“But to do anything less than build towards an international revolution today would be ruinous. As dire as both the coronavirus and climate crises are—and we really have seen nothing yet—we need to exercise some dialectical ambivalence. Global capital sees these crises as an opportunity to entrench its power, to break into new markets, to extract more wealth. Social democracy sees the crises as a chance to strike an impossible social compromise between capital and workers. We need to see these crises as both social and ecological catastrophes of unprecedented proportions and as an opportunity to end exploitation, oppression, imperialism, and inequality.”

I believe the revolution needs to be a rejection of the status quo revolutionary methods. Claiming sovereignty over one's carbon footprint and means of barter (also known as currency) is the first step in implementing the change needed. Sharing that vision and how to achieve it (for example stop using cars & start using bitcoin and relevant) is the modern equivalent of missionary evangelism. The powers that be do not care about your protests. Just so long as you continue to use "" "their" money to buy "their" products. Excellent article 👌👏