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    8 months ago

    We COULD do this, if every lobbyist were disposed of and we similarly handled the billionaires. Otherwise there’s no hope here.

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        8 months ago

        The fact that a terrible system is being used by both good and bad actors does not mean the system should be protected.

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      8 months ago

      Killing the people using the system and not the system itself just treats the symptoms, but not the disease.

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        8 months ago

        I’m not advocating violence, but don’t the symptoms need handled to treat the disease at some point?

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          8 months ago

          Kind of? If the disease (Capitalism) goes away, so too will the symptoms. It isn’t necessary to kill the Bourgeousie, just make them irrelevant and whither away.

          If the state does not uphold their rights to property, they have no power.

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            8 months ago

            Right. ‘Handle’ was not necessarily code for ‘murder’. But something’s gotta give and the aforementioned bourgeoisie are unlikely to take whatever that ends up being lying down.

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              8 months ago

              Revolution is generally what will be required, yes, just not mass extermination of Capitalists or anything. Capitalists only have power via the state, after all.