[orange character is smiling smugly, doing a finger gun, in front of the “1860 WEEKLY SLAVE MARKET” in which a crowd of people are browsing slaves, while some slaves ask “please help…”]
There is no ethical consumption under capitalism bro, everything is equally bad
I won’t stop buying slaves until the state compels me not to, until then to each their own and let’s agree to disagree and I’ll have you know my family needs their labor
It’s great that you can live without slaves though, keep being an anti-slavery activist it’s awesome!
You’re the best!
I have said for years, the argument "vote with your wallets, folks!" is bad because:
"Hey if you don't like slavery, just don't buy slaves! Then everyone gets what they want."
"Vote with your wallet" is valid and often effective, but it's not enough on its own. Also vote with your voice, your democratic power, and when all else fails, bricks.
Do we have to have trillionaires before we get to vote with our guillotines?
Historical usage of the guillotine mostly targeted nobles who were in the way of the bourgeoisie, leftist revolutionaries, and proletarian criminals.
As much as we romanticize the guillotine, strikes, sabotages, and bricks are the tools of the working class. They have a pretty good track record.
Although I can't lie, I always smile when protesters bring out a mini guillotine and the ruling class media starts panicking :)
Guillotine is just a humorous reference. I am not imagining seriously toppling western oligarchy by rolling a guillotine on wall street.
Breaking windows got women the right to vote and everyone the right to unionize.
Also in GB, it got the common man the right to vote at the same time, since they were fighting WWI at the time and the parliament couldn't really argue against it anymore.
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Lesson: angry women get what they want.
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The classic 4 boxes of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo.