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Originally Posted by charley
Fantasy to have lived during the time of the Weathermen... and been a part of their group. Wait a minute... reality check! They failed. I think I saw that on TV. Waste of energy.
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If you recall your New American Left history, the Weathermen group was not completely dissolved until the mid-2010s. Well after they had reiterated their policy of non-harm to human life. The objective of the Weathermen was damage to property in keeping with their anti-capitalist values. No Socialist or Communist group that I am aware of has, as a primary goal the killing of people, it's antithetical to the praxis of Communism.
For a 1960s-70s revolutionary group, they were quite successful and outlasted most of their genre. Definitely, not a movie of the week event. The Weathermen accomplished most of their goals from anti-Vietnam War actions to the Brink's armored car heist spanning some fifty years.