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Most of us are not being compliant because we want to be . Most of us are barely surviving and if we fight the system we lose everything. Or housing, our jobs, food, and families
I understand it's very difficult when you're just trying to get by. I truly get that. But if the average citizen doesn't risk the things they hold dear in order to do the right thing, no one is going to do it for you. There's a point where they've consolidated too much power for you to realistically do anything about it. You're not there yet, though it's headed in that direction fast. There's still a window of opportunity.
I would look, for example, to the Ukrainian Euromaidan as inspiration. They risked everything, and many lost their lives. But they succeeded. It can be done. If you give up before the fight has started, what's even the point of being alive?
So... Cowardice and moral bankruptcy.
Trying not to be homeless, jobless, and starving is cowardice and moral bankruptcy now?
To borrow from the famous and possibly fabled merkavist:
https://www.chabad.org/search/keyword_cdo/kid/11366/jewish/Soul-levels-of.htm
Sorry I haven't single handedly overthrown the most powerful empire in the world.
If not overthrowing the entire government singlehandedly is what you think "compliance" means, I have a motorbike to sell you.
I didn't say the thing you are responding to, bro. I said, "Sorry I haven’t single handedly overthrown the most powerful empire in the world."
Have you read theory? Joined a group? Union? Doing any mutual aid? Community garden? Working to form a vanguard? You people are like children. No one expects you to put on a red cape and fly, we do expect you to get off your ass and do SOMETHING.
We are like children.
White Americans have been raised to believe the most preposterous set of lies about ourselves (land of freedom, etc) and the amount of effort to sustain that belief despite all evidence to the contrary is hard to imagine. Effort from the ruling class (eg "god save America" at the baseball game) but also internal efforts from the people themselves - because the collapse of the lie tears your self image apart. This actually started during the George Floyd Black Lives Matter moment but the reaction the other way brings us back to Trump.
People who want real change, and end to imperialism and capitalism feel isolated and hopeless. 1/3 if the country are committed to racism and misogyny. All lot of better off folks just want the illusions of the old normalcy back.
It doesn't help that truly unedited critical voices here get shut down for somehow being responsible for Putin.
Fuck all the way off. Your point does not merit more than that as a response. Fuck off.
You are a lazy, fat, petulant child. You are Veronica in Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. You imagine your slavish cowardice will save you.
I am not fat. which negates your entire bullshit here. Eat a dick.
Jesus Christ forgive me. This creature understands metaphor, allegory and simile at the level of an amoeba. Lord have mercy.