I know this is an impossible question, the future is chaos, but we can at least identify and discuss some key factors.

When I say "successful leftist revolution" I mean one that happens soon enough to prevent, or have non-negligible odds of preventing, the collapse of human civilization as we know it due to climate change.

In all likelihood I think we're fucked as far as climate change is concerned, but we should still try to improve our odds. There's no prize for correctly predicting that we're fucked.

  • coinflip [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    The tradeoff is that, while a crisis is more likely under Trump, fascist opposition might also be more effective under Trump.

    • eduardog3000 [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      effective under Trump

      What about the last 4 years has associated Trump with "effective"? He couldn't even invade Iran or coup Venezuela. Whereas if it was Hillary, Maduro would have been Gaddaffi'd already.

      • coinflip [none/use name]
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        4 years ago

        in a nutshell: fascists can get bold under Trump. Trump himself isn't the threat.