silentjohn

Question: why would they want to block trump? For a lot of Democrats the system is working as intended. Heck, 75 dems just voted to congratulate ICE on a job well done: https://www.newsweek.com/democrats-ice-gratitude-resolution-backlash-2084004

I'm of the opinion that they don't want to stop trump at all.

It's responsible for any successful socialist movement, so yea I'd say so.

50501 is a liberal movement whose only goal is pre-trump status quo.

Lenin talks about the need for a working class Vanguard, otherwise these spontaneous protests/movements will always get co-opted by liberals and mainstream, and eventually fizzle away. We saw it happen with BLM, occupy, women's march, etc

I don't have any long term hope for 50501, but we're using the momentum to recruit for DSA and workers movements.

Many departments don't require physical tests once hired.

Most of the work cops do is domestic disturbance calls and traffic stops. There's no reason to be physically fit for either of those jobs. Also, most people see the day shift and in nicer neighborhoods; again there's really no need for physicality. Getting on day shift and good area means you've been on the police a while and "earned it" (or you have some clout), so usually olderish cops.

The young jacked mfers usually are on the night shift and in rougher neighborhoods.

Additionally, a bullet resistant vest and all the gear will make you look bigger/fatter than you really are.

So it's kind of a combo of all that.

Also, ACAB

Generally we say June 1, not 1 June or 1st of June... So 6/1 makes complete sense.

For anything "official", like a work spreadsheet, I'll use ISO format YYYY-MM-DD for clarity and ease of filtering/sorting.

Yep, good point! I was trying to think of examples. Ace Hardware isn't a workers coop either.

the FBI would make sure they fail.

This is kind of the point. If any of these things remotely threatened the capitalist status quo, they would be obliterated by the CIA, etc.

I think you already read the reason/s but in a monopoly capitalist society, but companies can just smother smaller ones by leveraging their exploited workforce (more output for less cost), out-competing, buying up all competition, much better economies of scale, and access to capital and market forces.

Just take an example of a small business owner who sells sporting goods (I use this example because I love Freak and Geeks lol). How can you possibly compete with Walmart when Walmart has bigger and better inventory, cheaper prices, more locations, basically no competitors, better advertising, etc? Sure lots of people value 'small businesses' from a moral/ethical point of view, but enough for this company to grow and grow and grow and compete with friggin Walmart? That just doesn't happen often.

Now, something like REI, which is a coop, does compete with Walmart in a very niche market. REI has a strong brand and loyal customer base, allowing it to compete effectively in the outdoor and sporting goods sector. However, its focus is more on quality and specialized products rather than mass-market items. Do you think Walmart couldn't just destroy REI if it felt like it was being threatened and it wasn't one of the largest mcap companies on the planet?

Because they cannot compete with the economies of scale, the availability of capital, market power, an exploitable workforce, etc.

It's like asking why you can't win at checkers when your opponent is cheating at 4d chess.

Read: Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism by Lenin

Do find it interesting that every anti-capitalist society was achieved through revolution? Not by voting or incremental changes, but by ugly, violent, revolution?

By all means go and create some coops! I became a member of a local food coop. But I am under no delusion that this impacts capitalism whatsoever.

Capitalists aren't going to just let the system slowly change. The mass murder campaigns waged by the CIA have taught us that (read The Jakarta Method).

Employee owned businesses are the realization of communism within a capitalist society.

Right, but we want the whole system changed. Coops are inherently at a disadvantage in monopoly capitalism.

I will continue to fight, annoy, and agitate the capitalist status quo. Majority of Americans do not agree with current politics, our current "leader", or oligarchs controlling everything.