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[-] GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 32 points 6 days ago

That would involve people actually doing something rather than waiting for someone else.

And even then you guys would fall into conspiracy theories because you can't believe someone actually did something.

[-] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 24 points 6 days ago

It's a prisoner's dilemma. Of fucking course we should revolt and save the world. Organizing that is not easy, especially when it makes you a target.

[-] Benjaben@lemmy.world 15 points 6 days ago

And this is the heart of our predicament - the ones in control understand this. If they keep our misery at a low simmer they get to extract everything from us, slowly, we won't revolt. I worry that our only hope may be that they miscalculate and the pot boils over. I really don't want that, but I'm having a harder and harder time imagining real improvements anymore.

[-] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

It's the people who think making money is good and moral, even when you have to screw others over to get it, who are the problem.

[-] Benjaben@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

Completely agree.

[-] BakerBagel@midwest.social 5 points 6 days ago

Homelessness is up 20% over the last 2 years. The pot is already boiling over, I'm not sure what more you think most people have left to lose.

[-] Benjaben@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

I guess we'll see won't we? I predict we've got a bit further to go before enough people are miserable enough. It's a numbers game and I don't think we're there yet.

[-] mynameisigglepiggle@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

President musk might push it over I reckon. This whole visa debacle is a big fuck you. I don't think it will be his last overreach

[-] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

Everyone is doing something. Working, going to school, living their lives. Even people who have no job, who walk the streets, are doing something: surviving.

Most people’s survival instincts prevent them from taking drastic measures like this, even when things are really bad. Think of how many people who had every incentive to take a shot at Hitler but did not, despite all the horrors of the Nazi regime.

this post was submitted on 30 Dec 2024
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