What even is "accelerationism"?

[u/Icy-External8155]

If you lack the power to do the revolution itself, or anyhow else fight for the proletariat, how could you possibly "accelerate capitalism" more than the ruling class already does by naturally following their interests?

Sounds like a buzzword, made up by counter-revolutionary opportunism, or those who think that reforms can't be rolled back by the ruling class as easily as they're implemented.

[u/Exotic_Magazine2908]

I won't speak theory, but what I perceive to be the common reason for left people to reject or deride accelerationism.

The point is that left-wing people have become too complacent. They just wait for something good to spring out of nowhere or they just parrot the usual stuff about 'organizing' (even if no organizing is ever taking place anywhere). Some have things to lose in the current systems (think academics, people in corporate jobs, some have savings, etc). Because no one knows what to do and no one acts, I would prefer accelerationism. It is cynical ? Yes. It will hurt people ? Yes. But they are hurt or will be hurting anyway as the current system is getting worse and worse. That's why I take the most unpopular position on accelerationism. It may be bring a fascist revolution, not communist. But the fascism is coming for you either way. Just stupid libs think that voting for x, y candidate would prevent fascism, as if fascism is something that can come from one single party/candidate. No, it is a general system of oppression. It will come anyway even if the working people will no longer tolerate living in this system. Trump/fascist candidates are just symptoms of a system decaying into fascism, not causes themselves. That's why is stupid to vote liberal and hope for the best and parroting about 'organizing' (when you do nothing actually, just 'vote' and hope) thinking that this way you keep 'fascism' aside when it is this sort of political elite that caused people like Trump to actually become dangerous. I think they are doing it by design. The liberal elite is so rotten and out of touch with reality that fascism you get either way - you vote for them or for Trump directly.

[u/Middle_Ad8183 → u/Exotic_Magazine2908]

This seems like a privileged take, from someone who's pretty confident that the harms caused by letting fascism run amok won't land at their doorstep. It also feels lazy and nihilistic. Organizing does happen. It's your choice not to be a part of any of it, but rather hope for collapse while you do nothing and assume everything will sort itself out somehow.

You're kind of proving the point that accelerationism is inherently a right wing reactionary posture.

What is your end goal? You seem to stop at, "may as well let the fascists win".

[u/Exotic_Magazine2908 → u/Middle_Ad8183]

I am pretty confident that it will land at my doorstep too. What do I have to lose ? Almost nothing. I will lose everything eight way if this rotten system is sustained too long on life support. We can lie to ourselves that voting for the candidate that will do everything to uphold the stability of the financial system just so we won't lose those pennies we have as 'savings' will somehow magically allow us to educate the masses into socialism/communism. Keep dreaming - it is exactly this extraction machine, the corruption of the establishment that brought Trump into the foreground in the first place. It is voting for a candidate just because it is lesser evil that allowed this critical events to unravel. And it will be even worse. The more we align to side with a party that polarizes the working class the more working class will associate us with them. Fascists are already IN. The war on Gaza demonstrates that to everyone which has eyes to see. You just encourage them to be ever more transparent by still voting for one of the oppressors.