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[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

While I agree, I'm skeptical that we'll see any meaningful advance toward that end in our lifetimes.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It will get a lot worse before it gets any better

The hand has been played and trend has been set, I don't see anything coming close to a reversal, short of gereatric nepo babies dying off but their replacements don't look any better..

Sucks to suck

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Well the facts don't look good, what is a peasant supposed to do?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Hope your descendants have it better

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Hoping for something like that without taking direction action today is naive.

Direct action won't fix shit unless critical mass does it, so also got to spread the word about the fuckening we are enduring, most people are really not aware of the conditions on the ground beyond their personal experiences.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

And what direct action would you propose?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)
  1. Vote with your money, esp with mega corps
  2. Don't suck some political or business daddies' dick for free, these people are your enemies, treat them as such
  3. Ask for raises every year, switch jobs as needed to keep market rate pay
  4. Consume less
  5. Don't engage in political circle jerks
  6. Don't dunk on the poors
  7. Freedom is privacy and security, physical and digital
  8. Educate people around you about these things.
[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)
  1. is ironic because that's exactly how mega corps vote
  2. Peasants (as you said) wouldn't be able to get their break without
  3. that's a needed. 100% agree
  4. what about people who are already consuming the bare minimum? What are they supposed to do?
  5. 100% agree
  6. 100% agree
  7. wrong. That's a privilege. Privileges can be taken away. Freedom is the ability to retard and expect repercussions or advance humanity in a civilized manner. What you are referring to is anarchy, and anarchy doesn't have to be bad. It puts the power in the individual with no government influence. However anarchy relies strictly on human nature and dependency
  8. 100%
[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Peasants (as you said) wouldn't be able to get their break without

How are they getting a break now?

As for 7, we are talking direct action? i am not following this response.

what about people who are already consuming the bare minimum? What are they supposed to do?

there is always room to improve consumption patterns... low hanging fruit is high processed foods. this can be driven two zero without any serious consequences. that's more of my point here.

You can't stop eating tho, no doubt, but you can chose what you eat.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, but we're talking about the possibility of a utopian society. It's completely theoretical at this point. You are talking about the logical here and now. What do you want for people in the future?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

And what I said isn't the same?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

i think we disconnected somewhere. but yeah the idea of direct action is to leader by example until critical mass is hit which would finally yield better QoL

just got to make sure direct action is actually fighting the right enemy, currently working people are fighting each other mostly.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Shoot yourself?

I gotta keep it real with you chief, I think about it quite a bit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

I lack the constitution for that also that's what regime would want you to do anyway...

why give them the pleasure when you can impose costs on them for their misconduct.