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[–] Hegar@fedia.io 9 points 11 hours ago

This is basically POSIWID - the Purpose Of a System Is What It Does.

There's "no point in claiming that the purpose of a system is to do what it constantly fails to do".

The purpose of the state is to empower the rich and dehumanize us. If that wasn't the purpose, it wouldn't keep doing it.

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 7 points 11 hours ago

Sometimes you must destroy things to fix them.

[–] sexy_peach@feddit.org 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Rebuild with a country that has 60% idiots that would favor something even worse.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

Or better. Or the same.

Or maybe if we addressed the causes of their despair, they'd be less inclined to lash out.

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 0 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

The system is largely working but needs constant maintenance from everyone to keep working. By destroying it you would practically guarantee a worse outcome for pretty much everyone.