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Kirk's shooter is all but forgotten now (which took like a week btw), probably facing execution which I bet was super worth it
Kirk himself after getting Kirk'd simply got replaced in 0.1s with other rapedwinger
all it did was create a meme for larpers to laugh at
adventurism sure is effective huh
There's an argument that in terms of total human suffering in the world, eating an execution for killing Kirk is a net-positive because Kirk had an abnormally large platform.
it's become sadly far too common to see a communist claim that killing fascists isn't worthwhile.
larper
moth has sympathy for you. the world has beaten you down, and you have given up. rest, comrade. even in your dejected and miserable state, you have worth.
Effective at what? Pretty effective at eliminating one odious propagandist. Sure, it's not a good alternative to revolutionary organizing, but if you're already not going to organize... might as well get a lick.
Effective at accomplishing anything that's even remotely meaningful
Like hooray, some random 0 charisma rightwing grifter got killed, as if these are in short supply due to money such positions bring. Now the mentally vulnerable shooter kid (who more likely than not got groomed into doing it online) has thrown their life away for nothing, not even for the slight joy of having their name remembered (my theory is they weren't hot enough) but rather just being a tool that got expended and forgotten after the single spectacle, and this is the fate of every such lone wolf shooter with delusions of grandeur
Not to mention how this is the best case outcome for adventurism, it can be easily be used as a justification to crack down on any dissent and make everyone's lives worse - something even anarchists of old had learned
Again, it's not an "alternative" to anything. It's an inevitable phenomenon, given the conditions. And the conditions are so bad that when a pig like Kirk gets ventilated on live stream, I'm gonna cheer. Be careful about worrying about what will or won't give fascists justification for crackdowns-- they will crack down no matter what.
Pretty apt criticism tbh. Everyone likes to joke but for that week the shooter's motivations were the world's most fiercely contested game of hot potato. "Not ours, not ours, we condemn violence!"
I think about that now every time somebody brings up Teh Ebic Revolution and how it's coming any day now.