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Notable achievements in all spheres of society were made by various socialist/people's/democratic republics around the world. Mistakes, however, were made as well: bureaucratic castes of parasitic elites - as well as reactionary cults of personality - were established, many things were mismanaged and prejudice and bigotry sometimes replaced internationalism and progressiveness.
ID: line drawing of an upright bunny with a black bandana tied around their neck, holding a lit match in their mouth like you might a toothpick. The text says "we can't just vote fascism away, the time has come to disobey. (be brave!)"
I still have hope that we will have a democracy in 4 years. We'll see how it goes. It might be time to get a firearm and start putting in some range time.
I'm still feeling bitter and a fast food place last night asked me to tip, so it got me thinking that maybe this is the time to push out tipping culture. If the country wants the party of "fuck you, I got mine", then fight your own battles for your wage.
Legally, if they don't make minimum wage through tips then the employer has to make up the difference (in practice this likely doesn't happen). Maybe it will make them care more about the minimum wage if it affects them.
The cashier making MacMinimum Wage needs your political throttling ?
They are your emotional pawn because you look down at them being poor ?
What a great Democrat you turned out to be. You could run for president with that kind of attitude.
instead i would say you could tip and hand out union material now that would really fuck the rulling class off.
Make a bunch of those fake dollar bills the Christians like handing out as tips
I can see where you're coming from in theory, but if we rely on employers to treat employees fairly we'll be waiting a long time (they're already demonstrating that they would rather ignore the law and potentially face a minor fine, than pay the minimum wage), and the only ones who will suffer will be the sub-minimum wage employees who now aren't getting that tip either.
You make people care by building solidarity with them, not by using them as a bargaining chip.
Fuck these fuckin' fascists (Fuck these fascists) Fuck their family and friends (And their friends) If they defend a fuckin' fascist (Their ancestors) They can fuck off 'til they're dead (And all their kids)
calm down man, my dads a fascist and if i died because of his beliefs there would be one less socialist
We could have voted it away. And it would have been way easier than the alternatives. But we chose not to.
But since we didn’t organize to vote it away, I’m not sure how we’re going to organize a general strike. And anything else is so difficult and so messy and has very little guarantee of improving anyone’s conditions.
just no. god damn liberals!!!
We could have voted it away.
Lmfao, news flash: it's already here, has been for a while.
Never mind that never in history has tyranny ever been voted away. To think otherwise you must completely misunderstand what tyranny and fascism are, as well as how the current establishment functions.
Vote it away. It's been a joke for so long and people cling to the idea that it works so badly. I am Canadian. We are also past voting. The systems of government must be torn down. They are corrupt and do not work for the people.
Hear hear..
I'm in the UK and we have the same situation + monarchy, for added funsies. I keep thinking people are getting enough of a glimpse behind the curtain at the fact that the system wasn't designed to serve them, but to centralise power in the hands of very few people who exploit the rest to continuously strengthen their own power, but part of those efforts are the propaganda, and it just goes to show how well it works that despite so much ugly truth being revealed over and over, some people still see "my team vs your team" as the only way to exist. It's both sad and very scary.
We could have voted it away.
Don't forget gerrymandering and other fraudulent methods of deciding victory like the electoral college being baked into this diseased system.
They only give the illusion of choice.
None of that stopped Biden from winning last time when people actually showed the fuck up to the polls.
The 2-parties in this monopolized system are owned by the same corporate interests and mega-rich. Everything is by their design. We never had a choice.
The system will never work for us, because it's working as intended. We need to annihilate it and start from scratch. There is no fixing it from the inside and hoping the next person isn't just another lesser evil to vote for.
How does enabling a fascist help us on this path?
How does enabling a fascist help us on this path?
Are you responding to the wrong person? Who's talking about enabling fascists?
How does not voting and allowing a fascist to win allow us to dismantle the system?
How does not voting and allowing a fascist to win allow us to dismantle the system?
Who the hell said to not vote? I'm saying it's not the cure for this diseased system that we need to dismantle and rebuild. Vote on that 1 day, then organize with like-minded people to enact some real change every other day.
Please don't twist my words.
When you reply to someone talking about people sitting out to vote with excuses for them it kind of looks like you're making excuses for not voting.
When you reply to someone talking about people sitting out to vote with excuses for them
Never said anything remotely close. I'm just pointing out that it's not going to fix anything in a system designed to subjugate and oppress the peasants. It's just evil vs slightly less evil, every time.
Emphasis on, vote on that 1 single day, but work to do something that will have actual impact for the rest of the 4 years of your (until further notice) free time until the next sham election, or hopefully, a new, fair system is being born of revolution.
general strike.
Oh you sweet, summer child...
No no no I'm sure you know those that couldn't even be bothered to go vote, those people are now getting ready to man the barricades
I more meant it as "a general strike wouldn't work"
Bunny joined the SRA and local socialist/communist party/org
be more like bunny!
How many guns does the bunny own?
They used to own tons, but sadly since the boating mishap, they're all at scattered at the bottom of a really deep lake.
Who would have thought that bringing every single one of your legally purchased firearms onto a small boat to show them the world would be a bad idea?
Oh well, no need to look for them.
...I'm afraid to ask.
It's just a joke about how people "don't have any guns" because they lost them. Not stolen because they would have to report that. They're somewhere unreachable that you technically COULD verify, but likely wouldn't unless there's a very specific (usually requiring a warrant to get people to move) reason.
So "boating accident" is to goto joke accident. Nobody would actually believe you if you said that to a cop, judge, or courtroom.
Omg thank you, lol. I am not in touch with gun culture at all.
No idea about the bunny, but his friends in Vermont have a bunch
I couldn't tell you, but they sure look like they could get hold of a few when needed.