• RotatingParts@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    There are more poor than rich. We just have to come together. There is strength in numbers.

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      No way. Americans are proud they are not communists, meaning they complain but ultimately worship the rich

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      Numbers are less relevant when the other side has the most sophisticated surveilance system on the planet coupled with the most deadly military.

      Key people inside the system have to defect in order to short-circuit that power.

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        That’s what they want you to believe, that it’s too hard to get to them. Luigi got Brian walking down the street. They’re just people.

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          You are describing removing individuals. I’m referring to the system. Sure, over time if enough people sacrifice themselves to remove individuals in the power structure, maybe something could crack open.

          That’s a very long shot. As time goes on, the security improves, the surveilance improves, and fear will stop most.

          However, my intension is not to squash hope, but to shed the light of realism. This is serious, and keeping our Democracy alive has to be tackled with deliberation and coordination. Murder is the near unthinkable last resort.

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          That’s a key thing to remember here. The assholes of the world are still human at the end of the day, and have the same mortality as the rest of us. The only thing they have on any of us individually is access to resources, but as was said, there’s more of us than them, thus why they keep us fighting amongst ourselves.

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            They may even be able to avoid risk hidden away in their bunkers with well compensated staff, but they don’t want that life. They want to be able to go out to dinner and parties and be seen as above the plebs. They don’t get to have that while their day to day actions oppress, maim, and kill the masses.

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            Damn right! It was about time that we finally get the message (again I might add) and deconstruct the fake boundaries that were put up to divide us.