• @Clent
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    01 year ago

    Luckily solutions don’t rely on your imagination.

    If people who “can’t think of a better way” would stop trying to impose their lack of imagination on the rest of us we would be able to progress.

    There are smarter people than you or I in the world and they aren’t the ones running things, the ones whispering, “You’re nothing without me”

    The first step of any abusive relationship is recognizing it’s an abusive relationship. The second is to stop making excuses for your abuser and just leave, no matter what they claim the cost to be.

    • Maeve
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      21 year ago

      Yes and there are people who can’t leave, eg have no place to go, no means of survival, otherwise. Disabled, power differentiate between men/women/children, etc.

      • @Clent
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        21 year ago

        Yep. We’re all stuck and only together can we get unstuck. Unionize. Vote. Share ideas. Help others escape the fog when they get stuck.

        Unfortunately some don’t want to be help. They’ll defend their abusers with violence. They are the most dangerous. Flying monkey’s doing the bidding of the powerful.

        No shame when they wake though; capitalism is a mind fuck.

        • @unfreeradical
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          11 year ago

          Doing all of it without voting probably would be just as good.

          • @Clent
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            11 year ago

            Voting is a critical step. Without voting you’ll lose the ability to the the rest.

            • @unfreeradical
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              11 year ago

              How is voting necessary for building unions and helping others?

              • @Clent
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                11 year ago

                Unions exist because they were voted into existence. They can be voted out of existence. The right has been working on it for decades

                • @unfreeradical
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                  11 year ago

                  Are you referring to votes among workers in a company, or to participation in elections?

                  • @Clent
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                    11 year ago

                    Elections.

    • fkn
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      21 year ago

      This is a terrible argument.

      • @Clent
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        31 year ago

        Is not an argument.

        • fkn
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          11 year ago

          Well that’s a problem.

          • @Clent
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            11 year ago

            Yes. For you.

            I can no more save you from capitalism than I can save you from an abusive relationship.

            The real tell is when I point it out and you get upset with me; classic response by the abused.

            • fkn
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              31 year ago

              Are you intentionally trying to be off-putting?

              • @Clent
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                11 year ago

                Nope. Just comes naturally.

                • fkn
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                  11 year ago

                  Well, as long as you recognize your abusive behavior and realize that it isn’t desirable.

                  • @Clent
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                    11 year ago

                    Abusive behavior? Really? Because I’m saying you’re being abused. Fucking hell. Stay asleep.

      • @unfreeradical
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        11 year ago

        It is a respectable argument in the way that matters, as identifying a previous, terrible argument, one that was nothing but an appeal to ignorance.