Above is a shot from A24’s upcoming film Civil War. This is the final part of a series on the counterinsurgency that the anti-imperialist movement faces. These are the first, second, third, and fourth ones. To ensure that the counterinsurgency wins, and prevents an effective revolutionary movement from emerging, the ruling elites need to convince enough developing radicals of a certain idea: that only those on the “left” are capable of being allies to the revolutionary cause, or of coming to socialism. The logical conclusion of this notion is that when our society’s crises intensify enough, the inevitable outcome is the country getting violently and totally divided between the “left” and the “right.”
My skepticism for the "civil war" narrative has also been growing and I appreciate much of what you say here. I especially appreciate this key point:
"What the liberals have done is separate fascism from its economic character, so that they can portray fascism as something which can only be fought by defending liberalism. They act like “fascism” simply means social conservatism. The reality is that fascism is the liberal order’s tool for self-preservation, a means through which the highest levels of capital wage war against those who seek to end the rule of the monopolies."
My skepticism for the "civil war" narrative has also been growing and I appreciate much of what you say here. I especially appreciate this key point:
"What the liberals have done is separate fascism from its economic character, so that they can portray fascism as something which can only be fought by defending liberalism. They act like “fascism” simply means social conservatism. The reality is that fascism is the liberal order’s tool for self-preservation, a means through which the highest levels of capital wage war against those who seek to end the rule of the monopolies."