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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/rankpapers on 2025-01-24 19:16:05+00:00.

When they’re so dead-set on maintaining the status quo, how do we make them remember Luigi? How do we make sure they never forget? Everyone is waiting for SOMEONE to do SOMETHING. Now, that’s not to advocate for violence. I think most can agree that in an ideal world there isn’t any need for acts of violence. But holy hell, is this world so far from ideal. It’s important to recognize that economic violence and state violence are real, and that they have real-world physical implications on the lives of those affected by them. It’s important to understand that if people are continuously pushed to the brink, it’s damn near inevitable some are going to be pushed over the edge into physical violence. It’s important to remember this, and to make sure those doing the pushing remember it too.

For some reason it’s the people who profit the most from our current system that are always so quick to forget just how precarious it really is. No matter how civilized our society may seem, the option for brutality and destruction are always only a hair’s breadth away. One too many missed meals. One too many dashed hopes. If they aren’t going to hold up their end of the bargain, why the hell should the rest of us?

Again, that’s not to advocate for violence…but rather to point out that violence is already happening and to advocate for change. It’s about reminding those who need to be reminded that if they persist in their wanton pillaging of this world, then they are inviting violence upon themselves. We’ve seen a small minority ride roughshod over everyone else, and we’ve seen the violence that this type of blatant disregard can lead to. Luigi showed us what is possible.

If they don’t want to change on their own, then it falls upon us to remind them what the other option looks like. If they refuse to change, it’s up to us fucking scare them.

SOMEONE needs to do SOMETHING.

That someone is me. That someone is you. That someone is all of us.

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/haysewbi on 2025-01-24 18:25:42+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/ShiftyPom on 2025-01-24 17:51:28+00:00.

Said he forgot me. Oopsies! There’s six people in the office, including me and him.

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/The-Grand-Pepperoni on 2025-01-24 17:50:00+00:00.

Billionaires siphon your money and manipulate your neighbors, parents, siblings, and friends. Using social media, they show you want they want you to see, manipulating human psychology to keep you content. Now they become more bold, believing we don’t see their goals.

They want to enslave you. They want you to make money for them while they sit on thrones made of the bodies of those that feed them. You see through their tricks; that’s why you’re here. Don’t be fooled. They don’t have all the power. They are just human. They shit like you do. They bleed like you do.

Those who came before have shown, over and over again, that the power belongs to the many. We have let them slowly take our power away, consolidating it into the so-called “elites.” What is elite about them? That they eat from a silver spoon while you can’t afford to feed your children? That they are willing to ruin and end lives to gain power? That does not make them elite. That makes them cowards.

You’ve had to watch them steal your livelihoods, your relationships with your families, and your health. All so they can make an extra buck. Will you continue to let them?

Reddit is beholden to the oligarchs. We need a platform for the people. By the people. Who amongst us can make that happen? I can’t, but I know there are those that can. So do it. Create a separate space so that we can coordinate without being suppressed. So that we can fight to take back our power and save those that come after from what we are living through.

They snicker as they eat, believing us to be ants. You saw their faces when the bishop asked for mercy. They were disgusted. We disgust them. They’ve taken everything from you, and they want to take more.

Will you let them?

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/JannTosh50 on 2025-01-24 16:32:37+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/mildlyinteresting by /u/legojedi101 on 2025-01-24 18:50:40+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/mildlyinteresting by /u/Opethfan91 on 2025-01-24 18:17:46+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/mildlyinteresting by /u/pavemypathwithbones on 2025-01-24 17:48:25+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/pcmasterrace by /u/GuyTan0 on 2025-01-24 17:47:48+00:00.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/25162701

Jeremy Scahill and Sharif Abdel Kouddous
Jan 24, 2025

Jeremy Scahill and Sharif Abdel Kouddous
Jan 24, 2025

As if we didn't already know. I didn't know being against businesses using slave labor counted as bigotry, though.

Context: https://lemmy.ml/comment/16281740

Fuck me, a week to go and Wales pull this shit. France are gonna grind them into french fries