’s narrative-building.
Abdulkarim said on video: "All you had to do was pay us enough to f*cking live. That’s not revolutionary ideology. That’s a 29-year-old warehouse worker who snapped.
Political violence in the U.S. is rising, that’s documented. It’s reaching levels not seen since the 1970s. Meanwhile, overall crime is actually falling. So what we’re seeing isn’t a general breakdown in society. It’s targeted desperation in a country where working people feel increasingly squeezed.
History shows that sustained, organized labor action (strikes, unions, collective bargaining) has done more to improve working conditions than any fire ever has. The most effective ‘anti-capitalist’ movement in American history was the labor movement, and it won through solidarity, not sabotage."
Accounts on the left are celebrating these fires as class warfare. Accounts on the right will use them to paint all workers as dangerous radicals. Both are exploiting real suffering for engagement. Neither is offering solutions.
You don’t need to fabricate a revolution to prove that working people are struggling. A man burned down a warehouse because he couldn’t afford to live on his wages, and that fact alone should be enough to demand change. But celebrating arson isn’t solidarity. It’s spectacle. And spectacle doesn’t pay rent. If you actually care about the working class, put your energy into the things that have historically worked: organizing, striking, voting, and building collective power.
Anything else is just content.
the Haitian Revolution, literally started with enslaved workers burning hundreds of plantations to the ground.
The American Revolution (torching the HMS Gaspée)
The French Revolution (burning the Paris toll barriers).
Pretending that literal fire and sabotage haven’t historically been the exact sparks that destroy oppressive systems is just painfully naive.
The right is already putting people in camps. This event doesn’t give them an excuse to hurt workers. They already are.
The solution is socialism. The workers must own the means of production. Having a few private individuals own and control so much of the wealth is the problem and ending it is the solution
I also find the idea that the left is exploiting real suffering because of the celebration of these fires, so silly its laughable.
What do you think working class people bonding over celebrating these fires leads too? This doesn’t hurt class solidarity but you know what does? Comments lecturing people that liking it is bad.
Definitely agree with organizing/collective power and striking which is just an exercise of that power but voting? Source needed lol.
Summary: your comment was silly and you should feel silly. 🫳🎤