a lot of the activism that exists right now is rooted in very poor understandings of history, that are mangled to fit into a pre-existing narrative, and consequently come to a set of ridiculous conclusions that are going to prolong capitalism rather than abolish it.

we have to have these historical debates.

we have to reverse the false understandings and set the record straight before we can carry forward. & it's not academic. it's not historical materialism. it's just the recognition that you can't undo processes that never were, and you have to understand how processes actually are before you can actually unravel them.

if you try and eat an orange like it's an apple, you're going to get sick. and, you have to unpeel the fruit the right way - you can't unpeel a banana like it's an orange. or, at least not without destroying the delicious fruit, inside.