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The capitalists and conservatives should be thanking their gods for Obama, whose election has given the system a big boost in legitimacy. Protest has been legitimated in a way, because w/o the civil rights movement, there would be no Obama. Of course, it's Rev. King's methods, not the Black Panthers' being legitimated. I think there's a wait-and-see attitude out there.
The capitalists are parking their money until conditions are better, which works for them because they have loads of cash. The Republic Window action was encouraging, but things have been very quiet since. I also don't know how general an action like that could be, given the decline in manufacturing in the US. People need windows, but how much do we really need FIRE functionaries?
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