• SoulKaribou@lemmy.ml
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    1 day ago

    It takes guts and strength. In the mass of population, this is found in people who have nothing to lose. Today, you always have something to lose. It’s called comfort. If you don’t have comfort, someone’s pressuring you in one way or another, and you don’t have strength to rebel. You can’t. Literally.

    If you have comfort, why would you rebel at all.

    Then, anything goes, no matter how offended you are.

    The stupidest win because of fear. They are not inherently stupid, they just make the stupid choice. Making a stupid choice doesn’t make you stupid forever (except in the US).

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      24 hours ago

      More accurately, choices founded on ignorance are easier to make than choices founded on active thought.

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      21 hours ago

      violent rebellion is almost always a lost cause effort. It’s the thing you go to when literally everything around you is burning down and you’re going to die already.

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        18 hours ago

        Agree, I think it’s kind of what I mean, or maybe I misinterpret your point ?

        Last non violent rebellions, like the HK yellow umbrella, or the yellow jackets in France, have always been met with violence, whether political, or physical. Prison, disappearance, chopped arms, punctured eyes etc

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          15 hours ago

          i 100% agree with your statement, i think we might disagree on intention though.

          A lot of people are here arguing that the US should be doing a bolshevik revolution 2 electric boogaloo right now, even though basically nothing has changed.

          Maybe 3 years from now that will happen, but it’s hard to say.