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[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (13 children)

No political system is perfect. Ever.

They require constant vigilance. They require battling. Human greed is capable of corrupting every system that a human mind can create.

Anyone that tells you they have a perfect political system that would never need fixing is a liar, an idiot, or both.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 weeks ago (17 children)

Anyone who tells you that thinks they'd profit from that new system.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, but if you want to destroy the system you need to have the military on your side, and they won't be, which means you'll need to actually defeat them, which isn't likely, unless you take a lot of bases... with an already existing trained force... all at exactly the same time... with a huge force... of loyal, extremely secretive, organized, huge, military...

Look, maybe if you're A LOT more politically involved. Like running for office involved and you really work those wheels of progress things can gradually be improved. Seems less fantastical.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Capitalism will never be destroyed. Too many settlers would rather be in the middle class than stop it.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 weeks ago

Damn ozma, hittin’ hard.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Any solution that starts with purges is bad.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Purges?
When we taking (this) system?
You talking about the ruling class (defined by its ownership of all things)?
(Either way a purge would be just taking away things they shouldn't own anyway)

I don't think purging by political affiliation would directly change modern western systems, so dismantling such system isn't by color, it's ruling class vs everyone & everything else.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

I'm thinking more about the plurality of Americans that aren't on board, for whatever stupid reason. Until they are convinced, destroying the system won't really stick, if it's even possible.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/one-third-of-americans-agree-with-trump-s-poisoning-the-blood-comments/ar-AA1suf7p

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

It's harder to build something than to destroy it. I'd you destroy a system with nothing to replace it, the rich and powerful will swoop into the power vacuum and gobble up more.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

This is very true. It has happened so many times.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

yep, violent revolution rarely ends with better conditions for the people

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Careful, you're going to make a lot of the dotworld liberals very upset with this one.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

As long as you can vote, the system can be fixed. If you don't vote the system may get to a point where it can't be fixed.

If you want that outcome go watch the movie Civil War. You're likely to be one of the people in that refugee camp, or maybe in a mass grave because you're the "wrong kind of American". That's the kind of shit that happens when the system is destroyed.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

go watch the movie Civil War.

I want my 2 hours back.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Um, excuse me, this is a circle jerk. Get out of here with your facts.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (3 children)

This laptop is bad. I should destroy it. This will give me a better laptop.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

If the laptop's is orking as intended by actively harming you: Yes, you should destroy it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Reject technology. Return to monke.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Yep the current capitalist world order benefits infinite extracting moneyed interests by mass exploitation and it must be completely destroyed.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Let us hold hands and nuke ourselves I guess.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 weeks ago

I prefer the term "technofeudalism"

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