The main character energy required to think you’d end slavery but can’t even skip a video game is wild.
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You what is sad… they only fought slavery because they needed more consumers for the forming industry, it was corporate interests of the north. It wasn’t a selfless movement.
Who is "they?"
Last I checked, John Brown wasn't hung because of his love for Northern factory owners. But maybe the story has changed a bit since 1859?
Hanged.
Hung... Might mean something else.
A motivation as old as time. Money. Period. It's always money. That said, blaming the north for slavery... eh...
Now I have no knowledge of American history but are you really claiming they had an excess of farming capacity and decided the best answer was to grow their customer base by slashing their free labour??
I think the meant the industry that was forming in the north, not farming industry.
This is exactly what we've been conditioned to be. We can't even bother to do the most basic of tasks to put up an actual fight against the constant upward growth of the billionaire class, but we think we're so strong that nobody would mess with us. We think that showing up to a protest with a sign is fighting back because we think we're intimidating enough to scare people into following our orders, but really we're a tiny dog yapping at an intruder who doesn't even care enough to shut it up.
We were raised specifically to have so much confidence in ourselves that we continue thinking that we would fight back - and win handily - if we ever needed to, while ignoring all the little things we could be doing, since there's no point in doing them if we'll win the fight when it comes to that, but also ignoring the fact that the fight should've started years ago.
Violence is the only tool that works, we used to take managers out of their houses and beat them to get our point across. We need a return to that form, where if we have grievances with the company or the manager we don't go to HR, we organize.
The organizers still have to go to HR in the end. Union contracts need to be continually renegotiated and they can't actually make the employer do anything.
No, you force the top to negotiate, you don't negotiate with underlings. You tell the boss to his face this is what we need.
"The boss" stares back at you with a blank expression and has no idea WTF you're talking about. Moreover, they don't care. Unless you have money or a sale for them, you can just keep on walking.
If I had a nickel for every time people tried to go up the chain thinking they're clever only have to get kicked back down it again (after waiting longer, by the way) to people who actually know what they're talking about, I could probably stop working and stop having to deal with them.
Can't even get some people to stop using Twitter when using it supports literal Nazis.
And all they have to do is just... Not go to the site.
There's still slavery in the US, as it is still allowed when incarcerated. No one fights back.
That's one of craziest things about USA for me. They fought a war with million casualties to end slavery and in the end, when politicians sat down to decide what to do after they want someone went "but do we really want end all slavery?".
And turns out no, they didn't actually want to end all slavery. Some slavery was ok even with the north.
I do think they should have some kind of purpose in life. No one does well just sitting idly in a room. 90% of them will be out on the street again. It's our choice whether they come out completely broken and vengeful or maybe partially humanized.
Aren't most of us wage slaves?
Kinda, but the US constitution amendment abolishing slavery has a side note saying "except when incarcerated" which caused mass incarceration of black people for bullshit reasons to continue slavery. And to this day there are states where incarcerated people are forced to work without pay or risk punishment when they refuse, in a form which is considered torture by the UN and human rights watch.
So I get it that people feel slaves of society, but I'm talking about actual slavery.
excellent point
I couldn't believe how many people bought that Harry Potter game that came out like 2 years ago. Not only was the game shitty looking ubishlock, but also we've known for years just how f***ed up jk rowling is as a person.
Having said that, as I child I remember protesting against the school trying to encourage me to buy Harry Potter at the school book faire. I get now that they were only trying to encourage me to read by suggesting a popular book, but I really didn't like the cult-like obsession around this book even as a kid, so I've had bad vibes around the book series since the very-late 90s lol.
I got a copy for free, but also, it was actually a pretty fun game, gameplay wise. The absurd schizm between being a student with rules while also being a game character who can transform people into exploding barrels and throw them.at their friends was also incredibly wild.
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Seriously. That and Tesla.I live in a progressive city and the number of teslas makes me angry. Some of them have the apology stickers but most don't.
I judge every single person that drives swastacars in 2026. Cybercucks get the finger.
Fuck fascists.
I’ve seen waaaay too many cyber trucks in my city.
The cars are one thing, but that horrible excuse for a truck gets all the aggression and hatred I can muster on the roads that won't lead me to prison. Those things only started to be sold once the Republican's favorite South African went full mask off. No excuse for owning one of those.
In LA the amount of them is so incredibly cringe inducing. They never, ever stop looking like shit, no matter what crappy wraps or vanity plates with reddit tier puns they put on it.
I saw one the other day that had a plate with “BLMLESS”. That either says “blameless” which, no, or it means “Black Lives Matter -less”.
At the time I bought my Tesla, it was the only viable long range EV. Nowadays there is no excuse, there are better, cheaper EVs available.
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Yep its ableist and privileged to argue against slavery when some people rely on their slaves to support their family. /s
I've unironically heard that argument from people I know. Texas is a garbage state >:(
A man made this very argument regarding "the war of Northern Aggression." He said to the black man in the crowd he was arguing with "my family was poor and had to work for everything they had. Do you know how much people cost back then?!" Everyone was like :-0
If you want to abolish slavery you're a liberal. Real leftists use their slaves to fight capitalism. /s
HOLY SHIT THIS ANALOGY IS PERFECT
so many people live in an insanely priveledged, comfort and convience addicted, emotionally stunted, personalized bubble, and have no idea how much stronger and capable they are, how little they settle for and little they expect, and how awful and impactful being this way is, and there are endless forms of mental gymnastics and logistifying each one of them will do to dilute themselves from understanding this shit and taking any reasponsability for being passive beneficiaries to empire and the violence and suffering that it requires to operate. it is so frustrating and i am fed up and dont care who i offend, i have seen and experienced too much of the horror, your feelings are not more important than peoples lives.
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