RĂ©volutionnaire Acadien
14th September 2011, 04:09
Greetings Comrades, this idea of a perpetual personal revolution has been clinging in the back of my thoughts for some time now. To elucidate what I mean about this theory is that it is, unlike traditional forms of revolution, not necessarily a collective struggle. Traditional large-scale revolutions can be unwieldy, difficult to control and maintain, and unfortunately most of the time losing its initial and ideals. Also, is the problem of keeping a revolutionary momentum that keeps the people taking meaningful action. Meaningful action is what separates a revolution from a riot. A mass, collective revolution is very rare indeed, too rare.
What I propose, is not a replacement for traditional collectivist revolution, but rather a more stable and assured precedent. This type of revolution is a 24/7 type of act. It has to do even with the most mundane of daily actions. It strengthens inner revolutionary consciousness and confidence, and sets a revolutionary example for your peers. In everything you do, do as what you view as revolutionary. Aside from obvious revolutionary acts, such as civil disobedience and other traditional protests against injustices, and altruistic volunteerism, be a sort of “grassroots” revolutionary. Barter amongst neighbors, start growing some of your own food, raise small animals for food, do things to take yourself out of the consumer circle as much as you deem necessary. Be generous, share the bounty, and if you surround yourself with good people, surely you will be reciprocated, thus forming an alternate market. However minute this market may be, perpetual personal revolution, is about the self, and this small the market serves that purpose. Surely this self-awareness, cooperative generosity, and self reliance is something that can be admired by your friends and neighbors, and when they ask you what motivated you to start living in such a manner, lightly introduce them into revolutionary thought. Don't wait down their minds with too much theory at once however, because revolutionary thought for a person not acquainted to it is either a. Something that is taboo, b. too intensive to understand at one time, or both.
As you set your revolutionary example that should become evident, if you are truly living up to the egalitarian cooperative ideal you strive for, your friends and neighbors will slowly come around to be more open, even if they don't embrace, revolutionary thought. Once again, this is not supposed to be some sort of global movement in the sense of mass struggle, but a way to plant revolutionarily fertile areas dotted across the globe. In this way, I believe it allows a person to contribute to our movement in their daily life, and spreading our beliefs in a peaceful, positive manner. Not everyone can go to the big rallies, demonstrations, and protests, but everyone can develop perpetual personal revolution. All the methods I explained earlier in the post of course is not the be all and end all of how one can develop perpetual personal revolution, it is up to the individual to live his own way revolutionarily, I just put forth some examples and jumping off points. Remember Comrades, the revolution starts with you, don't make revolution your life, make your life revolution!
What I propose, is not a replacement for traditional collectivist revolution, but rather a more stable and assured precedent. This type of revolution is a 24/7 type of act. It has to do even with the most mundane of daily actions. It strengthens inner revolutionary consciousness and confidence, and sets a revolutionary example for your peers. In everything you do, do as what you view as revolutionary. Aside from obvious revolutionary acts, such as civil disobedience and other traditional protests against injustices, and altruistic volunteerism, be a sort of “grassroots” revolutionary. Barter amongst neighbors, start growing some of your own food, raise small animals for food, do things to take yourself out of the consumer circle as much as you deem necessary. Be generous, share the bounty, and if you surround yourself with good people, surely you will be reciprocated, thus forming an alternate market. However minute this market may be, perpetual personal revolution, is about the self, and this small the market serves that purpose. Surely this self-awareness, cooperative generosity, and self reliance is something that can be admired by your friends and neighbors, and when they ask you what motivated you to start living in such a manner, lightly introduce them into revolutionary thought. Don't wait down their minds with too much theory at once however, because revolutionary thought for a person not acquainted to it is either a. Something that is taboo, b. too intensive to understand at one time, or both.
As you set your revolutionary example that should become evident, if you are truly living up to the egalitarian cooperative ideal you strive for, your friends and neighbors will slowly come around to be more open, even if they don't embrace, revolutionary thought. Once again, this is not supposed to be some sort of global movement in the sense of mass struggle, but a way to plant revolutionarily fertile areas dotted across the globe. In this way, I believe it allows a person to contribute to our movement in their daily life, and spreading our beliefs in a peaceful, positive manner. Not everyone can go to the big rallies, demonstrations, and protests, but everyone can develop perpetual personal revolution. All the methods I explained earlier in the post of course is not the be all and end all of how one can develop perpetual personal revolution, it is up to the individual to live his own way revolutionarily, I just put forth some examples and jumping off points. Remember Comrades, the revolution starts with you, don't make revolution your life, make your life revolution!