• @Ultragigagigantic@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Oh no, the country founded by 1%ers who don’t want to pat taxes, and built on I disk burial grounds, is full of crazy violent assholes?

    I’m shocked!

    We aren’t Russia (yet), so we must keep trying to facilitate the change we so desperately need.

    Imo. That would be switching away from first past the post voting in favor of an alternative voting system like Ranked Choice.

      • KillingTimeItself
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        8 months ago

        a wise man once said the only solution more dignified than war, is communication.

        • @FreakinSteve@lemmy.world
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          08 months ago

          That doesn’t work against a highly organized system of oppression. That wise man never got a seat of power to abdicate itself through reason or begging.

          • KillingTimeItself
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            18 months ago

            which is why it’s the first thing you do. And why war is the last thing you do.

                • @FreakinSteve@lemmy.world
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                  18 months ago

                  Every step forward has been through violence. It has worked every time. All of our rights came through acts of violence. Asking for them has never, ever , ever worked.

                  • KillingTimeItself
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                    18 months ago

                    we said “yo stop fucking ruling us nerds” and they went “lol ok, but only if you beat us in war” and then we did.

                    I mean to some degree, you aren’t wrong about violence working effectively, that’s definitely accurate.