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As cathartic as it may be, assassinating CEOs will do nothing but embiggen the police state.
Absolutely, random violence isn't going to lead to any sort of systemic change, and it will be used as an excuse to implement fascist policies at an accelerated rate.
Will it? Black people also spontaneously got rights after assassinating the police. Elites never compromise unless they have something to fear.
It's true, but as Lenin points out, what matters is building power in systemic fashion. Random acts of violence on their own aren't going to change the system. In my opinion, “Left-Wing” Communism: an Infantile Disorder is an absolute must read because it addresses the question of how to build power effectively, as well as what methods to use and when https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1920/lwc/