• ilinamorato@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    I was hoping that my ad absurdum example was clear. I just meant “a very large number.”

    Either way, I certainly hope nobody is seriously advocating for that. It would be quite bleak if that were the only way change could ever occur.

    • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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      4 days ago

      Revolutionaries can’t just “do a revolution,” we prepare for it so we can succeed when it happens. This is how revolution has occured historically, and there isn’t really a way to avoid it with any reasonable chance of success.