Everything about CEOs is like a monarchy. Wealth inheritance in business families like the Waltons? Just the capitalism version of royal heirs getting their throne. Presidents? They don’t run jackshit ever since money got into politics

America is back in the era of kings, and arguably a worse one

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    I am really disturbed how fast and nonchalant people come up with murder of groups or single people they don’t like or have a grudge against. Killing people is always bad, always the wrong solution.

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      Humans evolved like that as a survival strategy. Even before agriculture was invented, if someone of the tribe was hoarding resources or being aggressive, there’s strong evidence the rest of the tribe grouped up to either shun them completely or beat the offender to death.

      Evidently, ignoring that survival strategy has led to a massive host of problems, and progress has only been seen made after violent solutions were done.

      France for example improved after the first revolution. Of course, this eventually got worse again, but then more revolutions course corrected. It seems humans require this course correction over multiple times continuously, but as long as its applied, things do improve over time.

      Perhaps one day, with enough self corrections, we’ll arrive to a point where violence against societal offenders is no longer needed. But until then, the lack of it will unfortunately lead to this worsening.

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      “Don’t like?” “Have a grudge against?”

      You’re describing the feeling that I might have against someone who double parked their car or a coworker that ate my sandwich

      That’s not what a billionaire is. A billionaire is a fatal threat to the world who holds enough power to starve entire countries, our own country included. It’s not about grudges, it’s about lives

      We aren’t talking about overblown and violent reactions. We are talking about resistance against something that already is overblown and violent

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        Killing someone should, if at all, always be the last thing not the first.

        The correct way to solve this is by stripping them from their power/money not by killing them.

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          And who’s gonna strip them of their power? Oh yeah maybe the government can

          But oh no, the billionaires can also strip the government of their power too

          They are too closely allied for any change to happen. It’s all just talk, it’s all just theatre

          Change can only happen once the people regain their power, and what worked? Peaceful protests? Picket signs? Yeah sure worked well against ICE and company

          Why keep holding up an umbrella against knives falling from the sky when you can go fight the cunt that keeps throwing them off the roof of that building?

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          I’m sorry, but I think that when children get hurt, it just naturally awakens a special kind of rage that I think is justified against whoever’s harming them. You’re focusing on the wrong thing

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      leave no doubt, the filthy rich and disgustingly powerful care about you as much as you care about the bugs you smash against your windshield.

      it’s not that they want to kill us. its that they’re indifferent to our suffering and inevitable demise as long as they continue reaching their destinations.

      now tell me, don’t you believe we have a right to protect ourselves against such indifference?

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        it’s not that they want to kill us. its that they’re indifferent to our suffering and inevitable demise as long as they continue reaching their destinations.

        They are basically the indifferent beings with limitless power who destroy humanity through indifference from Lovecraftian mythology.

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      Killing people is always bad, always the wrong solution.

      What a stupid fucking take. Is it embarrassing being that dumb?