• @RaoulDook
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    -102 days ago

    Blaming “capitalism” for all of society’s problems is about as useful as blaming God or some gremlins. For example, if you’re in the USA and you blame “capitalism” for your problems, then what are you gonna do about it? There is no path to change this society from capitalism to socialism or communism. We have entire armies of military and police who will ensure that the status quo stays in place. You also can’t vote your way out of this. No candidates advocating such changes will be elected.

    The best thing we can do is aim for better regulation of the systems that have allowed for the oligarchy to take it all over. Which won’t be easy or quick at all but is at least somewhat possible.

    • @[email protected]
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      172 days ago

      the systems that have allowed for the oligarchy to take it all over

      They didn’t take it over, they created it. The lack of democratic influence isn’t a bug, it’s a feature. They have been laying to you all your life!

      • @RaoulDook
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        -31 day ago

        So what are you gonna do about it then? In reality.

        • @[email protected]
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          31 day ago

          as i said you’re not willing to consider them as clearly demonstrated by trying to push the responsibility for these issues onto others.

          • @RaoulDook
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            -21 day ago

            Could it be that you just don’t want to admit that you can’t do anything about it?

            As for me, I don’t have any responsibility to push onto others about it. I accept the things that cannot change, and I have adapted to survive in the environment that I live in, and things are going generally well.

            • @[email protected]
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              11 day ago

              No, I just have no interest in dicussing a topic like this with a random on the internet where it won’t matter. very different. enjoy your day time being ineffectual.

              • @RaoulDook
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                -31 day ago

                Likewise, have a great time with your fantasies of revolution or whatever.

      • @[email protected]
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        -11 day ago

        I think they meant, like, practical actionable paths, not like ‘I’m playing a Sim and everyone does what I say’. Perhaps they were trying to think about what people could do in the real world that we actually live in

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          all paths are practical and actionable, if you take action. but thats a you issue not a me or others issue. someone recently showed you a path to take that is effective and simple to do on your own. you’re just not willing to consider it.

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            -11 day ago

            Your definition of practical and mine differ. For me, a path that makes my life considerably worse is not a practical path. I would assume the same is true for you, you’re just unable to admit it.

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              na you’re just making assumptions instead of reading what is actually said. I have not made a statement about what paths I personally support, only that unless you take action personally non-sense about the practicality of a particular idea is self defeating. there are always challenges and struggles the point is to surmount them not wallow in self pity. again pointing to a personal issue with the person claiming impracticality. not with the person proposing and ideally taking action on a path.

    • @[email protected]
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      72 days ago

      Look, you can have nuance or you can have performative outrage, you don’t get to have both. Lemmy has made its bed

    • DankOfAmerica
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      -22 days ago

      We could have utopia tomorrow. The path to change worldwide is to effect change where you live. If we all started there, then the local changes would spread. People would want what they have locally to work in larger scales. We don’t have to call it socialism, capitalism, communism, conservative , liberal, freedom, whatever. Terms are proxy enemies used to make us fear or love based on heuristics. We inherently know what a just world would feel and look like. It’s in our nature. If someone has to convince you to override your intuition, then it’s shit. Don’t look for answers elsewhere. Don’t blindly follow anyone. Build the world you want in your heart at home. It will grow out from there. Also, I used to love orange juice as a kid. I drank it from a silly clown cup I got at a performance on ice one time when my parents took me.