#decapitationstrikes — Public Fediverse posts

Raddle had a post asking if #LeftUnity was desirable.

I think yes, to a point.

If unity means "Everyone agrees that diversity of tactics and diversity of thought are good" then yes. Its a good thing.

If it means "Everyone does the same thing, and thinks the same way", then no.

Movements and societies function best without #monocultures, for almost the same reason monocultures in ecosystems as a whole are dangerous.

Monocultures of thought lead to single attacks (ie, diseases) being able to wipe out the entire movement (ie, crops).

Think "#DecapitationStrikes". These are impossible if you have many groups attacking the same problem (#Capitalism), via myriad tactics. The system cannot cope, because capitalism is, at it's heart, a monoculture, which is prone to identical attacks being able to bring it down, for a time.

And I say "For a time", because capitalism, like any other ecosystem, eventually adapts, and recovers stronger, when subjected to the same tactic over and over (See: How the ruling class has turned #protests into nothing more than fitness walks).

But, if you have 10 different types of attacks all working to bring down the monoculture of capitalism, then it cannot adapt quickly enough. However, with diversity of tactics and diversity of thought, we can adapt much faster than the system of capitalism.

One type of attack gets removed, there are still 9 others going at it, and soon, 10 again.

But, if we have 10 groups, using the same tactic, and all following the same #dogma, then the dominating system can easily shut that down, and halt any forward progress.