When you understand the need for drastic change, a subsequent question emerges: what is required for an effective revolution? The responses to this question are hotly debated, and often break on the point of whether or not violence is the answer to our struggle.

In June 2025, a bulletin calling for a "Sit-Down Wave" began circulating within 50501-focused online spaces. The bulletin, titled "Protect the Peaceful Protest," lists five rules that suggest protesters very literally sit down, shut up, and obey. This is not only counter-productive; it is dangerous. The state does not care whether its victims stand, sit, or kneel.

The 2024 US presidential election highlights the limits of electoral politics under capitalism.