I was told that it may lead to easier or faster release, and I imagine I might be targeted to be imprisoned if I push it if I don’t bring an ID, but I feel like that’s bullshit but I don’t think I should leave it to chance

Would you bring an ID to a protest?

(Did I accidentally start a struggle session?)

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    That’s functionally the same as what I just said. You trying to maintain physical ability or legal obscurity so that fascists in the future have a harder time killing you is the same thing. You’re trying to maintain a livelihood in case the solution doesn’t spontaneously emerge before fascists come after you. It also disregards people who are already crippled or have a criminal record that show up to protests. That goes to the idea about having nothing to lose.

    Besides that the strategy of giving up strength/security for material gain is flawed. This assumes you know what you’re trading and how the trade will turn out. You operate in the present without hindsight. It’s easier to look back 20 years and say that the Iraq War protests were mostly ineffective but the people at the time didn’t know that. You can argue that it would have been effective if they all listened to the good leftists and read more Lenin but that’s just more hindsight talking. The leftists of the time who did read Lenin should have been more active in that space and guiding them.